Comicpalooza

Check out stars of Galacticon, comic books and more at Comicpalooza

Much in the same way a football stadium provides sanctuary for both the muscle-bound athlete and the freezing-yet-shirtless fan who admires him, comic conventions offer a meeting place for, say, the guy who writes a steampunk novel based on an album by Canadian prog-rock band Rush as well as the fans of such fiction, whomever they may be. The Texas International Comic Con, which also answers to Comicpalooza, arrives in the George R. Brown Convention Center this weekend. (The opportunity to temporarily rename it the George R.R. Martin Convention Center has either been rejected or not yet suggested.) Fans of science fiction, fantasy, horror, action and all sorts of once-maligned fiction genres in books, movies, TV and comics can gather in a place where no one will be judged for dressing like Boba Fett, where ideas and enthusiasms are shared and exchanged, where comic books are currency.

Texas International Comic Con

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