What Do You Call the Comics in the Newspaper
@just4him (323168)
Green Bay, Wisconsin
February 2, 2021 2:48pm CST
When I was a kid we called them the Funnies or Comics. Since I've been grown, I've only heard them called Comics. Then one day I heard two people call them the Funnies and Cartoons.
What do you call them? Is it different from when you were a kid? Supposing you're older than dirt to answer that last question.
Thanks for reading.
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@DaddyEvil (174249)
• United States
2 Feb 21
We called them comics and that's what I still call them.
Uhm... "older than dirt"? Who you calling old? 
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@DaddyEvil (174249)
• United States
3 Feb 21
@just4him Hmmm... maybe people older than you, but definitely not you! 
I don't read newspapers and haven't in years. I hear too many sad/tragic stories from people around me... I don't want to read about them, too. (If/When something happens that Pretty thinks I should know she tells me.)
I do read comics online though.
I don't read newspapers and haven't in years. I hear too many sad/tragic stories from people around me... I don't want to read about them, too. (If/When something happens that Pretty thinks I should know she tells me.)
I do read comics online though.1 person likes this
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
3 Feb 21
@DaddyEvil My friend at the pool gives me the Sunday comics. It's the only part of the paper I read.
Thank you. 
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
3 Feb 21
It's good some things never change.
I was referring to myself and people older than me who still get the Sunday paper. Do you fit that category? I expect most people don't get the paper anymore with today's technology. I could be wrong.
I was referring to myself and people older than me who still get the Sunday paper. Do you fit that category? I expect most people don't get the paper anymore with today's technology. I could be wrong.1 person likes this
@snowy22315 (208751)
• United States
2 Feb 21
We called them the funnies as a kid.
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@Fleura (34932)
• United Kingdom
3 Feb 21
@just4him We got the local paper occasionally but that's it. It was always a problem for me when I was given a school assignment such as to 'write a piece for a newspaper reporting arrival of an alien spaceship' or whatever weird thing my teacher dreamt up - I didn't know what sort of style they were expecting.
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@Deepizzaguy (122070)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
2 Feb 21
I remember some of the local radio stations calling the newspaper comics the Sunday Funnies even though some of the comics including the Spider Man adventures.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
4 Feb 21
@Deepizzaguy That's good to know.
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@Deepizzaguy (122070)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
3 Feb 21
@just4him Spider Man appears in some newspapers around the nation. It is in the Lake Charles market but not in the New Orleans market.
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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5 Feb 21
Inquiring minds want to know I've heard both terms but I always referred to them as the comic section of the paper. But a popular phrase was "see you in the funny papers" a way to say goodbye to someone.
I've heard both terms but I always referred to them as the comic section of the paper. But a popular phrase was "see you in the funny papers" a way to say goodbye to someone. 1 person likes this
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
6 Feb 21
@dgobucks226 I think that's the order my dad read the paper too and then went to the front page.
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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5 Feb 21
@just4him Agreed! One of the first I would go to along with sports..
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
3 Feb 21
Good to know. They have them online if you're interested.
@BarBaraPrz (51811)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
3 Feb 21
I think I've always referred to them as comics. See ya in the funny pages used to be a way of saying goodbye, though.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
5 Feb 21
The funny paper I used to say. :-) Now the comics
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