Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Comic \Com"ic\, a. [L. comicus pertaining to comedy, Gr. ?: cf.
   F. comique. See {Comedy}.]
   1. Relating to comedy, as distinct from tragedy.

            I can not for the stage a drama lay, Tragic or
            comic, but thou writ'st the play.     --B. Jonson.

   2. Causing mirth; ludicrous. ``Comic shows.'' --Shak.

Comic \Com"ic\, n.
   A comedian. [Obs.] --Steele.

Source : WordNet®

comic
     n : a professional performer who tells jokes and performs
         comical acts [syn: {comedian}]

comic
     adj 1: arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a
            steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing
            fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise";
            "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very
            funny writer"; "it would have been laughable if it
            hadn't hurt so much"; "a mirthful experience";
            "risible courtroom antics" [syn: {amusing}, {comical},
             {funny}, {laughable}, {mirthful}, {risible}]
     2: of or relating to or characteristic of comedy; "comic hero"