Usage of "cartoon bubble"

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Graphic convention in comics for representing speech.

Usage of cartoon bubble in English

As you type to talk, your head swells until it explodes into a cartoon bubble. 
 Wired 

Berberian runs the gamut of cartoon bubble texts. 
 The Irish Times 

Then a cartoon bubble appeared above its head reading, It looks like you're writing a letter. 
 Year Zero 

Another cartoon bubble appeared. 
 Year Zero 

And so sometimes action results from those two separate cartoon bubbles intersecting. 
 The new yorker 

Clare could practically read the cartoon bubbles above their heads. 
 I'm in No Mood for Love 

English translations appear below in subtitled cartoon bubbles. 
 Wired 

"Hi." My word hangs in the air in front of me like a cartoon bubble. 
 Something wicked 

Meanings of cartoon bubble in English