Carol came to Comic-Con with her camera, and she wasn't afraid to use it. Here are her favorite selections of the gory, the intimidating, and the oddly pragmatic on display at this year's Comic-Con.

See the full selection after the jump, including her picks for Best Overall Costume, Best Boots, and Most Dramatic Costume...all the way from San Diego.

Best Overall Costume: This one had it all --- authenticity, complete attention to detail and fright factor (note those red eyes…there was no camera flash making those happen!)

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I am smiling as we launch GraphicNovelReporter.com. There are lots of reasons for that.

First, it’s the result of a really wild 14 months for me. Unlike most people who are working on this site, I did not grow up reading comic books. Sure, I read comics in the newspaper --- I remember following Steve Roper and Mike Nomad (and I credit them today with my love of thrillers), Dennis the Menace, The Family Circus, and a whole host of comics, but never comic books, unless you count Peanuts. While we have covered manga titles on Teenreads.com for years, the rest of the graphic novel market was pretty alien to me.

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