phrase[ plural ]mainly USold-fashioned the series of drawings in a newspaper that tell a humorous story: （报纸上的）滑稽连环漫画 I ignored the news and went straight to the funnies. My parents always used to love the funnies. I think he only bought the paper for the funnies. When you're done reading the funnies, pass them over to me. I never bothered with the rest of the paper but I loved the funnies. See also
comic strip
funnynoun
funnies | American Dictionary
funnies plural noun us/ˈfʌn·iz/ one or more pages in a newspaper that have groups of amusing drawings, each of which tell a story or joke: the Sunday funnies