Before the Second World War, comics were almost exclusively published as tabloid size Newspapers.
Before the Second World War, comics were almost exclusively published as tabloid size Newspapers. Since 1945, the "album format" gained popularity, a book-like format about half the former size. The comics are almost always hardcover in the French edition and softcover in the Dutch edition, colored all the way through, and, when compared to American comic books and trade paperbacks "wikipedia:trade paperback (comics)"), rather large (roughly A4 standard).