A comic strip is a drawing or sequence of drawings that tells a story. Written and drawn by a comics artist, such strips are published on a recurring basis (usually daily or weekly) in newspaper and on the Internet. In the UK and the rest of Europe they are also serialized in comic magazines, with a strip's story sometimes continuing over three pages or more. Comic strips have also appeared in US magazines such as Boys' Life.
Storytelling using pictures has existed at least since the ancient Egyptian, and examples exist in 19th century Germany and England. The American comic strip developed this format into the 20th century. It introduced such devices as the word balloon for speech, the hat flying off to indicate surprise, and specific typographical symbols to represent cursing. The first comic book were anthologies of newspaper comic strips.
As the name implies, comic strips can be humorous (for example, "gag-a-day" strips such as Blondie, Bringing Up Father and Pearls Before...
