comic strips
Paneled newspaper humor
Comic strips are sequences of drawn panels, typically with dialogue in speech bubbles, that tell a story or deliver a joke.
They appear most traditionally in newspapers, where strips like *Peanuts* or *Garfield* run daily, but the form has expanded to include longer graphic narratives and webcomics.
A single installment is a comic strip; the plural refers either to multiple installments or to the medium generally.
Long-running American comic strip
- GarfieldLazy comic strip tabby
- Calvin and HobbesComic about imaginative boy
- DilbertCorporate satire strip
- BlondieLight-haired person's moniker
Beetle Bailey · Dennis the Menace · Cathy · Hagar the Horrible · funny pages · syndicated · Charles Schulz · Jim Davis
Flat rectangular sections
- inkingApplying liquid pigment
- pencilingDrawing with graphite
- letteringStyled written characters
- speech bubblesEnclosed comic dialogue areas
thought balloons · captions · gutters · frames · layout · line art · syndication · deadline
Jokes or silencing devices
- punchlineHumor's final delivery
- jokesHumorous remarks or stories
- funniesNewspaper cartoon section
- laughsVocal expressions of amusement
wit · slapstick · sight gags · running gag · one-liner · absurdist · wordplay · visual humor
Satirical illustration mocking governance
- social commentaryAnalysis of societal conditions
- parodySatirical imitation
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- editorialPublication's official viewpoint article
irony · mockery · critique · topical · skewering · lampooning · subversive · allegory
Sequence of fictional events
- charactersPersons in a narrative
- continuityUninterrupted progression or coherence
- story arcNarrative's overall shape
- cliffhangerSuspenseful unresolved ending
serialization · protagonist · recurring characters · dialogue · backstory · subplot · resolution · character development
Peanuts
Long-running American comic strip
- GarfieldLazy comic strip tabby
- Calvin and HobbesComic about imaginative boy
- DilbertCorporate satire strip
Blondie · Beetle Bailey · Dennis the Menace · Cathy · Hagar the Horrible · funny pages · syndicated · Charles Schulz · Jim Davis · Bill Watterson
panels
Flat rectangular sections
speech bubbles · thought balloons · captions · gutters · frames · layout · line art · syndication · deadline · black and white
gags
Jokes or silencing devices
laughs · wit · slapstick · sight gags · running gag · one-liner · absurdist · wordplay · visual humor · pratfall
political cartoon
Satirical illustration mocking governance
- social commentaryAnalysis of societal conditions
- parodySatirical imitation
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
editorial · irony · mockery · critique · topical · skewering · lampooning · subversive · allegory · Doonesbury
storyline
Sequence of fictional events
- charactersPersons in a narrative
- continuityUninterrupted progression or coherence
- story arcNarrative's overall shape
cliffhanger · serialization · protagonist · recurring characters · dialogue · backstory · subplot · resolution · character development · ensemble cast
family
Related people together
office · neighbors · kids · husband · wife · household · everyday life · relatable · slice of life · school
- illustrationpainting, drawing, watercolor, sketch, charcoal
- comedy mediajoke books, humor magazines
- comic humorpunchlines, wordplay, visual puns, one-liners, zingers
- Illustrated Storiesfairy tales, fables, picture books, graphic novels, manga
- Kids' ComicsGarfield, Peanuts, Calvin and Hobbes, Big Nate, Captain Underpants
- whimsical artdoodles, sketches, cartoons, fantasy art, children's book art
comic stripsnovels
Extended prose fiction
prose fiction · editorial cartoons · graphic novels · radio dramas · feature films
comic stripstragedy
Disastrous or sorrowful event
hard news · obituaries · eulogies · lamentations · news reports
comic stripsfine art
Aesthetic visual creations
museum pieces · literary fiction · high culture · masterworks · oil paintings
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