It encompasses the same breadth, it just reflects a different etymology. "Comics" invokes how, in the US, the form was originally popularized by newspaper funni

It encompasses the same breadth, it just reflects a different etymology. "Comics" invokes how, in the US, the form was originally popularized by newspaper funnies. But the word isn't understood to imply that comics need to be about comedy anymore. If we're just focusing on the modern meanings, I'd say the two are about as close to perfect translations of each other as you could ask for.