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JEEZUS. I know this sounds like I'm just fluffing you folks but I literally cannot keep up with all the cool stuff behind the scenes at ICC. pretty sure the Books On Deck list just sailed past 50 titles for the next 2-3 years...
I keep going "Oh, THIS is gonna be the BIG title of 20XX!" but then I remember another one I'm excited about, so no, maybe THAT one's gonna be the big title. or maybe THAT one?

It's just wild.
And frankly, the current environment makes it so easy. It's just a FIREHOSE of casually amazing talent out there, in all genres, from kids' books to erotica. This is a very good time to be a publisher, honestly.
Everyone's choices are partially luck, it's true, but what we call luck is often Timing Meeting Preparation. and Kickstarter came around at the exact right point for me, and it coincided with the rebirth of the comics industry perfectly. The planets really aligned.
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Here's a vid on why.
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Oh god they're honestly all so interchangeable. But some common threads?

- No loss or death is their fault. It's a glitch, lag, or a stream sniper. Those are the only options.
- Everyone is their chat is an idiot and needs to shut up.
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More #Fallout4, and the construction of The Sanctuary Museum of Pre-War America.

Made a "children's toys" display case, and a "sports and leisure" display. Fishing rod won't fit in the latter, sadly.
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I also made the rep his own house; an old bus behind the museum. Unlike most of the settlement's living quarters, he has it all to himself, cuz again, Dude Needed A Win.
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The same 6 agency task force CIA set up in April 2016? Oh
THATS what this was all about?? nbcnews.com/news/us-news/f…
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dear owners of $TSLA cars:

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worse, it's pretending to be solvent when it isn't.

this will hurt you.
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Genius chemistry professor, Taehyung who’s only 22 and already teaching in a university because he’s skipped grades and well, is genius. He ends his lecture one day and asks, “Any questions?” There’s only murmurs of no till someone says, “Yeah, are you single?”
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1/ Manu (The progenitor of Humankind)
All different races of Mankind are derived from Manu and Shradha. The current Manu is Vaivasvata Manu.
2/ The word Manu literary means man but it is a title given to the progenitor of mankind. According to Hindu Puranas there are many kalpas (One day of Lord Brahma the creator) and each Kalpa has 14 manvantara and each manvatara has one manu. So basically each Kalpa has 14 Manus.
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