By Susan Lulgjuraj | Beckett Sports Card Monthly Editor

New York City will be filled with some of the wackiest, craziest and absurd people and costumes this weekend.

No, this isn’t a normal weekend in the Big Apple, but the four-day New York Comic Con.

Fans of comics, video games or just about anything you could imagine dressed up as their favorite characters from the Scooby Doo troupe to Super Mario to the Power Rangers.

A couple of card companies were at NY Comic Con showing off non-sports products, and we will have some news from the show.

But here’s a little primer, a gallery of pictures from the New York Comic Con.

Enjoy!

Susan Lulgjuraj is an editor of Beckett Sports Card Monthly. You can email her here with questions, comments or ideas. Follow her on Twitter here.

By Susan Lulgjuraj | Beckett Sports Card Monthly Editor

New York Comic Con is headed to New York City with special guests, comic book characters and trading cards.

NYCC is scheduled to be at the Jacob Javits Centers Oct. 11-14 with panels, screenings and exclusive items you can’t get anywhere else.

Topps’ non-sport trading card team will be at the convention and will offer fans one-of-a-kind giveaways.

Several artists will stop by the Topps booth and offer free hand-drawn sketch cards to fans. Themes included are Mars Attacks, Garbage Pail Kids and Wacky Packages. The cards are exclusive to the New York Comic Con and will have a commemorative NYCC logo on the front.

Artists scheduled to appear include David Gross, Jeff Zapata, Mark Pingitore, Jacob Chabot, Joe Simko, Jason Edmiston and Jason Brower.

Artist Chris Giarrusso will also sign copies with a NYCC exclusive comic cover variant of Mars Attacks the Holidays.

Susan Lulgjuraj is an editor of Beckett Sports Card Monthly. You can email her here with questions, comments or ideas. Follow her on Twitter here.