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| | | English translation:A sequence of drawings/cartoons | Explanation: Usually (but not always) in a rectangular shape, perhaps that's where the "strip" comes from
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"A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions."
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To clarify:
A comic book is an entire book of cartoons.
A cartoon strip can be just one strip in a newspaper, among crosswords, puzzles usually etc. |
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2 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +8 A sequence of drawings/cartoons
Explanation: Usually (but not always) in a rectangular shape, perhaps that's where the "strip" comes from
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"A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions."
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 mins (2011-11-09 10:53:23 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
To clarify:
A comic book is an entire book of cartoons.
A cartoon strip can be just one strip in a newspaper, among crosswords, puzzles usually etc.
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip
| Ty Kendall United Kingdom Local time: 20:57 Works in field Native speaker of: English
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