The city of New Orleans played host to superheroes, zombie fighters, time lords and ghostbusters at Wizard World’s Comic Con on the weekend of Jan. 7.

According to Wizard World coordinators, around 6,000 people attended the convention this year, which featured celebrity guests Stan Lee, Matt Smith and members of the cast of “The Walking Dead”.

“This is Disneyland for freaks and geeks,” C. Thomas Howell, a celebrity guest at the convention, said. “Everybody that was beat down in school for exhibiting any sort of expression that was not accepted by the jock and the cool kids, this is where they come to be superstars.”

At the convention, there was one celebrity that most attendees tried to meet. Stan Lee, the creator of the comic book characters in “X-Men”, “The Fantastic Four” and “The Avengers”, proved to be very popular among convention goers.

Despite Lee’s popularity, he said that he was most excited to meet Matt Smith, a character who has achieved fame through the British Broadcasting Corporation’s “Doctor Who” television series.

“It feels good to know that after all these years the fans still seem to care about me, you know. I love listening to them. Even today, you can learn a lot by what the fans say,” Lee said.

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