Zooming in

Published July 14, 2012

Attendees dressed as villains Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty (L) and The Evil Queen Grimhilde from Snow White at the Comic Con in San Diego, California. From July 12, 2012, for four days, more than 100,000 pop-culture aficionados will flood the San Diego Convention Centre, dressed as they favourite fantasy characters. Comic-Con is the Olympic-sized celebration of movies, TV, video games, costumes and pop art that began as a humble comic-book convention 43 years ago and is now an annual extravaganza for pop-culture lovers. — Reuters

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