comix

[ kom-iks ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

1. comic strips or comic art, often luridly sexual or political in character.

Word History and Origins

Origin of comix¹

First recorded in 1970–75; respelling of comics

Example Sentences

Here, Dauber follows comics from their political roots to today’s activist cartoons, and how we went from Katzenjammer Kids to MAD Magazine to comix as we know them.

From Washington Blade