"Comics" in my sentence

[Rachel Adams]

If I have a plural noun like "comics" should it be:

"Comics are an art form" or "Comics is an art form", "Comics are art" or "Comics is art?"
If I am not mistaken, "Comics are an art form" and "Comics are art" are wrong.

 

[emsr2d2]

Are you talking about the whole publication (the physical item you buy) or the artwork used inside comics?

 

[Rachel Adams]

Are you talking about the whole publication (the physical item you buy) or the artwork used inside comics?

About the arts works.

 

[emsr2d2]

Are you talking about the whole publication (the physical item you buy) or the artwork used inside comics?

About the arts works.

It's usually a good idea to assume that a native speaker has used the correct word/spelling/terminology. Why did you not just copy the word from my question instead of (incorrectly) changing it to "arts works"?

 

[Rachel Adams]

It's usually a good idea to assume that a native speaker has used the correct word/spelling/terminology. Why did you not just copy the word from my question instead of (incorrectly) changing it to "arts works"?

I accidentally typed it separately.

 

[emsr2d2]

You didn't just type it separately. You divided it into two words and then you added an "s" to the end of each word. That's not an accident.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

If I have a plural noun like "comics" should it be:

"Comics are an art form" or "Comics is an art form", "Comics are art" or "Comics is art?"
If I am not mistaken, "Comics are an art form" and "Comics are art" are wrong.

You can make a case for both is and are.

I prefer are, but I won't defend it.

And yes, artwork is one word and is singular in this context.

 

[Rachel Adams]

You can make a case for both is and are.

I prefer are, but I won't defend it.

And yes, artwork is one word and is singular in this context.

I was studying collective nouns that take either a singular or a plural verb. I was not sure if "comics" and "cartoons" are also used in the same way as "family", " crew", "crowd", etc.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

I was studying collective nouns that take either a singular or a plural verb. I was not sure if "comics" and "cartoons" are also used in the same way as "family", " crew", "crowd", etc.

Cartoons is never a collective noun. I don't know whether comics is. I don't think of it that way, which is why I prefer are.