the comics

plural noun

: the comic strips in a newspaper : the part of a newspaper that has comic strips
Did you read the comics today?

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None of the comics who performed in Riyadh made a mention of the detainees in Saudi prisons. Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2025 Prior to the big panel announcement, Pace and Kirkman (series co-creator and co-showrunner) sat down exclusively with Entertainment Weekly to discuss Thragg's arrival and the impending adaptation of the Viltrumite War story arc from the comics. Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025 Koch’s vile conduct spawns a number of unnecessary fantasy sequences either brought on by the comics or wholly imagined by Ed. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2025 Authoritarians historically come for the comics first, and most recently under Putin, satirist Idrak Mirzalizade was jailed and deported for mocking Russian housing. Lizz Winstead, Time, 27 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the comics

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“The comics.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20comics. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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