Fans jammed the programming area on Saturday afternoon but everyone stayed calm.


Stan Lee and Ultimo editor Takanori Asada at the Viz panl announcing the project. Photo by K. Cha


DC president Paul Levitz (l.) and comics writer/novelist Neil Gaiman hosted a reception to introduce the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund to book industry executives.


Harper editor Hope Inelli, Ivy McCloud and Scott McCloud at the HarperCollins booth.


Kyle Baker signs at his booth.


Hellboy creator Mike Mignola after his panel. Photo by Jody Culkin.


Fanfare publisher Stephen Robson at his booth. Photo by Jody Culkin.



New Yorker art director and Toon Books founder Francois Mouly (l.) and librarian Michele Gorman at panel for Toon Books.


Kids dancing in the aisles on Sunday. Photo by J. Culkin



Mat Johnson, Jeff Lemire, Dean Haspiel and Jonathan Ames at Vertigo panel.



Becky Cloonan, Karen Berger, G. Willow Wilson, Brian Wood and Joshua Dysart at the Vertigo Panel.


Gabriel Soria, Jessica Abel and Warren Pleece show off their work on Life Sucks at the First Second booth.


Artist Sandford Greene signs at the DC booth.


Carlsen editor-in-chief Ann Berling (l.), German publisher of Judith Park, creator of YSquare, a new original manga coming from Yen Press in the U..S.


PWCW's Calvin Reid, Abrarms's Charles Kochman, S&S's Ginee Seo and DC's Dan DiDio at the Editors Buzz panel.


Scott McCloud at the Zot! panel


The Comics Reporter's Tom Spurgeon roams the floor at NYCC. Photo by Jody Culkin


Tokyopop artist Maximo Lorenzo (l.) and editor Lilian Diaz-Przybyl at the Tokyopop booth.


A very new fan meets Superman for the first time. Photo by J. Culkin