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That girl from was in Philly this weekend for Wizard World. And clearly, when you're visiting the birthplace of America, you can get on people's good sides by singing half of "The Star-Spangled Banner."

We don't know about you, but this week has sucked so bad we wanted to pull Paris Hilton and cry, "Mommy, Mommy, it isn't fair."

This Phillyist recently took the giant leap from mild interest in comics to full-on weekly comic book collecting, with spreadsheets and everything, so we can understand the attraction of the giant comic book geek gathering going on at the Pennsylvania Convention Center this weekend. Yes, that's right, Wizard World is back in town. Starting today and running through Sunday there'll be tons of panels on every topic having to do with comic books imaginable, as well as collectible gaming, signings and talks by comic book creators, and, of course, tons of dealers with all kinds of products on which to waste your hard-earned money! And isn't that what conventions are really all about?

Wizard World, a convention celebrating comic books, genre movies, and pretty much everything geeky you can think of, is hitting Philadelphia and taking over the Pennsylvania Convention Center this weekend, starting today (in fact, we walked past the line to get in this morning on our way to work). Featured guests are filmmaker (and comic book dude) Kevin Smith (who's giving an exclusive presentation on his upcoming Clerks 2) and comics artist/creator Jim Lee, not to mention the voice of General Grievous (Matthew Wood - okay, we're really kind of scraping the bottom of the barrel in terms of Star Wars talent here, aren't we?), a bunch of TNA wrestlers (wow, not even the top rung wrestling entertainment organization?), and the Incredible Hulk himself, Lou Ferrigno! Of course, for lots of attendants, the main draw will not be any human person (because who wants interaction with other living things anyway?), but rather the dealer rooms, which will no doubt be packed to bursting with overpriced geeky goodies. Regardless of why you go, enjoy yourselves in there, folks. And in brightest day, in darkest night, let no collectible escape your sight! (We kid the geeks, but it's okay, because we're one of you. Really we're just hurting ourselves here.)