In this case,Zac Stayton says, the flies and beetles drawn to the plant are the victims of a vegetative con game.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

In recent years, Comic-Con has helped launch films such as Iron Man and Avatar to tremendous box office success.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

Everybody's working on new projects. And Comic-Con is the place you can see those projects before anybody else."

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

But the only bad thing about it - I don't get a chance to really enjoy the Con.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

In the early-1950s, Les Paul and Mary Ford had other Top 10 hits, including "Vaya Con Dios,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

It's great!" Comic-con marketing director David Glanzer says the once-fledgling event has grown in recent years, thanks in part to Hollywood's love affair with action heroes.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

"You know it's great that Comic-Con has grown into this pop culture event.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

This is the event! In fact I was reading in Vanity Fair and they quoted that Comic-Con is the new Sundance, it is the new Cannes Film Festival."

VOA: standard.2010.07.23