comic books

Definition of comic booksnext
plural of comic book
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Noun
  • 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
  • Music streaming services like Spotify and YouTube Music have become the primary way people listen to music, which can be a lot more convenient than buying individual albums.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 20 Apr. 2026
  • For teens during the decade, soundtrack albums were must-have merchandise, PARENTAL ADVISORY labels be damned.
    Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Benjamin Frandsen is a poet, essayist, and advocate whose writing on incarceration, redemption, and resilience appears in exCHANGE magazine, Iconoclast, PEN America’s prison writing anthologies, UCLA Magazine, The Massachusetts Review, and other outlets.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Eric is a seven-time APSE award winner; four of his stories received honorable mention recognition in the Best of American Sports Writing anthologies.
    Eric Prisbell, Dallas Morning News, 8 Apr. 2026
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“Comic books.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comic%20books. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.

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