How to Use comic in a Sentence

comic

1 of 2 adjective
Definition of comicnext
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  • The drama has some comic moments.
  • The scene was included for comic effect.
  • His comic timing is impeccable.
  • This 2025 film is not the first time the heroes have moved from the comic page to the big screen.
    — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 25 Feb. 2024
  • But, of course, there’s a comic side to the seething dynamics.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Their scenes have a sweet, comic edge tinged with a haunted sense of loss.
    — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The box that gives the comic story its shape is made, on purpose, too small.
    — Kristen Roupenian, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
  • But Reeder has a keen sense of shock, both for comic and creepy effect.
    — Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
  • As does stand-up comic and talk show host W. Kamau Bell.
    — Glenn Gamboa, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Beauchamp grabbed some of the 1,500 copies printed and took them around town, placing them in record stores, boutiques and comic shops.
    — Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2023
  • The show’s comic structure only works when the vocals blow the audience out of the water.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2023
  • He’s seen as sort of like a comic foil sometimes in other writings; not much is made of his book.
    — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The move comes just ahead of the darkly comic thriller’s Fantastic Fest world premiere.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Beau’s Guilt on Trial Beau runs out of the house, his face frozen in a comic expression of terror.
    — Vulture, 13 June 2023
  • This sort of body horror thing that happens, which is straight from the comic, the scarab grafting itself to spine, all that stuff.
    — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Ben Bishop, a comic artist who funds his work through Kickstarter.
    — Heidi Mitchell, WSJ, 13 July 2023
  • The comic actor plans to launch a debut novel aimed at young-adult readers.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 12 Feb. 2024
  • While wandering the show floor, guests can find artists, comic vendors and cosplay props for sale.
    — Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2023
  • All of this is presented through a lightly comic lens, but the themes are dark, and there are many intense moments.
    — Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The camera then cut to Swift who seemed unamused, staring blankly at the comic while taking a sip of bubbly from her flute.
    — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Here's everything to know about Noah Galuten and his relationship with the comic and TV host.
    — Sydni Ellis, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The comic Bassem Youssef went viral for his appearance on Piers Morgan’s show.
    — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The real comic element of this whole affair comes in Scene Two: the formal defense.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2023
  • But more importantly, the dude finally met his comic-book crush and made some plans for the future.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2023
  • But this time, as Belushi says, the comic moments will be mixed with some of the tough realities facing those in the legal cannabis business.
    — Kturnqui, oregonlive, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Paul Reubens, the comic actor known for his portrayal of the character Pee-wee Herman, has died.
    — Anna Chan, Billboard, 31 July 2023
  • Atkinson and Ford met while performing in the comic play Quartermaine's Terms the year prior.
    — Jamie Ballard, Peoplemag, 31 Mar. 2024
  • Kids of the now will adore Davidson’s comic timing and humor as Mirage, the transforming robot role he was born to play.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 7 June 2023
  • The filmmakers employed some of their favorite comic artists to help design the new worlds and characters.
    — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
  • But the human stain is not without a comic essence, too, which Ruscha drew out in a wonderful group of word-paintings on shiny moiré fabric.
    — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2024
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comic

2 of 2 noun
  • And a lot of the stuff in the show is pushed beyond what was in the comic.
    — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 25 Oct. 2023
  • In fact, the 37-year-old has never drawn a comic by hand.
    — Natsumi Sugiura, CNN, 9 Mar. 2023
  • That sets the stage for the Season of Mists story in the fourth volume of The Sandman comic.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2022
  • At two bucks, the comic was a bargain, dense and delirious.
    — Ed Park, The New York Review of Books, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The actor and legendary standup comic known for his raw, scorched voice and crude jokes.
    — Bernard McGhee, al, 31 Dec. 2022
  • The legendary comic is beginning the new year with a bang.
    — Okla Jones, Essence, 9 Feb. 2024
  • The Boston comic thinks there are too many things to worry about in the world today.
    — Nick A. Zaino Iii, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2023
  • And it’s all rendered in a gorgeous art style that makes the show feel like a classic pulp comic brought to life.
    — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 23 Nov. 2023
  • He’s also set to voice Garfield in the 2024 film adaptation of the classic comic.
    — Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The art and artists do the heavy lifting while the curators, among them an Aussie comic, go trite and tiresome.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 15 June 2023
  • Even for those who have read the comic, seen the film or played the video game version, the anime will hold surprises.
    — George Gene Gustines, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The comic will also voice a magician mouse in the Ryan Reynolds-starring movie If, out in May.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The comic suggested the TV show will be pitched to other networks.
    — Diana Dasrath, NBC News, 27 Jan. 2023
  • This comic is a slice of gratitude to my loved ones, working-class people and the gente that make L.A. home.
    — Karina Ramirez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Bone Everyone else has had a shot at adapting Bone, the beloved comic by Jeff Smith.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2023
  • In the comic, the story factors into the West Coast Avengers storyline.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Facebook This comic is an ode to all the migratory birds out there.
    — Natalia Cardona Puerta, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
  • The comic has gained notice on the long-running NBC late-night series for bizarre humor that blends gross-out jokes with a taste for the absurd.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 19 Nov. 2023
  • The streamer has renewed the series based on Neil Gaiman’s beloved comic for a second season.
    — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Nov. 2022
  • That night, Haddish goes out to dinner with a local comic, Nasty Nate, who has been pleading with her for a date.
    — Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 20 July 2023
  • Being a novice, McCall offered to write a few pages of a Lynn comic, giving Davis the option to hire him to finish it.
    — Journal Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2022
  • With the help of medication, Ford got better and began writing about faith, first for a web comic and then in 2016 for The Bee.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Nov. 2022
  • The first photo is a close up of the pair, with DeGeneres smiling into the camera and de Rossi resting her head on the comic's shoulder.
    — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Yonezu: In the comic, demons are constantly hurting people in grotesque ways.
    — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 16 Nov. 2022
  • From my understanding, the character in the comic is less generous than the version of Namor in the film.
    — Dash Harris, refinery29.com, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Within three years, there were 30 million readers of the comic in 52 countries.
    — Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine, 28 Apr. 2023
  • This comic was made for all the cultural in-betweeners who struggled to find their roots.
    — Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2023
  • Further, in the last nine months The Times has on four occasions printed a rerun of the comic when the new daily strip did not meet our standards.
    — Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Would a comic this perceptive really step off the stage and spew hatred for its own sake?
    — TIME, 23 Feb. 2024
  • One day in the early 1970s, a friend called Mr. Friedman to tell him about a young comic named Andy Kaufman who wanted to audition.
    — Clay Risen, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2022

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