comic book

English

Noun

comic book (plural comic books)

1. (comics) A book or magazine that uses sequences of drawings to narrate a story or a series of stories, primarily in a serialized form, usually fiction.

Usage notes

• Although the term comic book implies that humor is involved, not all comic books are of a humorous nature. Oftentimes people associate comic books with adventure stories involving superheroes.

Synonyms

• (magazine with sequence of drawings): comics, graphic novel

Derived terms

• American comic book
• comic-bookish

Related terms

• cartoon
• funnies
• funny pages
• funny papers

Translations

book or magazine

• Catalan: còmic (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 漫畫書／漫画书 (zh) (mànhuàshū), 漫畫冊／漫画册 (zh) (mànhuàcè)

• Danish: tegneserie (da) c
• Dutch: stripboek (nl) n
• Esperanto: bildrakonto
• Estonian: koomiksivihik, koomiks
• Finnish: sarjakuvalehti (fi), sarjakuvakirja (fi)
• French: bande dessinée (fr) f, bédé (fr)
• German: Comicbuch n
• Italian: fumetto (it) m
• Polish: komiks (pl) m
• Portuguese: (revista de) história em quadrinhos m, gibi (pt) m (Brazil)
• Russian: ко́микс (ru) m (kómiks)
• Scots: comic buik
• Spanish: cómic (es) m, tebeo (es) m, colorín (es) m, paquín m
• Swedish: serietidning (sv) c (periodical), seriemagasin n (periodical), seriealbum n (non-periodical)
• Thai: หนังสือการ์ตูน (nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ-gaa-dtuun)

See also

• superhero
• graphic novel
• fanzine