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as in funny papers
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as in picture books
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Noun
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The memo even explicitly bans Stars and Stripes from publishing comic strips.—
Maria Aspan,
NPR,
14 Mar. 2026 -
Besides brewery ads, comic strips, editorials and history lessons all leaned into this idea.—
Jay R. Brooks,
Mercury News,
27 Feb. 2026
Noun
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With his Quantum Leap albums almost done, Wyclef is looking ahead.—
Steve Appleford,
SPIN,
18 May 2026
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And being able to go out and play a show that is nine of the 10 albums, is pretty fantastic.—
Steve Baltin,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
Noun
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The journalist and host of BBC Radio 2’s lunchtime slot picks books ranging from murder mysteries to poetry anthologies.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
15 May 2026
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Her short stories have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies and her nonfiction has appeared in the New York Times Book Review, the Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine, and elsewhere.—
Irene Zabytko
May 7,
Literary Hub,
7 May 2026
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“Comic books.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comic%20books. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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