The phrase "a source of comic" is not correct in standard English.
It should be "a source of comedy" or "a source of comic relief" depending on the context.
Example: "The film was a source of comic relief during the intense drama of the story."
Alternatives: "a source of humor" or "a source of amusement."
FOR several generations the academy has been a source of comic inspiration to novelists on both sides of the Atlantic.
Failing to light a cigarette or fumbling for an ashtray may be a source of comic relief once, but done twice, it is forced.
Not by any means a routinely formal poet, Wright typically invents his own brand of rhythmic repetition, drawing out chimes and patterns as a source of comic intensification.
Danny Burstein's brash comic turn as Luther Billis is as funny as ever, but there are more pronounced shadings to his tender, fraternal love for Nellie that make the character more than a source of comic relief and a plot device.
The war, in which he served in the Buffs, did not completely interrupt his career, and was a source of comic accents and mannerisms which he later exploited in Tommy Handley's ITMA (It's That Man Again), for which he played Mrs Lola Tickle, and in Kenneth Horne and Richard Murdoch's bizarre life at a fictional RAF station, Much Binding In The Marsh.
Droids have long been a source of comic relief in the Star Wars universe, and it appears this will still be the case in Episode VII.
This, of course, is part of the raffish, easy-going charm of his writing and a source of its comic effect.
It was a surprisingly poignant ending for a character who, up until this point, was treated mainly as a source of light comic relief.
Her family was a rich source of comic inspiration, a minefield of the unexpected that demanded resilience and a gift for improvisation.
It's also a rich source of comic relief: a friend of mine has been promised by his employer that when his current Blackberry breaks, he'll be allowed to upgrade it to a newer, better one.
Though Baker and Daniels were widely reported to have had a difficult relationship, they were a dependable source of comic relief on screen together in the series' seven instalments, including the original trilogy, which was completed by The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983).
