I have shot all sorts of weird conventions and festivals in my life but I have never photographed a full day at a Comic Con. I went to a few as a kid but nothing like Comic Con in San Diego or even like the Comic Con that happens to be happening right now at the Javits Center in NYC. I did once sneak into NYCC a few years ago but I was only there for about an hour and I didn’t get the full experience of thousands of nerds in a room holding giant fake weapons.

Yesterday I got to enjoy that madness and I am headed back today. I am not sure why I think it’s a good idea to go back after I exhausted myself today taking photos of kids in costumes of video game characters I will never play. I also ended up spending $40 which I probably shouldn’t have and I spent about 30 minutes trying to get a damn cab when I should have just taken the Subway home. But yet I will return today because nerds are God damn photogenic and I appreciate devotion and obsession even if it’s to Japanese tentacle rape comics.

Plus I have a bunch of friends who will be there. The guitarist for my band is an animator for Super Jail and is doing a pannel. My dude Hannibal Burress is also doing one for China, IL. Nick Gazin, Lamour Supreme and Greg Mishka are involved in some madness over at the giant Mishka booth. Buff Monster and his dude The Sucklord have their trading cards and are releasing toys. And on top of that I have some friends who are just there nerding out for whatever reason, like my friend Chloe who was dressed like a giant sting ray.

Anyway, I am gonna head back into the city for one more day of this Comic Con madness. So check out Friday’s batch of photos and I will be back tomorrow or Monday with today’s snaps.

Click here to see all the photos from Friday at the 2012 New York Comic Con at the Javits Center.

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