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as in comedians
a person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor
a well-known TV comic
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as in cartoons
a series of drawings that tell a story or part of a story
posted an especially funny comic by the watercooler
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Kevin Hart, Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, Spike Lee, Martin Lawrence, Jennifer Hudson, Judge Reinhold, Tracy Morgan and Kenan Thompson were among the prominent entertainers, comedians and actors who stepped out to celebrate Murphy at AFI's event.—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
20 Apr. 2026 -
In a venue full of comedians, the mood at the 51st AFI Life Achievement Award tribute to Eddie Murphy on Saturday, April 18, was surprisingly earnest.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
20 Apr. 2026
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Because the images rotate at a screen-saver pace, my advice would be to focus on the preparatory drawings and cartoons, which are like sparks thrown off some great, beautiful machine.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Quiñones often took inspiration from cartoons and comic books, painting dragons or, most famously, Howard the Duck.—
Paula Aceves,
Curbed,
20 Apr. 2026
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In 1912, Georges Braque (1882–1963) had glued strips of fake-wood wallpaper onto a pencil-and-gouache still life titled Fruit Dish and Glass, done in the Analytic Cubist style he’d developed with his colleague/competitor/collaborator Pablo Picasso (1881–1973).—
Howard Halle,
ARTnews.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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O’Neal knows the regulars, patrons whose photo strips are taped behind the bar.—
Courtney Crowder,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Comics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comics. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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