Most comic geeks had their attentions focused on the Big Apple Comic Con in New York and the Alternative Press Expo in San Francisco, but fanboys and fangirls of all ages had another place to go this past weekend to escape reality and indulge their nerdly obsessions without the flea market shilling and threat of William Shatner encounters that come with the comic con scene. The Strong Museum of Play in Rochester, NY, opened its American Comic Book Heroes exhibit this past weekend, adding yet another level of awesome to the already stacked onslaught on the imagination that is (barely) contained within its walls.

Sadly, I couldn’t make it to Rochester for the exhibit myself. But I had family in attendance and they all had a great time. I come from mighty nerd stock and can guarantee, if you are half the geek that any one of my family members is, you’ll want to consider a trip to Strong.

Check out the Strong Museum website for more info, and click on over to the other side of this link for a peek inside the American Comic Book Heroes exhibit.