From: grschmidt@acm.org   
      
   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.   
      
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   		Gary	B-)   
      
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