In celebration of NYC’s Comic-Con this weekend, here’s how to say “comic book” in some of the many languages we offer courses in.*
| Language | Phrase [Transliteration] |
| French | une bande dessinée (lit. drawn stripe; also known as BD or bédé) |
| German | Comicbuch |
| Italian | fumetto |
| Brazilian Portuguese | livro de histórias em quadrinhos (HQ) |
| Spanish | cómic, historieta; tebeo (Spain) |
| Arabic | كتاب مصوّر” [kitaab muSawwar] |
| Chinese | 漫画 [màn huà] |
| Japanese | 漫画 [manga] |
| Greek | κόμικς [ko-meeks] |
| Russian | комиксы [komiksy] |
Want to learn more? Check out our Living Language online course offerings here.