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English
Pronunciation
Noun
comics
- the medium of comic books, comic strips, and other sequential art
- Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by McCloud, Scott (1993) p. 4
- "Comics" is the word worth defining, as it refers to the medium itself, not a specific object as "comic book" or "comic strip" do."
- Graphic Novels in Your Media Center: A Definitive Guide by Lyga, Allyson and Lyga, Barry. (June 30, 2004) p. 162, →ISBN
- The plural of comic is typically used as a singular (as "politics" is) to refer to the entire medium or industry. Hence, "comics industry" or "comics creators."
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artistic medium
- Arabic: هَزْلِيَّة f (hazliyya), مَجَلَّة هَزْلِيَّة f (majalla hazliyya)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 漫畫/漫画 (zh) (mànhuà)
- Czech: komiks (cs) m
- Esperanto: bildliteraturo
- Finnish: sarjakuva (fi)
- French: bande dessinée (fr), BD (fr) f, bédé (fr) f
- German: Comicliteratur f
- Greek: κόμικς (el) n (kómiks), κόμικ (el) n (kómik), εικοναφήγηση f (eikonafígisi)
- Hungarian: képregény (hu)
- Italian: fumetti (it) m pl
- Japanese: 漫画 (ja) (まんが, manga), 戯画 (ja) (ぎが, giga), コミック (ja) (komikku)
- Kazakh: комикс (komiks)
- Korean: 만화(漫畫) (ko) (manhwa), 희화(戲畫) (ko) (huihwa)
- Lithuanian: vaizdasaka f
- Malay: komik (ms), kelawak
- Norwegian: tegneserier m
- Polish: komiks (pl) m
- Portuguese: quadrinhos (pt) m pl, HQ (pt), história em quadrinhos (pt), gibi (pt) m, banda desenhada (pt) f, BD (pt) f
- Russian: ко́микс (ru) m (kómiks)
- Spanish: tebeo (es) m
- Swedish: tecknad serie (sv), serie (sv)
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See also
Noun
comics
- plural of comic
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Noun
comics m (plural comics)
- comic strip
Spanish
Noun
comics m pl
- plural of comic