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Novartis’s new east campus courtyard will be accessible 7 days a week, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekends.

After hours of waiting in line, fans begin to move towards Ballroom 20 to see the cast and creators of television shows Community, Legend of Korra, and Firefly.

Convention-goers flood the expo floor on preview night, the start of Comic-Con.

An anthropomorphic saber-tooth tiger growls at passerby at Comic-Con.

A new life sciences and office building at 300 Mass. Ave. next to Random Hall, to be occupied by Millennium Pharmaceuticals, pictured above. The city council’s vote to approve the building was postponed to Aug. 6. Som...

Cosplayers dressed as Amon and Chief Lin Beifong from The Legend of Korra pose for the camera.

A mural on Comic-Con’s expo floor features Cartoon Network characters old and new.

A stormtrooper holds a convention-goer hostage for the paparazzi.

A convention-goer shows off her replica of Chell’s Long Fall Boots from Portal 2.

The Atlas Portal Gun on display at Comic-Con. The replica was sold out by as early as 9:40 a.m.

By David Da He Staff Photographer The foot traffic in Lobby 7 is captured in a long exposure as people enter from 77 Mass. Ave. The time of sunset is chosen so that sunlight floods the background. Black and white is...

Earthworm Jim at Comic-Con.