Tariff war with President Trump Subvert the global economy, You still have to act locally, and the impact of tariffs on graphic novel publication has always been A great source of anxiety for Comics industry. However, published books have been exempted from tariffs on Chinese imports…and it seems they are still.
I stormed about this last week, but there are conflicting information about whether it is still so. Jim Milliot Confirmed in Publisher Weekly The Cold War era exemption still existsat present.
Recent federal documents released Displays displays of many categories that are not subject to tariffs, including “Printed Substances, Nesoi”, which translates to “Specify or include elsewhere”. Other items specifically mentioned include printed books and children’s pictures, paintings and coloring books. Additionally, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) remains intact, meaning that goods considered “compliant” (their books and paper) will not face new tariffs.
Although there are no new books on the looming books, the 7.5% tariff on the first Trump administration imposed by the book printed in China remains in effect under President Biden. The Bible and other religious books are also exempt from new tariffs. While paper from Canada is temporarily exempt from tax, it is not clear whether paper, pulp and ink imported from other countries will pay higher tariffs. If so, that could increase the price of American printers.
exist Official White House Declaration, and arranged in Some appendix. The table lists exempt products:
In addition, exemption: Items made of ink bones. Now you know.
As mentioned earlier, “nesoi” is not a new type of ink diagram, but represents “Not specified or included elsewhere. ”
Of course, with the world’s volatile and phantom-threatening style of trade wars in progress, invisible, this could be just a brief probation. Several companies have responded to expected tariffs. this All second wave of Longbox Heroes Collectible numbers from Matt Wagner Xed were cancelled:
Hey gang… Unfortunately, some sad news. The second wave of Longbox Heroes Collectible Vigures has been cancelled due to our unprovoked trade war with “stellar leaders” in the rest of the world, and a second wave of Longbox Heroes Collectible Vigures has been cancelled due to new biases from Chinese goods and damage to tariff rates. damn it. pic.twitter.com/csesu0ini
— Matt Wagner (@mattwagnercomic) April 3, 2025
And spawning comics have Increase its price from $2.99 to $3.99.
No, you’re not imagining it – everything is getting more expensive these days (that’s It will only get worse in the near future). If you want to prove this fact, don’t Latest updates to the upcoming version of Image Comicsit can be seen that over a decade later, Todd McFarlane’s entire spawning comic series (covering six ongoing series including Spawn, Gunslinger Spawn, King Spawn and Spawn: Spawn: Rat City: Rat City, among other mini theaters) increased its price from $2.99 to $3.99.
This change will actually take effect with July’s Spawn #366; the details of the production line were announced to retailers and fans a few months ago.
Beat your own resident retailer columnist Jacob Shapiro Fantasy comics Appeared on CBS Evening News to talk about tariffs:
As tariffs rise and uncertainty grows, small business owners like Jacob Shapiro are worried that their livelihoods will be at risk. “We need a plan,” he told CBS News. @NancyCordes. “You can’t just flip the switch and change the allocation model.” pic.twitter.com/bulgadcef2
– CBS Evening News (@cbseveningnews) April 4, 2025
Although the news of grandfather’s exemption is now welcome… tomorrow may bring different news. This is the trouble uncertainty caused by the people we talk to.
