as in cartoons
a series of drawings that tell a story or part of a story
a comic strip that is beloved by both children and adults
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Recent Examples of comic strips
After working various office jobs, Adams created Dilbert in 1989, satirizing white collar work in what became one of the defining comic strips of the 1990s.
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Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Jan. 2026
Our daughter learnt how to draw comic strips with an Athenian cartoon artist and was keen to try the photography course and stargazing.
—Jemima Sissons, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Jan. 2026
This book is bursting with classic comic strips to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang.
—Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 28 Nov. 2025
He was featured in tiny comic strips wrapped around pieces of Bazooka bubble gum.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The postwar best-seller Tezuka borrowed heavily from American newspaper comic strips and Walt Disney; Hayao Miyazaki has long praised France’s Mœbius.
—Matt Alt, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Jan. 2026
Our daughter learnt how to draw comic strips with an Athenian cartoon artist and was keen to try the photography course and stargazing.
—Jemima Sissons, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Jan. 2026
This book is bursting with classic comic strips to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang.
—Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 28 Nov. 2025
He was featured in tiny comic strips wrapped around pieces of Bazooka bubble gum.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The postwar best-seller Tezuka borrowed heavily from American newspaper comic strips and Walt Disney; Hayao Miyazaki has long praised France’s Mœbius.
—Matt Alt, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comic strips
Noun
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There was a green Gumby cocktail served, Gumby cartoons on the TVs and Gomez unveiled a huge piñata-like sculpture of the Gumby character as a gift for Marques.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2026
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Any of the original 19th-century art on the walls of every bedroom and hallway—from oil paintings to etchings to political cartoons warrant inclusion here.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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They will be provided as a numeric value that takes away the guesswork of color matching like with urine test strips.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
23 Jan. 2026
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The dishwasher machine and sanitizer bucket had no sanitizer test strips.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
Updated January 23,
Sacbee.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Comic strips.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comic%20strips. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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