a. [ L. comicus pertaining to comedy, Gr. kwmiko`s: cf. F. comique. See Comedy. ] 1. Relating to comedy, as distinct from tragedy. [ 1913 Webster ]

I can not for the stage a drama lay,
Tragic or comic, but thou writ'st the play. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Causing mirth; ludicrous. “Comic shows.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A comedian. [ Obs. ] Steele. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Relating to comedy. [ 1913 Webster ]

They deny it to be tragical because its catastrophe is a wedding, which hath ever been accounted comical. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Exciting mirth; droll; laughable; as, a comical story. “Comical adventures.” Dryden.

Syn. -- Humorous; laughable; funny. See Droll.

-- Com"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Com"ic*al"ness, n. [1913 Webster]

n.; pl. Comicalities The quality of being comical; something comical. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The power of exciting mirth; comicalness. [ R. ] H. Giles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. The section of a newspaper containing mostly comic strips; -- called also funnies and funny papers. Many but not all newspapers have a comics section. [ PJC ]

n. a brief sequence of drawings, usually with characters drawn only sketchily, as in a cartoon, with dialog written in “balloons” over a character's head, and depicting a fictional and usually comical incident; -- also called a cartoon. Each comic strip contains typically from four to six panels arranged horizontally, but widely varying arrangements are published. In modern newspapers, weekly comic strips are in color, and daily strips are usually in black and white. In some, the story depicted may be serialized and continuous, carried over from day to day or week to week. Stories of adventure, drama, mystery or an otherwise non-comical nature depicted in the same style are also called comic strips. [ PJC ]