GET AROUND IT. AND HOLLYWOOD DESCENDS ON METRO DETROIT. WHAT’S BRINGING OUT FANS TO
MOTOR CITY COMIC CON THIS YEAR?
ONE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT FOR
NEWS STARTS RIGHT NOW. GOOD
MORNING. IT’S SEVEN O’CLOCK. I’M
GRANT HERMES PRIYA MANN. THANKS
FOR JOINING US FOR LOCAL 4 NEWS
. LET’S GET TO OUR TOP STORY,
AND TODAY IT’S A POP CULTURE
LOVERS DREAM MOTOR CITY COMIC
CON IS BACK AND BRINGING OUT SO
MANY FANS WITH A VARIETY OF
DEATHS, EVENTS AND OTHER
ATTRACTIONS AND ON TOP OF
CELEBRITY GUESTS, OUR BELOVED
SHOWS AND MOVIES. COMIC BOOK
CREATORS WILL ALSO BE THERE TO
SIGN AUTOGRAPHS AND TAKE PHOTOS
WITH ATTENDEES. OUR MEGAN WOODS
IS LIVE IN NOVI WITH ONE COMIC
BOOK WRITER THAT FANS CAN SEE AT
THE CONVENTION. HEY, MEGAN, AND
SHE’S INSIDE. YES GOOD MORNING.
YES I’M INSIDE AND I AM WITH A
COMIC BOOK WRITER DAVID ABALONE
. I’M SO EXCITED TO BE INSIDE
WITH YOU. AND SO FIRST OFF. THIS
IS YOUR FIRST EVER MOTOR CITY
COMIC CON. HOW EXCITED ARE YOU?
VERY EXCITED. IT’S A IT’S A
GREAT SHOW. I LOVE. I LOVE
REGIONAL SHOWS LIKE THIS AND
THIS IS A VERY BIG SHOW. IT IS A
LOT OF COLOR, A LOT OF
EXCITEMENT. AND LET’S TALK ABOUT
YOUR COMIC BOOKS THAT YOU HAVE
HERE. YOU ARE VERY TALENTED AND
YOU WERE TELLING ME YOU’VE ONLY
BEEN DOING THIS SINCE 2014 2014
. YEAH, I WAS IN THE I STILL DO
WORK IN THE MOVIE INDUSTRY ARE
ACTUALLY RIGHT FOR A TV SHOW
RIGHT NOW CALLED BAT WHEELS. THE
PREMIERS MONDAY. WOW KID SHOW
ABOUT BATMAN. I LIKE THAT LITTLE
TRICKY, LITTLE TRICKY BATMAN
SHOW WHERE YOU CAN’T HIT PEOPLE.
SO YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT’S FOR
PRESCHOOLERS AND YOU DON’T WANT
TO MEETING EACH OTHER, BUT BUT
YEAH, IT’S FUN STUFF. WOW OKAY.
AND SO YOU SAID YOU REACHED OUT
TO THE PEOPLE AND SAID, HEY, I
HAVE TO BE HERE BECAUSE BECAUSE
THE ONE OF THE BIG GUESTS AT THE
SHOW IS CASSANDRA PETERSON. WHO
IS THE REAL ELVIRA. THIS IS HER
MONTH. OCTOBER IS THE MONTH AND
I SAW THAT SHE WAS GOING TO BE
AT THIS KIND AND ALSO BUDDY OF
MINE WHO DRAWS A LOT OF MY
COMICS. WHO LIVES IN DEARBORN, I
THINK AND I SAID, HEY, DO YOU
WANT THE GUY WHO WRITES THE
ELVIRA COMICS BECAUSE I’LL SHOW
UP AND THEY INVITED ME AND IT
WAS VERY NICE OF THEM TO DO SO.
SO WHAT IS YOUR INSPIRATION
BEHIND THESE COMICS? WELL I MEAN
ELVIRA HERSELF TALKING ABOUT
THOSE COMICS ARE THE YOU KNOW
HER AND HER SENSE OF HUMOR AND
ALL THAT. BUT EVERY EVERY GIG IS
DIFFERENT. EVERY EVERY COMIC IS
A DIFFERENT INSPIRATION BEHIND
IT. I KNOW YOU WERE TELLING ME
DURING THE PANDEMIC, YOU KNOW
WHEN YOU WERE, YOU KNOW, THE
WORLD WAS ESSENTIALLY SHUT DOWN.
YOU GOT INSPIRATION FROM THAT?
YES WE, UH WHEN COMIC BOOK
STORES CLOSED, THE INDUSTRY SHUT
DOWN ALMOST COMPLETELY. AND WE
DID, UH, DYNAMITE COMICS IS THE
PUBLISHER. WE DECIDED WITH
CASSANDRA TO DO SOME COMICS ON
KICKSTARTER AND INDIEGOGO SO
THAT WE CAN STILL PRODUCE COMICS
THAT WOULD GO OUT TO PEOPLE. THE
MAIL WAS STILL COMING. SO YEAH,
WE DID THREE COMICS DURING THE
PANDEMIC THAT WAY. SO LAST
QUESTION. WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING
FORWARD TO THE MOST WELL OUT
HERE, THE BEST THING ABOUT COMIC
CONVENTIONS EVER IS MEETING THE
PEOPLE WHO READ YOUR COMICS. MY
FAVORITE THING. I CAME TO THE
TABLE YESTERDAY LOOKING AROUND
AND SAID, I HAVE ALL OF THIS AND
I WAS LIKE GOD BLESS YOU FOR
HAVING ALL OF MY GOD HAS TO BE
REWARDING. YEAH, LIKE HE WENT TO
A COMIC BOOK SHOP AND BOUGHT ALL
OF THESE THINGS AT ONE TIME OR
ANOTHER. AND THAT MADE ME VERY
HAPPY. THAT’S AWESOME. OKAY, SO
IF YOU WANT TO MEET DAVID AND
SOME OF THE OTHER AWESOME COMIC
BOOK WRITERS AND JUST EXPLORE
LIKE WE’RE DOING THIS MORNING,
YOU CAN. WE’LL HAVE THAT
INFORMATION ON
CLICKONDETROIT.COM AS FOR RIGHT
NOW LIVE IN NOVI. MEGAN WOODS
LOCAL 4. IT’S ALWAYS A LOT OF
FUN. MEGAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH
THIS MORNING. WE APPRECIATE IT.
AND WE’RE JUST ABOUT AN HOUR
AWAY FROM LAFAYETTE, CONEY
ISLAND, OPENING ITS DOORS AFTER
FAILING HEALTH INSPECTION.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, HEALTH
OFFICIALS FOUND EVIDENCE OF
RODENT DROPPINGS, CAUSING THE
RESTAURANT TO SHUT DOWN FOR MORE
THAN A MONTH. YEAH THAT’S RIGHT.
BUT NOW THE OWNER SAYS THE RAT
PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED.
LOCAL FOREST JACQUELINE FRANCIS
GOT A TOUR OF THE RESTAURANT
BEFORE THE GRAND FREE OPENING.
WE GOT THE WHOLE TWO ARE
UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS, EVEN TAKING
OUR CAMERAS TO THE VERY PLACE
WHERE THOSE VIOLATIONS WERE
FOUND THAT A RESTAURANT
PROMISING THEIR BACK AND CLEANER
THAN EVER. DETROIT ICON FOR
DECADES GONE DARK FOR 37 DAYS.
EVERYBODY CALLED ME HERE EVERY
DAY. WHAT? TELL ME OPEN WHAT
TIME YOU DONE WITH THEM TO GET
OPEN AGAIN WAS RATS TO BE
COMPLETELY HONEST, YOU KNOW, BUT
WE CAN SIT HERE AND MAKE EXCUSES
ALL DAY, BUT WE GOT TO DO OUR
PART WHAT WE CAN DO TO PREVENT
THAT FROM HAPPENING. STILL
SMART, SO THAT’S WHAT WE HAD TO
DO. WE HAD TO BUILD WALLS REPAIR
A BUNCH OF STUFF FILLING ANY
CRACK ANYWHERE. SO THAT’S KIND
OF WHAT OUR LAST 30 DAYS 37 DAYS
HAS BEEN LIKE THE RESULTS
SOMETHING THEY’RE PROUD OF
POINTING TO THE PAPERWORK, THE
HEALTH DEPARTMENT GIVING THEM
THE GREEN LIGHT FRIDAY, JUST
ENOUGH TIME TO ORDER THE
SUPPLIES TO START SERVING UP
CONEY DOGS SATURDAY. HOPEFULLY
WE MAKE EVERYBODY PROUD, AND
HOPEFULLY THEY’RE NOT TOO UPSET
WITH US, AND THEY’LL COME BACK
AND WE CAN SERVE THEM AGAIN.
COUNTING ON THE LOYALTY OF THEIR
CUSTOMERS, ONLY A FEW OF WHICH
THEY SAY SWITCH TO THEIR
COMPETITOR. AMID THE SHUTDOWN,
SOME OF THEM WOULD TRACK OVER
THERE. BUT MOSTLY THEY WOULD.
THEY WOULD JUST KEEP WALKING
PAST AMERICAN AND FIND MAYBE
ANOTHER RESTAURANT TO GO TO
LAFAYETTE, CONEY ISLAND, HOPING
TO NEVER CLOSED ITS DOORS AGAIN
. WE’VE GOTTA BE ABLE VERY HAPPY
HERE. CUSTOMER HAPPY I’D BE
HAPPY, VERY HAPPY MYSELF TO
AGAIN. THE PLAN IS FOR LAFAYETTE
, CONEY ISLAND TO OPEN ITS DOORS
TODAY THAT SATURDAY AND THEN,
ACCORDING TO THE PAPERWORK FROM
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT INSPECTORS
WILL BE BACK HERE TO CHECK IN ON
EVERYTHING IN ABOUT A WEEK
REPORTING IN DETROIT, I’M
JACQUELINE FRANCIS LOCAL 4. YOU
KNOW, HAVING WALKED BY THAT
PLACE SO MANY TIMES OVER THE
YEARS TO SEE VIDEO OF IT JUST
CLOSED AND NO ACTIVITY. THERE IS
BIZARRE, VERY BIZARRE TO BE DOWN
THERE AND BUY IT AND HAVE IT ALL
CLOSED. IT WAS IT’S BIZARRE. A
LOT OF FOLKS ARE GONNA BE REALLY
HAPPY THAT THEY’VE REOPENED.
FINALLY AND PASS THAT HEALTH
INSPECTION TO CONEY THIS
MORNING. OH OKAY. WHAT WERE YOU
SAYING? SIX OKAY. SO LIKE, EARLY
THIRTIES, GOOD 9. 30 IS OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. WE’LL SEE WHAT BRIAN
HAS TWO STICKS ANYWAY. TRUE,
IT’S TRUE. ALSO THIS MORNING, A
MOTHER MOURNING THE LOSS OF HER
SON AFTER HE DIED IN A HIT AND
RUN CRASH. TREVOR WOOLERY WAS
REPORTED MISSING BEFORE HIS
DEATH, SPARKING A MAJOR SEARCH
EFFORT AND MACDONALD REPORTS AN
ARBOR POLICE WERE SCOURING THE
CITY FOR HIM. HIS FAMILY WAS ALL
OVER IN ARBOR LOOKING FOR HIM AS
WELL. HIS MOTHER TELLS US. SHE
KNEW THAT THIS WASN’T GOING TO
END WELL BECAUSE HER SON ALWAYS
RETURNED HER CALL, AND I DON’T
KNOW WHY HE WAS UP THERE ON 14.
I REALLY HAVE NO IDEA. I WILL
WONDER ABOUT THAT FOREVER. BUT
WHOEVER HIT HIM SHOULD HAVE
STOPPED. TREVOR WOOLERY HAS BEEN
MISSING SINCE SUNDAY. HIS BODY
WAS FOUND ON THE SIDE OF THE M
14 RAMP. SOUTHBOUND US 23 TODAY
. A DRIVER ON THE FREEWAY, SAW
SOME PLYWOOD BY THE SIDE OF THE
ROAD AND STOPPED AND DISCOVERED
THE BODY. THE PERSON THAT
STOPPED ON THE FREEWAY AND GOT
THAT PLAY WITH THANK YOU. I JUST
CAN’T THANK YOU ENOUGH. WE WOULD
BE WORRIED ABOUT HIM. UNTIL
SOMEBODY ELSE SAW HIM AND I JUST
SO GLAD THAT SOMEBODY WAS ABLE
TO BRING HIM HOME TO US. 30 YEAR
OLD TREVOR SUFFERED FROM MENTAL
ILLNESS AND WAS HAVING A MANIC
EPISODE ON SUNDAY. BUT EVEN IN
THE THROES OF THE ILLNESS, HE
ALWAYS CALLED HIS MOM BACK OR
LET HER KNOW WHERE HE WAS WHEN
HE CEASED CONTACT LATE SUNDAY,
THEY KNEW TO EXPECT THE WORST.
THEY’VE BEEN LOOKING EVERYWHERE
FOR HIM. FOR THE LAST FIVE DAYS
. AND DON’T TELL ME YOU THOUGHT
IT WAS A DEER. IF YOU THOUGHT IT
WAS A DEER, YOU SHOULDN’T BE
DRIVING. YOU CAN’T SEE THE
FAMILY HAS NOTHING BUT GOOD
THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND HOW THE
DEPARTMENT HANDLED THIS CASE.
THEY LOOKED FOR TREVOR
IMMEDIATELY, BUT NOW BECAUSE HE
WAS DISCOVERED BY THE SIDE OF
THE FREEWAY, IT BECOMES AN MSP
CASE. WE’RE IN ANN ARBOR AND
MARA MACDONALD. LOOKING FOR ALL
RIGHT. THANK YOU. MARA
INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL
SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS. AFTER A
WOMAN WAS FOUND DEAD ON I 94 IN
ST CLAIR SHORE’S. HER BODY WAS
FOUND IN THE EASTBOUND LANES OF
THE FREEWAY BETWEEN EIGHT AND
NINE MILE DURING RUSH HOUR
FRIDAY MORNING. PLEASE DON’T
KNOW IF SHE DIED AT THIS
LOCATION OR IF SHE WAS MOVED
THERE, DETECTIVES SAY THE YOUNG
WOMAN SUFFERED A GUNSHOT WOUND
TO THE HEAD BUT ARE STILL
WORKING TO IDENTIFY HER. THEY’RE
ASKING ANYONE WHO IS IN THE AREA
AROUND 3 45 YESTERDAY MORNING.
TO PLEASE CALL STATE POLICE.
LET’S TALK TO TOSS THINGS OVER
TO BRIAN WITH. LOOK AT OUR
FORECAST THIS MORNING, BRIAN A
LITTLE WET WAKING UP THIS
MORNING. YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT.
GREAT AND PRE A FEW SHOWERS AS
YOU’RE HEADING OUT THE DOOR
EARLY THIS MORNING, BUT I’M
EXPECTING IT TO BE SHORT LIVED.
DRIER WEATHER WORKS IN AS WE
HAVE THROUGHOUT THIS MORNING AS
WELL. EXACT TRACK 40 RADAR. A
FEW SHOWERS TO THE NORTH OF
WARREN HEADING TOWARDS PORT HERE
ON THIS MORNING AND THEN RIGHT
AROUND FLINT WORKING DOWN
TOWARDS HOW A FEW SHOWERS AS
WELL BY NO MEANS THIS IS
WIDESPREAD, BUT IT’S ALSO GOING
TO BE ON THE CHILLY SIDE OF
THINGS AS WE HAVE THROUGHOUT
TODAY, AS WELL, 46 RIGHT NOW.
HERE IN DETROIT 41 OVER AND HOW
42 RIGHT NOW WORKING OVER INTO
PONTIAC AND 41. ADRIAN THESE
WINDS HAVE BEEN GUSTING UP AS
WE’VE WORKED THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO EARLY THIS
MORNING AS WELL SUSTAINED
ANYWHERE FROM FIVE TO UPWARDS OF
15 MILES AN HOUR WITH HIGHER
GUSTS EARLY THIS MORNING, AND
I’M EXPECTING THAT TO CONTINUE
AS WE HEAD INTO THIS AFTERNOON
AS WELL. THE LAST OF THE RAIN
SHOWERS PULLING OFF TO THE EAST
ARE COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH
THE REGION HERE EARLY THIS
MORNING, SO I’M EXPECTING
IMPROVING CONDITIONS, ESPECIALLY
FOR THOSE HEADING TO THE FREE
PEST MARATHON ACT. BITI’S THIS
MORNING FORTIES THIS MORNING
WARMING INTO THE FIFTIES THIS
AFTERNOON, BUT I’VE GOT OUR
FIRST FLAKES OF THE FORECAST ON