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as in graphic novel
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as in picture book
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Recent Examples of comic book
Items as simple as a Phillips 66 sign, a Campbell’s soup can or a comic book became iconic images of the movement.
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Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2025
While some individuals have produced hardcore pornographic clips starring Disney and comic book characters, others on the platform have succeeded in prompting Grok Imagine to conjure lewd imagery of Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, and Sydney Sweeney.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
One of the places that sold our record was Newbury Comics, a legendary independent record and comic book store on Newbury Street, with a second location in Harvard Square.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Historically, Imax has been associated with comic book adventures that appeal to fanboys and fangirls.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
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Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2025
While some individuals have produced hardcore pornographic clips starring Disney and comic book characters, others on the platform have succeeded in prompting Grok Imagine to conjure lewd imagery of Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, and Sydney Sweeney.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
One of the places that sold our record was Newbury Comics, a legendary independent record and comic book store on Newbury Street, with a second location in Harvard Square.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Historically, Imax has been associated with comic book adventures that appeal to fanboys and fangirls.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comic book
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Last week, Chernin Entertainment landed a hot package, with Sam Hargrave attached to direct an adaptation of Dark Horse Comics graphic novel Last Flight Out, written by Marc Guggenheim.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Nov. 2025
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Producers are Joel Silver, Grant Hill and the Wachowskis from a screenplay by The Wachowskis based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore (Watchmen) and David Lloyd and published by Vertigo/DC Comics.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
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There’s a picture of me, not quite a year old, in a blue sailor suit and a red ribbon tied around my neck, staring avidly at a picture book.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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But what his picture book does, though, is present an inclusive story.—
Michael James Rocha,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Nov. 2025
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Based on Harold Gray’s comic strip, the Tony-winning musical follows a plucky orphan and her dog who find an unlikely home with Daddy Warbucks.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
26 Oct. 2025
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Take the Bechdel test, coined by cartoonist and graphic novelist Alison Bechdel in a comic strip.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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At the time, Hailey showed support for the album, sharing several photos of his album cover on her Instagram story.—
Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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The show will cap off a giant year that has included opening for Billie Eilish’s tour and dropping her second album.—
Julyssa Lopez,
Rolling Stone,
8 Nov. 2025
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The anthology’s first volume explores themes of ancestral sin, family, piety and consequence.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
5 Nov. 2025
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The film follows filmmaker, cinematographer and VFX artist Martinez’s directorial work on anthologies V/H/S, V/H/S/Beyond and Southbound.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
3 Nov. 2025
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Amid the second surge of the virus, in August 2020, the first ‘covid novel’ arrived—Ali Smith’s Summer, the last of a seasonal quartet, written during Britain’s early lockdown, which includes real-time descriptions of the pandemic’s onset.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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Lee is in his bookstore, reading Walter Tevis’ novel The Man Who Fell to Earth, as Dale (Tim Blake Nelson) browses the shelves.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Comic book.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comic%20book. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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