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SAN DIEGO -- Trying to find a party at the Hard Rock Hotel on the opening night of the 41st San Diego

men fleece jacket … -- the behemoth of a pop-culture convention hosting upward of 120,000 fanboys and -girls over four days -- is a challenge. Not because there aren't any, but because there are too many.While trying to wend one's way to the entrance of the "Empire Strikes Back"-themed soiree men's fleece jacket the adjacent, splashy shindig for the movie "The Expendables," then be rerouted to the Xbox 360 reception across the hall, then accidentally stumble into the Sony PlayStation cocktail hour next door.

It's an waterproof clothes admittedly high-end problem at this year's event: party glut. The kind of party glut that forces a person to tell a publicist: "No. I don't want to drink free booze on your yacht." "The number of parties to my mind has exploded, in the last two years in particular," says Sean Smith, the Los Angeles bureau chief for Entertainment Weekly. "This year, waterproof clothing it seems even bigger than ever." Many … regulars say they must choose between six and seven celebratory opportunities on each night of the convention. It's a situation that presents such tough choices as: Should I watch a fireworks display from a naval aircraft carrier mens waterproof jacket while rubbing elbows with William Shatner, or knock back a few drinks in a replica of the arcade from the movie "Tron"?

Many of the mountain jacket invites clogging e-mail inboxes have come from the corporate side of … TV and movie studios, video game companies and publishing houses, all trying to create buzz for their Cosplay Costumes projects by plying potential fans, industry insiders and members of the media with complimentary wine, beer and mini egg rolls. The burgeoning party scene, then, is just another example of a condition that … stalwarts have wrung their hands over for years: the slow but steady Hollywood creep that some say is overshadowing the graphic-novel and comic-book artistry and industry that have always been … foundation.

"It's become much more akin to a film festival like Sundance or Cannes," says Jace Lacob, a journalist fleece jackets who has covered several … for his Web site, Televisionary, and who contributes to the Daily Beast. "And I think that Sundance analogy is a good one, because that also was a much more grass-roots event that suddenly became a Gray Wolf spring very Hollywood and celebrity event." THH