Wherever I go this year, all I hear is what the Comic Con used to be. My friends, strangers on the street and even Hollywood writers who used to come here years ago all agree the convention has changed - for the worse. Hollywood has arrived and with it the parties, celebrities and studios. Tonight I went to the William Morris party and it was full of people who would never have gone to a Comic Con until Spiderman was made. And I'm not kidding. I looked around that party tonight and did not see one person I thought should be outside of Hollywood. They brought Hollywood to the Comic Con, and it was disgusting.

During the party I was standing next to two writers. One who is an Oscar nominated writer, who has been attending the Comic Con for 20 years, and another who is a comedy celebrity, who has written several comics and also been attending for years. A man approached us, a writer who has had his work produced by Hollywood, and he said this:

Then he moved on. He is the epitome of the problem. Comic Con has become a place for Hollywood to play. It is no longer about the Comics. Upon entering the convention center, one is overwhelmed by a massive Watchmen display. Watchmen bags are being given out to every fan who enters - because if there is one person the studios need to win over, it's the insane Watchmen fan. No way these people would go see a theatrical production of the most popular comic book of all time. The comics have now been shoved over to a corner, in the back of the convention center. Now, the Comic Con is about big business and big business is big, bad movies. This should now be called, "Nerd movie con."

Do you know how grocery stores work? If French's Mustard wants to be on the shelf, they have to pay the store. And companies have to pay more money for better shelf space. It costs more to be at eye level than it does to be on the bottom shelf. The same thing has now happened to Comic Con, and guess who pays? The big companies. The guys who don't have the money end up in the back - and they just happen to be the backbone of the convention.

What has happened to the Comic Con can be summed up by a friend's story when he arrived at his hotel. He has been coming to the Comic Con for years - but this year decided to stay at the Hard Rock. The Hard Rock was just built this year.

When he pulled into the hotel, the valet said,

My friend answered,

The valet answered

"Paris fucking Hilton" Holy shit. Let's all just take a moment to soak in the fact that Hollywood now wants a waste of skin, like Paris Hilton, to show up at a fucking Comic Book Convention. Talk about the end of something great. When Paris Hilton shows up to get her picture taken on the red carpet at a Comic Con event, you know the Comic Con is over. Nerds, this is the wooden stake to the vampire's heart. It really could not be worse.

Much like Slam Dance sprung forth after Sundance became a huge, steaming turd, something else will pop up to take the place of Hollywood's new pal. But, it will never be as great as Comic Con. Hollywood killed another great.