comics

The word “comics” means comic books, comic strips, and similar picture-story media as a whole. In plain terms, the general category of illustrated story publications — comic books and strips collectively.

“Comics” is pronounced KO-mihks (/ˈkɑmɪks/ in IPA).

Here is “comics” used in a sentence: “He grew up reading superhero comics every Saturday morning.”

“Comics” is a noun.

“Comics” is a fairly common word in modern English.

Both tell stories with sequential pictures. 'Comics' is the general term covering comic books, comic strips and similar media, often serialized and shorter. A 'graphic novel' is typically a longer, complete, book-length story published in one volume, though it uses the same comics form.

'Comics' is the broad English term for picture-story media in general. 'Manga' refers specifically to comics created in Japan, usually drawn in a distinctive style and traditionally read right to left. Manga is a category of comics rather than something separate.

A comic strip is a short sequence of panels, such as those printed in newspapers. 'Comics' is the wider term that includes comic strips, comic books and similar picture-story media as a whole, so every comic strip is part of comics, but comics covers much more.

'Comics' has a plural form, but as a collective term for the medium it is often treated as singular, as in 'comics is a popular art form'. When referring to several individual publications, it is plural: 'these comics are mine'.