webcomic

Definition

An online comic, especially one first published on the Internet.

Etymology

From Web + comic. The word is first attested 2000, but websites titled "WebComics" existed previously (as early as 1995).

Example Sentences

• "Webcomics certainly have their selling points. They are harder to censor and generally free from editorial meddling[…]"
• "Weinersmith, who is best known for his webcomic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, describes the polystate as a geopolitical entity in which multiple overlapping states exist — but each “state” consists of citizens who have agreed to the laws of a single non-geographic state; typical geographically-bound nations, or traditional “geostates”, would be replaced by “polystates”, which are collections of “anthrostates”."
• "Almost six years ago, Andrew Hussie began another one of a series of webcomics on his website, MS Paint Adventures. These early comics were experiments in fan-sourced storytelling: He’d create and monitor forums for character and story suggestions, then fold them into the story."