The
Criminal Justice & Immigration Act 2008 came in to effect in
January 2009, and Section 49 of the Coroners and Justice Bill is
currently being reviewed. Both of these Acts could impact on the
creation of comic books and how they are sold, both have the potential
to land innocent people in court, on the sex offender register or in
jail. We ask that the PM and the government as a whole respect the
concerns of artists, writers, publishers, readers and retailers all
over the UK and include a specific clarification in the law that
ensures that no innocent comic creators or owners of comics can ever be
prosecuted unfairly by a mis interpretation of the current laws. 

These
laws actually extend to ANY form of image making (paintings, sketches,
doodles, etc) and not just the comics media, so EVERYBODY will be
effected by it. Basically
the government wants to legislate that any DRAWING they deem
"inappropriate" is tantamount to the same laws as a photography, thus
preventing you or I from DRAWING certain things. If ever there were
"thought crime" laws, these are it!