Wired Top Stories Top Stories<img src="http://www.wired.com/rss_views/index.gif">  Wired.com Video: Is Comic-Con Still a Comic-Book Convention? This year's Comic-Con International in San Diego marks the 41st year of a comic-book convention gone pop. Originally, Comic-Con consisted of a few nerds swapping comics, but now it's a multimillion-dollar event. 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