comix
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of comix
First recorded in 1970–75; respelling of comics
Example Sentences
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Nadel draws a vivid portrait of not just Crumb but the Bay Area-based underground comix explosion of the late ’60s and early ’70s.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2025
Some underground comix creators of the late 1960s and mid-1970s have become mainstream famous, like R. Crumb and Art Spiegelman.
From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2021
“It has revealed truths about suffering that we have known all along. Comix and comix artists help us heal by expressing solidarity in both our shared and unshared experiences.”
From Seattle Times • Jun. 12, 2020
Alongside the sketchbooks on view, the exhibit features Crumb’s Zap magazine covers, his famed Mr Natural, which was critical to the underground comix movement of the 1960s.
From The Guardian • Mar. 7, 2019
Despite my traumatic introduction to Steinberg’s work, he began to figure significantly in my thinking, starting in my underground comix days, as I became more and more ambitious about what comics and cartoons could be.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 20, 2018
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