![Costumes were plentiful at the New York Comic-Con at Jacob Javitz Center. Costumes were plentiful at the New York Comic-Con at Jacob Javitz Center.](http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2014/10/15/457144044_wide-4857147d33b7c167621db0452940e0eaea2e488a-s1000.jpg)
Costumes were plentiful at the New York Comic-Con at Jacob Javitz Center.
Friend Of PCHH and NPR Books editor Petra Mayer recently returned from New York Comic-Con, so we asked her to talk a little about what she did while she was up there. As it happens, she kept herself very busy, moderating a panel full of authors she admires and chatting up one of the biggest nerd icons of her (and my) pop-culture coming-of-age.
We'll talk about the relative prominence of the New York flavor of Comic-Con as compared to the San Diego flavor, we'll hear about a new book involving the UN, we'll reflect on what kind of hard-working women pop culture often does and doesn't bring you, and we'll hear about what Smaug is up to these days.
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