r/comics vs r/comicbooks

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Comics and webcomics room vs comic books discussion room

r/comics’ public description covers print comics (comic books, graphic novels and strips) and web comics, and encourages artists to post their own work. r/comicbooks describes itself as a room for fans of comic books, graphic novels and digital comics.

In our directory the two are close in size: comicbooks about 4.1M (rank #230) and comics about 3.9M (rank #251). Activity samples diverge: comics posts far more often (~231 posts/day vs ~70). comics’ sample is gallery- and image-heavy with lots of OC flairs; comicbooks’ sample mixes text with images and uses question, discussion, excerpt, cover/pin-up and news flairs. Our directory lists each name among the other’s related communities.

Rule titles: comics bans complaining, attacking artists, drama/trolling, OC abuse and piracy; comicbooks requires civility, bans piracy, sets image/spoiler/self-promo policy and limits screenshots/memes and appraisals.

Choose r/comics for strips, webcomics and original comic art under its OC and anti-harassment rules.
Choose r/comicbooks for comic-book fandom discussion, news and reading talk under its spoiler and image rules.
Both sit outside the current Top 100 cut; they overlap on “comics” as a word but not on posting culture.

Written comparison based on public descriptions and rule titles · updated 2026-11-07.

r/comics

Print Comics and Webcomics

Everything related to print comics (comic books, graphic novels, and strips) and web comics. Artists are encouraged to post their own work. News and media for adaptations based on comic books are welcome. Read the subre…

Members: 3.9M
7-day growth: +3.8K
Posts/day: 231
Directory rank: #251
Created: Jan 25, 2008
Submissions: Text or links

Sample mix: galleries 55%, images 37%, links 3%

Topics: Marvel

Rule titles (short names we collected)

No complaining
Don't attack artists posting their content.
No drama or trolling. No Hateful content.
Do not abuse the [OC] system
Respect the Report System
Piracy
Not relevant to the subreddit
Don't post edits to comics that you didn't make
Cite Sources

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r/comicbooks

comicbooks

A reddit for fans of comic books, graphic novels, and digital comics.

Members: 4.1M
7-day growth: +1.1K
Posts/day: 70.2
Directory rank: #230
Created: Mar 28, 2008
Submissions: Text or links

Sample mix: text posts 41%, images 30%, galleries 17%

Rule titles (short names we collected)

Be Civil
No Piracy
Image Policy
Spoiler Policy
Self-Promotion and Spam
Recent Acquisitions & Value Appraisals
Screenshots and Memes
Off-Topic
Reposts and Spam

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Supported differences

Aspect	r/comics	r/comicbooks
Public focus (from each community’s public description)	Everything related to print comics (comic books, graphic novels, and strips) and web comics. Artists are encouraged to post their own work. News and media for adaptations based on comic books are welcome. Read the subre…	A reddit for fans of comic books, graphic novels, and digital comics.
Size r/comicbooks is larger in our directory.	3.9M members	4.1M members
Posting activity (our sample)	231/day	70.2/day
Common post types in our sample	galleries 55%, images 37%, links 3%	text posts 41%, images 30%, galleries 17%
Topic tags on SubMouse	Marvel	n/a
Selected rule titles (short names we collected)	No complaining; Don't attack artists posting their content.; No drama or trolling. No Hateful content.; Do not abuse the [OC] system; Respect the Report System	Be Civil; No Piracy; Image Policy; Spoiler Policy; Self-Promotion and Spam

What they share

Our directory lists each of these communities on the other’s related list.

Rules and posting patterns we can verify

comics short titles include: no complaining; don’t attack artists posting their content; no drama or trolling / hateful content; do not abuse the OC system; respect the report system; tag NSFW when needed; piracy; relevance; don’t post edits you didn’t make; cite sources. Our sample is gallery/image-heavy with OC flairs.

comicbooks: be civil; no piracy; image policy; spoiler policy; self-promotion and spam; NSFW content/comments; recent acquisitions and value appraisals; screenshots and memes; off-topic; reposts and spam. Our sample mixes text with images and discussion/news flairs.

Where this comparison comes from

Public titles, descriptions and member counts from SubMouse’s safe-for-work directory. Short rule titles and activity samples SubMouse collected. Mutual related-list links. Short titles only.

Members and public descriptions come from SubMouse's safe-for-work directory (as of 2026-11-02 UTC); 7-day growth measured from 2026-10-26. Posts/day and post-type mixes appear when we have an activity sample. Rule lines are short titles, not the full sidebar. Directory rank is listing order — communities outside the current Top 100 open in the info tool instead of a full community page.