Photos: WonderCon's Zap! Boom! and Pow!
The annual comic book convention held over the weekend in San Francisco was an exclamation of the art and pop culture worlds colliding.

Stormtroopers
SAN FRANCISCO--WonderCon returned to San Francisco's Moscone Center last weekend and these three Stormtroopers were kind enough to stand guard at the entrance Friday.
With an attendance last year of more than 29,000, WonderCon is the second largest comics convention on the West Coast (after Comic-Con International).
This slideshow offers a flavor of the event.
Exhibit hall
John Wesley Shipp
Comic close-up
Searching for comics
Mark Hamill
Zacklin comic artist
Comic book artist
The process
Royce "FooRay" Southerland
Debi Derryberry
Greg Beda
Ryan Sook
Exhibit hall
The convention is a full weekend of comics, with fans able to see writers, publishers, artists, and film stars right alongside the classic comics themselves.
Costumed fans
Costumed fans roam the floor, and there is no doubt that the force is strong with this one.
If you can't get enough, click here for a separate slideshow of even more WonderCon photos.