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WonderCon: Where Droids, cosplayers, and authors collide

The comic book confab featured more than just fans in elaborate costumes. Superhero physics and debates about genre fiction held court, too.

Hard science meets cosplay: More from WonderCon 2009

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WonderCon 2009 might've had a smaller crowd than in previous years--it certainly felt that way walking the convention floor at San Francisco's Moscone Center. Just don't tell anyone who was there.

From lectures on superhero physics, to an impressively diverse display of costumes, to discussions with Pulitzer Prize-winning authors and fan-favorite writers, San Francisco was the place to be for fanboys and fangirls last weekend. There were even deals on Obama comics.

While fans combed the floor for deals, CNET's Eric Franklin was there to document even more WonderCon action.

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