The New York Comic Con is sold out and is packed with fans. Video games blare near the entrance, celebrity artists sign sketches under giant DC and Marvel banners. Small press publishers and original artwork sellers display golden age comics that no one can afford. There are a million drawn variations on the joker (as well as several walking by, one licking his lips just like Ledger in "The Dark Knight"). Everyone here seems giddy. "I think my fifteen year-old self would be very proud of me," says Paige Pumphrey, a local artist presenting her Bettie Page inspired comic at the con for the first time.
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