From: tim@smofs.org   
      
   On 9/13/2024 7:42 PM, 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?   
   >   
   >   
   Well, picking an original Asterix (et le chaudron, pub 1969) it appears   
   to be some 298mm high by 226mm wide over hard covers. The paper is   
   smaller: 290mm high by about 224mm wide. The printed area is about 245mm   
   by 196mm.   
      
   Which is not any standard size I've met. At all.   
      
   Tim   
      
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