How to say "comic" in Japanese

• 漫画まんがJLPT N4approx.Common
  nounThe general word for comics as a medium: manga, comic strips, and cartoons all fall under it. Use this when speaking of comics in general, including Japanese manga.
  僕ぼくの趣味しゅみは漫画まんがを読よむ事ことです。↗

  My hobby is reading comics.
• コミックCommon
  nounA loanword from English, it is the natural word for a comic book — a bound volume of manga — and it also serves for comics generally, where it overlaps with 漫画.
  コミックマーケット６７にてコピー本ほん販売はんばい。無事ぶじ完売かんばいしたので製本せいほんしました。↗

  They were sold as photocopy books in Comic Market 67. We had no problem selling all of them, so we had bound copies made.

For comics as a medium — manga, comic strips, cartoons — 漫画 is the general word; use 「コミック」, the English loanword, when you mean a comic book or a volume of manga.

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• 漫画まんがcartoon
• コミックcomic
• お笑いおわらいcomical (story, song)
• お笑い芸人おわらいげいにんcomedian
• お笑いタレントおわらいタレントcomedian