comic book

== English == === Noun === comic book (plural comic books) (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 ==== As the term comic book suggests, comic books were originally composed of comic strips of a humorous or satirical nature. The term has since expanded to other genres as well. 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 ==== === See also === superhero graphic novel fanzine