SEATTLE—Emerald City Comic Con falls somewhere in the middle of the nation’s nerd-convention spectrum. You won’t find hotly anticipated film and TV premieres or modern, mega-huge celebrities, but the show still draws massive crowds of costumed nerds and geeks eager to pick through exclusive merch, attend compelling panels, and meet the likes of David Tennant, Felicia Day, and Wil Wheaton.

I made my way to this year’s ECCC in downtown Seattle (making it the nation’s most convenient comic convention for me, at the very least) and brought my camera to show you some of what you could expect.