comic strip


noun

a sequence of drawings, either in color or black and white, relating a comic incident, an adventure or mystery story, etc., often serialized, typically having dialogue printed in balloons, and usually printed as a horizontal strip in daily newspapers and in an uninterrupted block or longer sequence of such strips in Sunday newspapers and in comic books.

Origin of comic strip

An Americanism dating back to 1915–20

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comic strip

noun

a sequence of drawings in a newspaper, magazine, etc, relating a humorous story or an adventure Also called: strip cartoon