Dean Simons

The possession of zines appear to have been used as evidence in the recently concluded Prairieland case, giving a chilling effect on freedom of speech according to campaigners. Of those arrested and convicted, couple Daniel Rolando Sanchez-Estrada and Maricela Rueda were respectively sentenced to 30 and 70 years in prison, with a box of political zines apparently linking them to a “North Texas Antifa cell” involved in an incident outside an ICE detention center in July 2025.

On July 1, the European Union (EU) introduced a €3 tariff on any goods entering worth less than €150 – and it is already creating problems for comics, with The Phoenix and 2000 AD cancelling subscriptions. Anyone who has taken an online order set to be shipped to the EU – especially those with Kickstarter backers to fulfil beware.

Watchmen co-creator Dave Gibbons is the next fan favourite artist to receive the deluxe Apex Edition treatment from Rebellion. Set to release November 11, The 2000 AD Art of Dave Gibbons: Apex Edition will showcase full reproductions of the artist’s pages stretching back to the early years of his career – and the very beginnings of the British weekly.