San Diego Comic-Con International is home to all manner of ghouls, mutants, masked bandits and caped crusaders. Makeup and underwear are applied liberally. Once a sleepy insider convention for comic book aficianados, the convention is now a major event for the film industry. Despite the changes, it remains a keynote occasion for fans of fantasy to gather and indulge their enthusiasms. Photo by Michael Aushenker / TMT