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Definition of "comix" [comix]

  • Comic books and comic strips, especially of the underground press: "the countercultural . . . comix of the sixties and early seventies, with their explicit criticism of American society” ( Lloyd Rose). (noun-plural)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "comix" in a sentence
  • "If you are looking at Neil Gaiman and Co., certain comix/gn are certainly on as high a level as anything being written today: lush prose, fascinating characters, startling stories."
  • "Also, anyone who uses the word comix who isn't part of the R.Crumb Underground school of cartoonists should be sterilized, in my opinion, so it's nice to know someone has a similar gutteral reaction to it."
  • "Â I'm not in loveÂwith the art, because it's too much like a lot ofÂunderground "comix" - everyone's head is enlarged,Âperspectives are off - but I admit that it makes the comic more interesting."
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