funnies

/ ˈfʌnɪz /

plural noun

1. informal.
   comic strips in a newspaper

Example Sentences

Her early life story has more of the makings of a telenovela than the Sunday funnies.

From Los Angeles Times

Did these two never read the funnies growing up?

From Salon

Schallock, then 27, roomed with Berra and was tasked with picking up Berra’s daily delivery of “funnies” as they called them.

From Seattle Times

The primary colors of Johns’ target collide with the printing press of the Sunday funnies.

From Los Angeles Times

Along the way, mission managers detected no major onboard anomalies, just a series of small occurrences they termed “funnies”—that is, things that were unexpected but not exactly problems.

From Scientific American

Related Words

• farce
• fun
• humor
• satire
• sitcom