Comic format
Comic formats differentiate the size and texture of comics .
Overview
album
- Size: approx. 21 cm wide, 30 cm high (about DIN A4)
- Composition: Cover tighter, pages mostly glued, rarely bound
- z. E.g .: Asterix (Ehapa), Clever & Smart ( Condor )
book
- Size: any
- Composition: Cover stiff, pages glued or bound
- z. E.g .: Asterix luxury edition (Delta)
Large band (Gb.)
- Size: approx. 16-18 cm wide, 23-26 cm high
- Composition: Cover mostly paper, pages mostly stapled and rarely glued
- z. E.g .: Mickey Mouse ( Ehapa ), ghost stories ( Bastei ), mosaic ( stone by stone )
Large band in landscape format (GbQ.)
- Like large band only across
Large tape with oversize format (GbÜ.)
- Size: approx. 21 cm wide, 30 cm high (about DIN A4)
- Texture: envelope paper, pages stapled
- z. E.g .: ghost stories special (bastion)
JIS B6 / Ko-B6-ban ("Klein-B6")
- Size: approx. 11-13 cm wide, 17-18 cm high
- Composition: envelope paper, pages glued
- Japanese standard format for manga anthologies ( Tankōbon )
Small band (Kb.)
- Size: approx. 15 cm wide, 21.5 cm high (about DIN A 5)
- Texture: envelope paper, pages stapled
- z. E.g .: Marco Polo (Lehning), Nizar ( Kolling )
humming-bird
- Size: approx. 11 cm wide, 15 cm high (about DIN A 6)
- Texture: envelope paper, pages stapled
- corresponds to the Japanese Bunkoban format
- z. E.g .: Jan Maat ( Walter Lehning Verlag )
Piccolo (pic.)
- Size: approx. 17 cm wide, 8 cm high
- Texture: envelope paper, pages stapled
- z. E.g .: Akim , Sigurd (both Lehning)
Double piccolo
- Like Piccolo, only double the height
Paperback (p.)
- Size: approx. 11–15 cm wide, 18–22 cm high
- Composition: Cover tighter, pages mostly glued, rarely bound
- z. E.g .: Funny paperback (Ehapa), Dragon Ball ( Carlsen )
US (standard) format
- Size: 16.8 cm wide, 26 cm high
- Texture: envelope paper, pages stapled
- z. E.g .: Batman ( DC Comics ), The Amazing Spider-Man ( Marvel Comics )