Bande dessinee

Franco-Belgian comics are comics that are created in Belgium and France. These countries have a long tradition in comics and comic books, where they are known as BDs, an abbreviation of bande dessinée (literally drawn strip) in French and stripverhalen (literally strip stories) in Dutch. Belgian comic books originally written in Dutch are influenced by francophone comics, yet have a distinctly different style. Many other European comics, especially Italian comics, are strongly influenced by Franco-Belgian comics.
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n. strip cartoon

n. the funnies

french for comic strip - term for a series of drawings telling a story accompanied by captions - simplicity in execution and colors - to compare with cartoon 

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