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[kom-ik] / ˈkɒm ɪk /


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Naturally good readers of a room and skilled at misdirection, comedians can inject some comic relief into those tense roundtable moments.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Her popular podcast My Therapist Ghosted Me is full of gossip, oversharing and comic bickering - music to the ears of the Traitors producers, no doubt.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Later, the film veers somewhat off course when it turns into a low-level comic crime caper in which Ha-Chan’s obsessive nature creates some strange situations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Whyland’s Stevie, serving as emcee when the occasion calls for one, combines genuine camaraderie with comic relief.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

I decide, over the break, I’ll make a comic about him.

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is challenging art-world hierarchies by placing commercial art, comics and pop culture works in conversation with pieces by Frida Kahlo, Mary Cassatt, Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh and more.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

The museum aims to celebrate visual storytelling in all its forms: among them fine art, photography, comics, science-fiction illustrations and, of course, movies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Or, if you prefer superheroes: HBO’s new show adapts DC’s Green Lantern comics, but the series offers more than just your typical superhero fare.

From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026

It stemmed from a previous discussion between Macron and bin Salman about their shared passion for Japanese comics, "in particular Dragon Ball Z," advisers to the president told reporters on Monday.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

Frank followed Phil toward a rack of comics nearby.

From "A Monster of a Mystery (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #5)" by Franklin W. Dixon




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