comic : Idioms & Phrases

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comic book

  • noun a magazine devoted to comic strips
WordNet

comic opera

  • noun opera with a happy ending and in which some of the text is spoken
    bouffe; opera comique; opera bouffe.
WordNet

comic strip

  • noun a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book
    cartoon strip; funnies; strip.
WordNet

serio-comic

Se`ri*o-com"ic, Se`ri*o-com"ic*al adjective (Also<
  • Serio-comic
  • Serio-comical
)
Definitions
  1. Having a mixture of seriousness and sport; serious and comical.
Webster 1913

tragi-comic

Trag`i-com"ic, Trag`i-com"ic*al adjective (Also<
  • Tragi-comic
  • Tragi-comical
)
Etymology
Cf. F. tragi-comique.
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to tragi-comedy; partaking of grave and comic scenes. -- Trag`-com"ic*al*ly, adv.
    Julian felt toward him that tragi-comic sensation which makes us pity the object which excites it not the less that we are somewhat inclined to laugh amid our sympathy. Sir W. Scott.
Webster 1913