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From: Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: AKICIF: The Shape of Asterix
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2024 22:30:00 +0200
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On 9/14/2024 1:42 AM, 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?
> 
> 

The comic albums of the Belgo-French style are "album sized" which is 
definitely not A4, but slightly larger. according to wikipedia "commonly 
24x32 cm (9.4x12.6 in)"
It's an interesting size that only really is used for comics I guess.