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Comic strip

A comic strip (also known as a strip cartoon) is a sequence of cartoons, arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions. Traditionally, throughout the 20th and into the 21st century, these have been published in newspapers and magazines, with daily horizontal strips printed…

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Newspapers

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Sunday comics

Underground comic strips

Webcomics

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Issues in U.S. newspaper comic strips

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Comic strip

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Comic strip

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related to Further reading · 80
Comic strip → Abrams, After, Alfredo, Allan, American ComicsGoulart, American JournalismRobbins, American Newspaper Comics, American NewspaperStrickler, An Encyclopedic Reference Guide, ArtistsWalker, Avon, Before, Berlin/Boston, Bill, Blackbeard, Brian, Cartoons, Castelli, Catherine, Century
related to External links · 33
Comic strip → American, Anita, Archived, Belinda, Comic, Comic Art Collection, Comic Truths, Dave, Hames, Joanie's, June, Leiffer, March, MissouriBilly Ireland Cartoon Library, Museum, National Cartoonists Society Archived, O'Brian, Ohio State University, Panel Discussions, Paschal
related to Censorship · 28
Comic strip → As, Bantam, But That's Unprintable, Capp's, Dave Breger's, Dilbert, Generally, Grimm, January, Li'l Abner, Mother Goose, Naked, Ned, Pearls Before Swine, Pittsburgh Press, Said Edward Leech, Scott Adams, Scripps, Scripps-Howard, Senate
related to Format · 20
Comic strip → Between, Children, Floyd Gottfredson's Mickey Mouse, Garfield, Get Fuzzy, Hedge, Jim Davis, May, Medioka, Monarch, Monty, Over, September, Slapstick, Strips, Sunday, The, The Gumps, With, World War II
related to Social and political influence · 20
Comic strip → Al Capp's Li'l Abner, Annie, At, Capp's, Congressional, Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury, Going, Harold Gray's Little Orphan, In, Joseph McCarthy, Kelly, Malarkey, McCarthy, Pogo, Pogo's, Pogo's Okeefenokee Swamp, Simple, The, This, Walt Kelly
related to Underground comic strips · 20
Comic strip → Art Spiegelman, Bloom County, Brothers, Cat, Dan O'Neill, Doonesbury, Fritz, Gilbert Shelton, Jay Lynch, Mad, Many, National Lampoon, Pete Millar's CARtoons, Pinhead, Playboy, The, The Fabulous Furry Freak, Underground, Vaughn Bode, Zippy
related to Bibliography · 19
Comic strip → Adams, Cartoonist Ignores Helpful Advice, Comic Strips, Comics, Company, Consumer Culture, Drawing Comics, Eisner, Gordon, Ian, ISBN, Monkey Brain, Norton, Penguin, Scott, Sequential Art, Smithsonian Institution, Stick, Will
related to Conventions and genres · 19
Comic strip → Batman, Dick Tracy, Examples, Flash Gordon, For Better, For Worse, Gasoline Alley, Little Orphan Annie, Lynn Johnston's, Mary Worth, Modesty Blaise, Most, Prince Valiant, Sometimes, Superman, Tarzan, The, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Phantom
related to history · 13
Comic strip → An, Bayeux Tapestry, England, English, European, Germany, Iran, Islamic Persia, Printed, Rake's Progress, Similar, Storytelling, William Hogarth's
related to Popularity · 13
Comic strip → Ally Sloper, Ally Sloper's Half Holiday, British, Charles, During, George Gallup's, In, Judy, Making, Ross, Sunday, The, While

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Judge Parkerinstance ofsoap-opera-continuity strips0.80text
Mary Worth gained popularityinstance ofsoap-opera-continuity strips0.80text
Libertyinstance ofcartoonist Will Eisner has suggested that sequential art would be a better genre-neutral name.Comic strips have appeared inside American magazines0.80text
Boys' Lifeinstance ofcartoonist Will Eisner has suggested that sequential art would be a better genre-neutral name.Comic strips have appeared inside American magazines0.80text
but also on the front coversinstance ofcartoonist Will Eisner has suggested that sequential art would be a better genre-neutral name.Comic strips have appeared inside American magazines0.80text
such as the Flossy Frills series on The American Weekly Sunday newspaper supplementinstance ofcartoonist Will Eisner has suggested that sequential art would be a better genre-neutral name.Comic strips have appeared inside American magazines0.80text
Richard Newtoninstance ofEnglish caricaturists0.80text
George Woodward developed sophisticated caricature styles using strips of expressive comic figures with captions that could be read left to right to cumulative effectinstance ofEnglish caricaturists0.80text
as well as business models for advertisinginstance ofEnglish caricaturists0.80text
selling cheap comic illustration on regular subscription.Other leading British caricaturists produced strips as wellinstance ofEnglish caricaturists0.80text
The Adventures of Johnny Newcomeinstance ofan influential English comic series published in London between 1807 and 1819 by Thomas Tegg included some satirical stories in comic strip format0.80text
Histoire de Mrinstance ofHis illustrated stories0.80text

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