I would say cartoon is a style of drawing, with the intention of being funny and unrealistic. TV shows in that style can be called "cartoons" as well as drawings on paper. Comic books are small books or magazines that focus on pictures to tell a story instead of only words. They are sometimes drawn in a cartoon (funny) style or sometimes drawn in a more realistic style.

A cartoon is a drawing, usually funny. Children watch cartoons on TV too - have you seen Tom and Jerry, the cat and mouse? They are cartoon characters. A comic book is a magazine of many drawings that also tells a story - like Superman, Batman or Spider-Man, they are all comic book characters.

A cartoon can either be a funny drawing on the page, or an animated show on screen. A comic book is a book or magazine (sometimes just called a comic) containing various cartoons and cartoon stories.

cartoon can be a whole page with only one character while comic book, reflects the dialogue or script of the characters as well as the images