Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Joy Beeson Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom Subject: AKICIF: The Shape of Asterix Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 19:42:01 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 24 Message-ID: <8dj9ejhbmbrlh3a0np07kbi2ivdqm3ift3@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2024 01:42:01 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="3008bb961091972993f841b4b3928767"; logging-data="1158022"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18q1258DSd0YiGs0hRQHAZonWxjbj7qWHU=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:cnDXrrw6Kmha9bE+57PnK24Wcrk= X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 3.2/32.830 Bytes: 1530 I found a copy of Asterix I picked up on Free Comic Book Day a few years ago and wondered why I hadn't read it. The answer is that I can't. It was shrunk to fit American comic-book pages, and I can't see the letters without my needle-threading glasses, which are never in reach when the book is. The pages have extra-wide top and bottom margins. Metric paper is taller and narrower than American Customary paper -- the extra-wide margins should be on the sides. So my question is: What size and shape are European comic books? -- Joy Beeson joy beeson at centurylink dot net http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/ `