Gallery: Nerdy T-Shirts Help Comic-Con Fans Connect
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*Nick Callinan said he immediately gravitates to other Comic-Con attendees wearing* Star Wars *shirts.* Photo: Angela Watercutter/Wired
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*This gentleman, who asked to be identified simply as a Comic-Con "bystander," had a shirt inspired by Iron Man and the film* Heavy Metal*.* Photo: Angela Watercutter/Wired
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*"I'm from San Diego and this is the kids' first Con, so it felt right to wear my Padres No. 1 Dad shirt," says Chip Cathcart. "The kids just saw the Ninja Turtles and they loved it!"* Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired [](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/about/#faq13)
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*Andy Murray from San Diego has been coming to Comic-Con for five years. "2010 was my biggest — I was in the Bender suit at the [Westboro protest](http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/07/22/super-heroes-vs-the-westboro-baptist-church/)."* Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired[](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/about/#faq13)
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*This brony's shirt is a brilliant mashup of a* My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic *image and Shepard Fairey's Barack Obama "Hope" poster.* Photo: Angela Watercutter/Wired
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*Clifford Broadway, a staffer with TheOneRing.net, shows off their Shepard Fairey-inspired shirt.* Photo: Angela Watercutter/Wired
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*This shirt, for sale at Comic-Con, artfully mixes one of Tupac Shakur's phrases with the "Han shot first" controversy.* Photo: Angela Watercutter/Wired
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*San Diego resident Michael Rheaume came to Comic-Con to hang out with his friends and show off his Aquabats fandom.* Photo: Ariel Zambelich/Wired [](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/about/#faq13)
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*Jonathan Antonio from Tujunga, California, had to hustle to get his pass to Wednesday's Comic-Con preview night. "This isn't my first Con," he told Wired. "I got my badge from a friend."* Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired[](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/about/#faq13)
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*Angry nerds everywhere! Would you like to buy a vowel?* Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired[](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/about/#faq13)
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*Adrian Montes, a 26-year-old pharmacy tech from Phoenix, found this beauty on TeeFury and managed to snag the T-shirt during the short window it was made available.* Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired[](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/about/#faq13)
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*New York resident Michael Negron chose to wear his YOLO T-shirt on the first day of his first San Diego Comic-Con.* Photo: Ariel Zambelich/Wired[](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/about/#faq13)
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*Sergio Palacios works at a comic book shop in San Diego's Gaslamp district. He's got a bloody S shield logo tattoo to match his T-shirt.* Photos: Jon Snyder/Wired [](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/about/#faq13) 
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*A wall of shirts for sale on the Comic-Con show floor. Photo: Angela Watercutter/Wired*
