webcomic

or web comic

[ web-kom-ik ]

noun

1. an online comic strip or cartoon, especially one that was originally published online.

Word History and Origins

Origin of webcomic¹

(World Wide) Web + comic (strip)

Example Sentences

She appeared in a popular webcomic, which then became a bestselling graphic novel and, perhaps fittingly, after many changes, now a Netflix/Annapurna animated feature.

From Los Angeles Times

Readers also gobbled up the source material: Oseman’s best-selling graphic novels and original webcomic, which now has over 124 million views.

From New York Times

Stevenson began publishing “Nimona” online in 2012 as an ongoing webcomic.

From Los Angeles Times

Alice Oseman’s webcomic “Heartstopper” has grown into a sensation, first as a graphic novel series with three million copies in print and then as a live-action Netflix series.

From New York Times

He was a fan of Lauren Monger’s webcomic Terrible Terrible Terrible, which featured two anthropomorphic possums as main characters, and decided to dump a bunch of possum images into the bot’s data set before assigning it to a Twitter feed.

From Slate