comic books

noun

plural of comic book
1
as in funny papers

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2
as in picture books

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  1. comic strips
  2. albums
  3. anthologies
Noun
  • Gal Gadot aside, the most prominent version of Wonder Woman etched in our collective cultural memory—the one from the classic comic strips and the TV series starring Lynda Carter—features her pointed tiara with a central red star.
    — Giorgia Olivieri, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The memo even explicitly bans Stars and Stripes from publishing comic strips.
    — Maria Aspan, NPR, 14 Mar. 2026
Definition of comic strips
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  • Additionally, he has been credited as a producer on a number of albums, including Lana Del Rey‘s 2017 release, Lust For Life.
    — Emma Kershaw, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Banks himself, meanwhile, has held down the low end on the three studio albums Interpol has made in that timespan (2014’s masterful El Pintor, 2018’s Marauder, and 2022’s The Other Side of Make-Believe).
    — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of albums
Noun
  • The third chapter of my book on anthologies, The Treasuries, is about literary censorship in the early nineteenth century.
    — Clare Bucknell, The New York Review of Books, 27 June 2026
  • Part of what fascinates and frustrates as regards Ginsberg is that for all of those thick anthologies, propriety forces me to concede that many of the poems simply aren’t that good.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
Definition of anthologies
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