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comic

[kom-ik] / ˈkɒm ɪk /


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It sounds like a crackpot invention advertised on the back of an old comic book.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

But I bet anything Trump idolizes Grant more for his charisma, presence, and comic timing in comedies like Bringing Up Baby, His Girl Friday, and The Philadelphia Story.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

Mr. Romm emphasizes this through close juxtapositions: From Diphilus, a fourth-century comic writer, we learn that “time is a strange craftsman; it refashions all of us but makes us always worse.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

The closing of Things From Another World at Universal Citywalk marks the loss of another legacy comic store in the city.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

He’d been sitting on his birthday money for a month, waiting for Fiona to take us on the train into the city, to Newbury Comics, to browse through music, comic books, and assorted thingamajigs.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen




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