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From: "Gary R. Schmidt" <grschmidt@acm.org>
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Subject: Re: AKICIF: The Shape of Asterix
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On 14/09/2024 09:42, Joy Beeson wrote:
> 
> 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?
> 
> 
Hmm, soft-cover Asterix books here in Oz, both dans l'Anglais et aussi 
dans la Francais, are about ‎29 x 22 cm.

The hardcovers are a few millimetres - maybe 5? - larger each way.

	Cheers,
		Gary	B-)