Full disclosure—New York Comic Con doesn’t feel like an overwhelming dog and pony show to me. It feels like home. A crowded and lively home in which brothers and sisters hang out, argue, and barter—all the while wearing their favorite superhero’s costumes. New York Comic Con (NYCC), which runs through Sunday, October 14, is a comics, anime, film, and overall pop culture convention at the Jacob Javits Convention Center, 655 West 34th Street.
Any preparations I had for taking on the con went out the window as I stepped under the massive NYCC banners. Walking through the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles tunnels, complete with posters of senseis and pizza, I entered the main show floor. There was almost too much to admire and buy in the booths that instead I turned my attention to the people around me.
