How to Use comic strip in a Sentence

comic strip

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  • The first Peanuts comic strip was published on this day in 1950.
    — Rosa Inocencio Smith, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2017
  • Snoopy also had six other siblings, and a total of five of his siblings showed up in the comic strip.
    — Micaela English, Town & Country, 26 Oct. 2015
  • According to the film, the comic strip was outselling Superman at one point.
    — Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2017
  • Jorge Cham draws the comic strip Piled Higher and Deeper at www.phdcomics.com.
    — Dwayne Godwin, Scientific American, 1 May 2012
  • No Freaking Loyalty And, finally, there is the image like a comic strip.
    — Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, 16 Sep. 2017
  • The strip is the first by a new artist who has taken over the iconic comic strip.
    — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 17 Oct. 2020
  • The comic strip has been published weekly for the past decade.
    — Rex Nelson, Arkansas Online, 17 Apr. 2021
  • Is the end of a comic strip after 50 years a big deal anymore?
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Match each dog in the left-paw column with its comic strip home in the U-T in the right-paw column.
    — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2022
  • The Monday strip is the first by a new artist who has taken over the iconic comic strip.
    — Jeff Strickler, Star Tribune, 11 Oct. 2020
  • This holiday version of the beloved Peanuts comic strip is the one for you.
    — Amy MacKelden, ELLE, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Was your mom’s love of the comic strip the impetus for this series?
    — New York Times, 18 Oct. 2021
  • One is trained to read a comic strip from left to right, top to bottom, one panel at a time.
    — The New Yorker, 12 Nov. 2022
  • First, draw an empty comic strip grid that is four squares wide and two squares tall.
    — Josh Linkner, Detroit Free Press, 26 Oct. 2019
  • The newspapers that have cut the comic strip have been clear with readers.
    — Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Donald Trump, for me, is like a character from a comics strip.
    — Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 July 2018
  • Her engaging cookbook plays out recipes in the style of a comic strip.
    — Kate Krader, Fortune, 15 Jan. 2022
  • His father was a carpenter in a steel mill with a love of comic strips.
    — Matt Schudel, Washington Post, 7 July 2018
  • For the people who don't know, Calvin and Hobbes is a comic strip from my childhood that is brilliant.
    — Megan Ditrolio, Marie Claire, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Schulz spent part of his childhood in Needles and made it the home of Snoopy’s brother Spike in his Peanuts comic strip.
    — Washington Post, 3 July 2019
  • The Peanuts gang is here, because Marc has been a fan of the comic strip ever since his babysitter gave him a stuffed Snoopy at age 6.
    — Vogue, 31 May 2019
  • The movie is based on the turn-of-the-century comic strip Little Nemo in Slumberland.
    — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2022
  • One of the few bright spots is a return to the family's love of horror and gore, harkening back to the tone of the original comic strip.
    — Lee Escobedo, EW.com, 7 Dec. 2022
  • So he is dropped hints that Funky is drawing to a close, uh, the sale of the Mont Montana’s restaurant in the, in the comic strip and retirement coming.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Santa will get a chuckle out of the comic strip scene printed on this cookie tray.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2021
  • Gilchrist was only 24 years old when Jim Henson chose him to create and draw the Muppets comic strip.
    — Beth Mlady, cleveland, 12 Sep. 2020
  • Barney Google and Spark Plug appeared as a comic strip as early as 1919.
    — Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 4 Nov. 2021
  • When the 86-year run of the Annie comic strip ended, many story and plot lines were left unresolved.
    — Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2022
  • Remember Marmaduke, the storied Great Dane of the comic strips?
    — Lisa Peklo, Howard County Times, 5 Apr. 2018
  • The iconic sailor man and spinach chugger, who first appeared in comic strips in the late 1920s, will be the subject of a new live-action feature film from Chernin Entertainment and King Features.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 19 Mar. 2024

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