It's that time of year again: You're walking in Boston's Seaport District, minding your own business, when you look up and suddenly see Batman walking toward you, flirting with My Little Pony.
You debate what the proper etiquette is for this conundrum and conclude that you can (a) walk hurriedly past them, trying not to stare, (b) ask them where Robin is or (c) follow them into the Seaport World Trade Center and surrender yourself to three days of unbridled wackiness.
Yes, it's the seventh annual Boston Comic Con, where as many as 40,000 comic book aficionados of all ages — many of them dressed as their favorite characters — gather beginning today to meet the more than 200 authors and illustrators who created them.
"Not only is Boston Comic Con drawing interest from the area's extensive comic book community, but it's becoming a destination event that brings tourists to Boston," said Nick Kanieff, the convention's co-founder. "The growing excitement around this convention demonstrates the strength and vibrancy of the creative community we have here in Boston and in the surrounding region."
Sara Richard of Portsmouth, N.H., a five-year veteran of Boston Comic Con who's done illustrations for the "The Littlest Pet Shop" and "My Little Pony," said she'll be taking sketch requests and trying to get an autograph from John Barrowman of "Doctor Who," one of several celebrities who'll be on hand.
"I've always been a fan of comic books," said Richard, 28. "I have a very active imagination, and comic books marry fantastical stories with equally fantastical art. Comic Con's also nice because you get to meet other fans."
The demographics of those fans have "radically changed" in recent years, Kanieff said.
"Five years ago, comic books were an underground medium, and the fan base here was 95 percent male between the ages of 20 and 40," he said. "Now, there's a huge contingent of females and families. Comic book characters are in everybody's home today, and it's all because of Hollywood."
Christian Sherman of West Bridgewater will be taking his 15- and 13-year-old daughters Sunday. His older daughter, Samantha, will be going as Raven from "Teen Titans," while his younger daughter, Emily, will be going as Elastigirl from the Disney movie "The Incredibles." Not to be outdone, Sherman, 42, will be Black Manta, the arch-nemesis of the title character in the "Aquaman" series.
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