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Culture

35 years of Motor City Comic Con

Pop culture icons descend on metro Detroit for Michigan’s biggest fan event

By Jim McFarlin
May 7, 2025

Tags: Culture, Critics’ Picks, Things to Do, Motor City Comic Con, Suburban Collection Showplace, Novi, Cover Story, Slideshow
Things to Do

Motor City Comic Con returns to Novi’s Suburban Collection Showplace

Michigan’s largest pop culture event features celebrity meet-and-greets, photo ops, panels, and more

By Lee DeVito
Nov 4, 2024

Tags: Things to Do, Critics’ Picks, Visual Art, Motor City Comic Con, Suburban Collection Showplace, Novi
Things to Do

What to expect at this weekend’s Motor City Comic Con

The popular pop-culture event will feature Shamiek Moore, who voices Miles Morales in ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,’ among many others

By Layla McMurtrie
May 13, 2024

Tags: Things to Do, Movies, Critics’ Picks, Motor City Comic Con, Suburban Showplace Collection, cosplay in metro Detroit, comic conventions in metro Detroit, Spiderman, Spongebob Squarepants, pop culture convention Detroit, Slideshow
Things to Do

This weekend’s Motor City Comic Con features an escape room murder mystery

The popular event has expanded into two weekends in the spring and the fall

By Lee DeVito
Nov 6, 2023

Tags: Things to Do, Critics’ Picks, Things to Do, Visual Art, Motor City Comic Con, Suburban Showplace Collection, cosplay in metro Detroit, comic conventions in metro Detroit, Slideshow
Festival Guide

Motor City Comic Con is back to hosting two conventions this year

Revenge of the nerds

By Lee DeVito
Aug 31, 2022

Tags: Festival Guide, Arts & Culture Features, Motor City Comic Con, Novi, Suburban Collection Showplace, cosplay, Festival Guide, Cover Story
Michigan Music

Alice Cooper to appear at this fall’s Motor City Comic Con

The Godfather of Shock Rock will be signing autographs and posing for photos

By Lee DeVito
Aug 9, 2022

Tags: Local Music, Music, Alice Cooper, Motor City Comic Con, Detroit
Things to Do

Motor City Comic Con returns this weekend with cosplay, celebrities, and a ‘Superman’ celebration

Staff pick

By Lee DeVito
May 11, 2022

Tags: Things to Do, Things to Do, Motor City Comic Con, Detroit, Michigan, cosplay, comics, Superman
Music News

You can meet Frodo Baggins, er, Elijah Wood at this year's star-studded Motor City Comic Con

By Jerilyn Jordan
Oct 14, 2021

Tags: Music News, Music, Things to Do, Motor City Comic Con, convention culture, Elijah Wood, Mario Lopez, Marvel, DC, indie comics, Lord of the Rings, NSync, Jim Starlin, Thanos
Arts

Motor City Comic Con is the latest event to postpone due to the coronavirus crisis

By Jerilyn Jordan
Mar 31, 2020

Tags: The Scene, Comic con, motor city comic con, Detroit, Novi, Marvel, DC, Star Wars, Harry Potter, COVID-19, coronavirus, stayhome
Culture

Motor City Comic Con turns 30

By Lee DeVito
May 15, 2019

Tags: Culture, Motor City Comic Con, Detroit, Comic books, Cover Story
Culture

It’s still happy days for Henry ‘the Fonz’ Winkler

By Jim McFarlin
May 15, 2019

Tags: Culture, Motor City Comic Con, Detroit, Henry Winkler, Cover Story
Culture

Lori Petty reflects on Tank Girl, Jennifer Lawrence, and that Game of Thrones coffee cup

By Jerilyn Jordan
May 15, 2019

Tags: Culture, Tank Girl, Lori Petty, Motor City Comic Con, Cover Story
Culture

Ethan Peck on assuming the mantle (and pointy ears) of Spock

By Corey Hall
May 15, 2019

Tags: Culture, Motor City Comic Con, Detroit, Spock, Cover Story
Television

Motor City native Rob Paulsen is a human cartoon

By Corey Hall
May 16, 2018

Tags: Television, Rob Paulsen, Motor City Comic Con, Novi
Arts

Margot Kidder dead at 69 — was to appear at Motor City Comic Con this weekend

By Michael Jackman
May 14, 2018

Tags: The Scene, Margot Kidder, Detroit, Motor City Comic Con, Superman: The Movie, bipolar disorder, Wyandotte, Cranbrook
Arts

Musings from Motor City Comic Con: A recap

By Jay Lonski
May 18, 2015

Tags: The Scene, motor city comic con, comics, cosplay

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