comic book

English

comic book (plural comic books)

(comics) A book or magazine that uses sequences of drawings to tell a story or series of stories, primarily in serialized form, usually fiction.

Although the name comic book implies that humor is involved, not all comic books are funny. Oftentimes people associate comic books with adventure stories involving superheroes.

book or magazine

Catalan: còmic (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 漫畫書／漫画书 (zh) (mànhuàshū), 漫畫冊／漫画册 (zh) (mànhuàcè)
Danish: tegneserie (da) c
Dutch: stripboek (nl) n
Esperanto: bildrakonto
Estonian: koomiksivihik, koomiks
Finnish: sarjakuvalehti (fi), sarjakuvakirja (fi)
French: bande dessinée (fr) f, bédé (fr)
German: Comicbuch n
Italian: fumetto (it) m
Polish: komiks (pl) m
Portuguese: (livro de) história em quadrinhos m, gibi (pt) m (Brazil)
Russian: ко́микс (ru) m (kómiks)
Scots: comic buik
Spanish: cómic (es) m
Swedish: serietidning (sv) c (periodical), seriemagasin n (periodical), seriealbum n (non-periodical)
Thai: หนังสือการ์ตูน (nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ-gaa-dtuun)