Neo-Noir
The neo-noir subgenre refers to crime dramas and mysteries produced from the mid-1960s to the present that, while they are generally shot in color and do not always emulate the visual style of classic film noir, often borrow the themes, archetypes, and plots made famous by the film noir genre.
Newspaper Strips
The most direct predecessor to comic books were comic strips, usually published in newspapers, with collected versions of these becoming some of the earliest comic books. Comic books and traditional comic strips have continued to co-exist since the emergence of comic books but the domination of comic strips quickly faded in the biggest national comic markets, although it remains more popular in some national markets.