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Fighting-game esports star SonicFox has backed out of NEXCON 2026, a two-day convention set for Norman, Oklahoma, after objecting to promotional artwork they say used an AI-generated version of their likeness. SonicFox announced the contract covering their appearance as a special guest had been terminated, and said their enthusiasm for the show had evaporated entirely.

Tom Cruise is in Japan with Alejandro González Iñárritu to promote Digger. Taking the opportunity, the actor has decided to visit one of the country’s best-known and beloved anime studios, MAPPA. Known for making anime like Jujutsu Kaisen or Chainsaw Man, Cruise has had the chance to get an in-depth look at how anime is…

King Features Syndicate has announcedAlex Segura will take over as writer of The Phantom comic strip this December. He will succeed Tony DePaul, who has written the strip since the death of creator Lee Falk in 1999. Mike Manley and Jeff Weigel will respectively continue to draw the daily strips and the Sunday editions of…