The big news last week originated from the political side of things when the Trump Administration announced tariffs of 25% against Canada and Mexico. This affects the comic book industry because a lot of the printers that print comic books are based in Canada. Many have speculated, and rightly, that this would lead to an increase in the price of comic books and probably harm the industry.
So needless to see, Curt took this as a sign to make some moves and wheel and deal and Franka captured it beautifully.
Sadly (only for Curt), the Trump Administration postponed the decision for thirty days, allowing room for cooler heads to prevail and I do hope that the tariffs will not happen at all.
I suppose if you are a student of economics and have interest in relations that are international, you would know that tariffs are never a good idea. I think I saw that in a movie once.
This is not the first time that a huge conflict between Canada and the United States transpired. It also happened in 2015, albeit in comic book form. Brian K. Vaughn and Steve Skroce released a mini-series via Image Comics titled We Stand on Guard, depicting the United States invading Canada. And due to the current political atmosphere, sales of the book have been skyrocketing.
Let’s just hope this stays in comic book form.