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Tokyo’s Comiket, not Comic-Con, is the biggest fan convention in the world

Tokyo’s Comiket, not Comic-Con, is the biggest fan convention in the world

This weekend, about 130,000 people are gathering to celebrate comic books, sci-fi, fantasy, and all other things geek at the San Diego International Comic-Con. It is perhaps the most anticipated event of the year for fan girls and boys in the US. Yet despite Comic-Con’s size and grandeur, it is dwarfed by an event that…