Re: AKICIF: The Shape of Asterix

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