Motor City Comic Con returns to Metro Detroit

All right, thanks for sticking with us right here on the noon. The Motor City Comic-Con is back with a full weekend of celebrity appearances, cool exhibits. And to talk about this year's Comic-Con, Beth Berlin is here. She is the president. I'm learning things from you just about Comic-Con in general. Great to talk to you, and thank you very much for coming in. Appreciate you having me. What is the biggest thing people ask you when a Comic-Con is getting ready to happen? What's the thing you get asked the most? A lot of times they ask about what celebrities are coming. They want to know the celebs. Absolutely. How do you get so many big celebrities? We've been very lucky. There's a lot of agents out there that we have nice relationships with, and it just works out for us. So I'm going to rattle off a few names. Okay. And you can just say yes, no. So, uh, it Is Aaron Paul from Breaking Bad? He's coming. He's going to be there. He's going to be there Sunday only. Wow, that's cool. Yeah, I'm excited about that. Jack Quaid, The Boys. Jack Quaid's coming with The Boys, and Nathan Mitchell is also from The Boys. Also from The Boys. Kyra Sedgwick. She's coming with a whole group from The Closer. Really? Yep. Mary MacDonald, Jonathan Tenney, and they're doing a special panel where we're going to be doing a panel with them and a raffle, and then we're going to do a Closer trivia game. Oh, that's so much fun. Yeah, a lot of fun. It's so much fun. Martin Sheen. He's coming. Love that guy. He's another one I'm excited about. Yeah, Martin Sheen's going to be there. And he's been in a lot of things. And Marlee Matlin, the deaf actress that is so famous for so many roles, she's going to be there as well. She's going to be there. Do you get excited about the celebrities? I mean, you deal with it and make it happen, but do you get excited to meet them? You know, I do. I try to be professional about it, obviously, but it is exciting to meet some of these people that you've, you know, seen their work and now they're sitting here at your show. B.D. Wong's coming. He's coming, too. He's been in so many things. Yeah. But you see all the information on your screen Friday through Sunday this weekend. Vibe Credit Union Showplace. That's in Novi. by Motor City Comics. Motorcitycomiccon.com is where you get the information. Thank you very much. Besides the celebrities, what else will people get at the Comic-Con? Because that's all we usually talk about. But I want to know, what's the experience? What else can you do? You can spend an entire day there. So we have some really great comic guests coming in. Jim Starling, who is a He's a great comic guest, he created our program guide cover for us. We have all kinds of panels that you can go to where you can get to experience time with whatever celebrity you're interested in. We have video game tournaments, we have bingo going on. We have Autorama that's bringing in some cars, movie cars and hot rods, so you can spend the whole day there. There's something for everybody. When Sunday comes, is that when you start working on the next Comic-Con? I've already started on the next one. You've already started on the next one. Well, we appreciate you taking some time to talk to us. We appreciate the time. Well, thank you for having me. Motor City Comic-Con, again, this Friday through Sunday. Vibe Credit Union Showplace in Novi for more information. Like I said, MotorCityComicCon.com. We'll be right back.