Sydney Sweeney No Sales, Asmongold Loves The Gay, SFWA Suing Athropic - Fandom Pulse Daily Briefing
Well, for me, the most exciting and interesting news of the day is the boycott of a French comics festival in Europe… but I know I’m esoteric in what I pay attention to. Euro-comics are one of those things as they have such an interesting industry over there, but I won’t ramble at you much longer on that!
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