Pop Culture Pioneers
“After walking down the aisles and encountering assorted Batmans and Spider-Mans, a battalion of Star Wars stormtroopers and endless queues of people lined up for celebrity autographs, you start to wonder: Where are the actual comic books at Wizard World Chicago Comic Con?” writes Michael Bonesteel for the Sun-Times.
“Oh, they’re there, all right, represented by fewer dealers every year but still holding their own amid the hoopla and Hollywoodization of the event, which has really become more of a celebration of pop culture.”
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See also: Nerds And The Undead Clogging The Kennedy To Get To Chicago Comic Con In Rosemont!
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Posted on August 12, 2011