comic vs comic strip

comic

noun
  • A story composed of cartoon images arranged in sequence, usually with textual captions; a graphic novel. 

  • A comedian. 

  • A children's magazine. 

adj
  • Unintentionally humorous; amusing, ridiculous. 

  • Pertaining to comedy, as a literary genre. 

  • Using the techniques of comedy, as a composition, performer etc; amusing, entertaining. 

comic strip

noun
  • A series of illustrations, in sequence, often but not necessarily depicting something funny or satirical in nature. 

How often have the words comic and comic strip occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )