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comic
A story told in a sequence of drawn pictures, often supplemented by text in speech bubbles or boxes.
Als Kind habe ich am liebsten Comics über Superhelden gelesen.
As a child, I most liked reading comics about superheroes.
'Comic' is a word from English, but in German it is used as a masculine noun with the article 'der'. The plural is 'die Comics'.
Mein kleiner Bruder liest am liebsten den neuen Comic.
My little brother most likes reading the new comic.
The word 'Comic-' is often used as the first part of compound nouns to describe something that has to do with comics. Examples are 'Comicfigur' (comic character), 'Comicheft' (comic book), or 'Comicsammlung' (comic collection).
Er hat ein ganzes Regal voller alter Comichefte.
He has a whole shelf full of old comic books.
Common verbs used together with 'Comic' are 'lesen' (to read), 'sammeln' (to collect), and 'zeichnen' (to draw).
Sie kann sehr gut Comics zeichnen.
She can draw comics very well.
stripe / film
'der Streifen' and 'der Comic' can both mean a drawn picture story. 'Comic' is the general term for a story in pictures, often with speech bubbles. This can be a magazine, a book, or a longer story. In this context, 'Streifen' usually means a short comic strip, often only a few pictures long and often in a newspaper or online. Learners may confuse the words because a 'Streifen' can be a type of 'Comic'. If the story is short and arranged in a row of pictures, 'Streifen' fits. For the whole genre or a longer work, it is better to say 'Comic'.
Liest du gern Comics oder lieber normale Romane?
Do you like reading comics, or do you prefer regular novels?
Zu Hause liest sie jeden Morgen den lustigen Streifen in der Zeitung.
At home, she reads the funny comic strip in the newspaper every morning.