comic strip

noun

1. 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.

comic strip

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of comic strip¹

An Americanism dating back to 1915–20

Related Words

• cartoon 
• comic