Allison Vandermey
News Reporter

Some students who live in residence took a trip to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre this weekend to check out Comicon, an annual comic book convention.
All books cost between two and four dollars and were no more than five.
Residence assistant Phil Vargas organized the trip.
“I myself am a big fan of comics”, said Vargas. “Therefore it makes sense to run a program. There were a couple people I talked to who wanted to do something like this and I thought it would be a good idea.”
Students piled into the bus to the convention centre around 11 a.m. on Saturday.  
“I really like comic books. I’m a really big fan of X-men and 30 Days of Night,” said a first-year film and television student, DJ Petit.
“I wanted to let my inner nerd out today,” said Justin Ross, a first-year  engineering student.
Hobby Star hosted the event.
 Vendors sold vintage comics and answered questions from comic-book fans.
 The event co-ordinator, James Armstrong,  was one of the vendors at the convention.
Armstrong’s collection has grown so big that he is runnig out of room to store all his comic books.
“I’ve been collecting comics for over 30 years. Like a lot of folks it was a hobby that slowly turned into a money-making franchise. Even as a kid I would sell comics and make trades,” he said.
There were well-known comic book writers and artists present at the convention. Agnes Garbowska, who is an artist new to the comic book scene, was at the convention drawing sketches, and sellings her caricatures and comics.
“Professionally, I have only been doing it for three years,” Garbowska said. “I’ve been drawing all my life. Originally I just loved drawing and I drew throughout highschool, now I have started doing this.”
Students who attended the event were happy with the what they got out of the show.
“It was pretty cool,” said Keenan Horne, a first year design foundation student. “It was a lot more than I thought it would be. I was surprised when I got down there, there was a lot more variety. It was much more then a bunch of older guys that still live with their mom stereotypes.
 “I didn’t get too many things, as I’m on a student budget right now, but there were some good deals.”