Special Guests
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Voice Actors
Lindsay Jones
Appearance Dates:
Friday-Sunday
Pricing:
Autographs: $20
Selfies: $20
Arryn Zech
Arryn Zech is an American actress best known for her role as Blake Belladonna from RWBY. She also voices the character Dr. Emily Grey in the longest running web-based series, Red vs. Blue, created by the Austin-based production company, Rooster Teeth.
Arryn was born in Rota, Spain, but was raised in the city of New Braunfels, Texas. She attended the North East School of Arts high-school in San Antonio, Texas, where she majored in Musical Theatre.
She graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelors of Journalism in Copy Editing and Design, but found her passions still lie with acting and singing. She worked at the university’s student run television station, TSTV, where she worked as an actress, writer, and host for multiple shows including Videogame Hour Live and Still Life.
With over 10 years of training in theatre, various acting methods, and classical voice, Arryn is now based in LA pursing her career in film and television. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram @ArrynZech.
Appearance Dates:
Friday-Sunday
Pricing:
Autographs: $20
Selfies: $20
Kara Eberle
Kara Eberle is an American voice actress and Internet personality. She’s most known for her role as Weiss Schnee in the award-winning anime series, RWBY. Kara first stepped into the industry working at Rooster Teeth Productions, where she met Monty Oum (RWBY ) in 2011. They became close friends, and Oum shared a “crazy idea” that would turn out to be a global phenomenon. Warner Bros. Japan recently debuted RWBY to the eastern market in late 2015.
Kara also lends her voice to the new video game, RWBY: Grimm Eclipse– introduced at RTX 2015 and currently available on Steam.
In addition to voice acting and interacting with fans, Kara works as an executive at Powerhouse Animation Studios, located in Austin, TX. She enjoys seeing all aspects of the animation world! You can find her on Twitter and Instagram @Kara4tx.
Appearance Dates:
Friday-Sunday
Pricing:
Autographs: $20
Selfies: $20
Barbara Dunkelman
Appearance Dates:
Friday-Sunday
Pricing:
Autographs: $20
Selfies: $20
Sonny Strait
Most recognized as the voice of Krillin on the wildly popular, animated TV show Dragon Ball Z and as an illustrator for, arguably, the most famous, independently published comic book series Elfquest. Strait has over 20 years of experience in the arts.
As a voice actor, Strait is considered to be one of the most recognized in the business. Besides Dragon Ball Z, he has worked on many popular animated series including Usopp in One Piece, Maes Hughes in Fullmetal Alchemist, and Cartoon Network’s laid back, robot host Toonami TOM. He has also worked as a writer and director on several TV series including Dragon Ball series, Case Closed, and Lupin the Third. As a comic book artist he has 17 published works to date including his débuted self-published series Mr. Average featured in The Comics Journal and Elfquest which was published by both WARP Graphics and DC Comics and he’s considered one of the top Elfquest artists from its over 30 year history.
In 2007, he wrote and illustrated a graphic novel about a reluctant punk rock, faerie princess named Goat. The book, called We Shadows, was published by Tokyopop and was nominated by The American Library Association for Best Graphic Novel 2008. The book received glowing reviews in many trade magazines including Publishers Weekly, Newtype, Play and Anime Insider.
He has also appeared in many video games such as the title role in S’plosion Man, the psychos in Borderlands and Neptune in Smite.
Recently, Strait has reprised his roles of Krillin in the theatrical release Dragonball Z Resurrection F and Toonami TOM 1 in the Intruder 2 series for Cartoon Network. He was also cast in his current favorite roles of Koro Sensei in Assassination Classroom and Maple in Show By Rock.
In 2015 Sonny returned to directing starting with the anime series Maria the Virgin Witch, Mikagura School Suite and the highly controversial Prison School. He has also returned to Elfquest as a colorist for Dark Horse Comics. He also did a Ford commercial as Krillin!
If you are a geek genre unmarred by his carnage, know that you are so next!
Appearance Dates:
Saturday
Pricing:
Selfie/Photograph: $20
Autograph: $20
Video Recording: $10
Eric Vale
Eric Vale can eat an entire Quarter Pounder with Cheese in a single bite. He crossed the English Channel riding on the antlers of a Canadian Moose. His favorite time of the year is dinnertime. This man has voiced characters such as Trunks in Dragon Ball Z, Sanji in One Piece, Yuki in Fruits Basket, Kymblee in Fullmetal Alchemist, America and Canada in Hetalia, and most recently Nishiki in Tokyo Ghoul. You can also hear him on radio and TV as the voice of the Dallas Stars and Dave & Busters. But wait! That’s not all! He also wrote and produced the feature film Chariot, which is quite possibly the greatest American movie ever made. He’s written screenplays as well as scripted over 50 anime programs and he’s a full-on, for reals published writer. Eric has also directed for film and stage. So he sounds pretty busy, right? Well, tack on the fact that he’s a husband and father of three and you’ll understand why he always looks so tired. He began studying the world of entertainment when he was only 12 years old, and he never looked back. Living a “normal” life with “normal” people isn’t something Eric would know how to do. It’s not something he’d want to do. The best thing he can say about life is that you have your options; you can be safe or you can be crazy. Guess which one he chose?
Appearance Dates:
Friday – Sunday
Pricing:
Photograph: $30
Autograph: $30
Photograph & Autograph Combo: $50
Audio & Video Recording: $40
Charles Martinet
Beloved the world over for voicing perhaps the most popular and recognized character in video game history, Charles Martinet is an American actor, best known for providing the voice of Mario, the titular character in Nintendo’s flagship video game franchise. Beyond the mustachioed plumber, Martinet also voices Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, Toad, Baby Mario, Baby Luigi and a select few other characters from the same series.
Like all great stories, Charles Martinet’s road to fame had humble beginnings. Martinet was told by his friend that there was going to be an audition at a trade show in which you “talk to people as a plumber”. At first Martinet planned to talk like a stereotypical Italian American with a deep, raspy voice (which is how Mario sounded in the Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World cartoons). He then thought to himself that it would be too harsh for children to hear, so he made it more soft-hearted and friendly, resulting in what Mario’s voice is today.
Martinet began working for Nintendo in 1994 as the voice of Mario in a computer generated version of the character that greeted and interacted with attendees at industry and trade events. This system was called Mario in Real-Time or MIRT and was developed by Pasadena based SimGraphics. Martinet could see the attendees by means of a hidden camera setup and a facial motion capture rig recorded his mouth movements in order to synchronize Martinet’s mouth movement with the on-screen Mario mouth movement. This digital puppetry, with Martinet’s comic performance, was a novelty at the time.
Although most fans were introduced to Martinet’s version of Mario with the 1996 Nintendo 64 game, Super Mario 64, Martinet’s video game voice over debut was as Mario in the 1995 Windows release of Interplay’s game Mario’s FUNdamentals. Since then, he has gone on to voice Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, Toadsworth, Metal Mario, Shadow Mario, Piantas (Male), Mini-Mario Toys, Baby Mario, Baby Luigi and Baby Wario in most games wherein these characters speak. He also voiced the enemies Wart, Mouser, Tryclyde, and Clawgrip in Super Mario Advance. His voice work appears in the English and Japanese language versions of the games.
Not just limited to roles in Mario games, Martinet has also lent his voice to the boxers and the announcer in the Super NES title Super Punch-Out!!. He voiced the character Vigoro in Sega’s Dreamcast and Nintendo GameCube role-playing video game, Skies of Arcadia. He did the voice of Homunculus in the Konami PlayStation 2, Xbox and Windows game Shadow of Destiny, and provided voices for Reader Rabbit and The ClueFinders games. Charles Martinet wanted to voice Link in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, but Shigeru Miyamoto told him that Link would remain without a voice. However Link’s grunts have been voiced by various Japanese voice actors.
In addition to video game voice overs, Martinet has worked as a voice actor in commercials, cartoons, and promotions. At the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) trade show in 2005, Charles (as an Animal Crossing character) could be found roaming the virtual village featured in the playable demo of Animal Crossing: Wild World. Martinet did Mario’s voice as the announcer for Pac-Man Vs. on the Nintendo GameCube.
Fans can also hear Martinet’s voice in non-Nintendo games such as Damage as the voice of Fowl Mouth, as well as the primary voice work in several educational game series such as LeapFrog. He also voiced the dragon Paarthurnax in the 2011 video game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and narrated the cutscenes and menus for the 2013 video game Bit.Trip Presents… Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien.
Appearance Dates:
Friday – Sunday
Pricing:
Photographs: 3 Mario poses $40
Autograph: $40
Combo: $70
Autograph on Poster: $50
Voice Recording: $50
Christopher Sabat
Christopher R. Sabat (@VoiceOfVegeta on Twitter) has lived on a diet of Senzu Beans for over 15 years. As the Voice Director for Dragonball Z, the voice actor behind Vegeta, Piccolo, Yamcha, Mr. Popo, Korin, Burter, Shenron, Zarbon, Guru, and countless others, you could almost say he is the “voice” of Dragonball Z. Chris has lent his voice to countless other roles including: Alex Luis Armstrong in Fullmetal Alchemist; Elfman in Fairy Tail; Roronoa Zoro in One Piece; Ayame Sohma in Fruits Basket; Saiga Tatsumi in Speed Grapher; Kurogane in Tsubasa Chronicles; Daisuke Jigen in Lupin III; Father Tres in Trinity Blood; Braun in Steins;Gate; Giroro in Sgt. Frog; Pokémon: Black and White as TV announcer; Cliff (ep 46) Rundas in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption; Garterbelt in Panty and Stocking; Sakaki in Kenichi; Masa in My Bride is a Mermaid; Saito in Darker Than Black; Woerman in Attack on Titan; Alex D in Deus Ex: Invisible War; Captain Smiley & Star in Comic Jumper; and many others. Most recently, he was cast in Psycho-Pass 2 as Sakuya Tougane; Hak in Yoma of the Dawn; and Batou in Ghost In The Shell: Arise. When not in the studio, Christopher loves to make electronic music, play video games, and spend time with his wife and daughters.
Appearance Dates:
Saturday and Sunday
Pricing:
Selfie/Photograph: $30
Autograph: $30
Photograph & Autograph Combo: $50
Kenny James
Appearance Dates:
Friday – Sunday
Pricing:
Selfie/Photograph: $20
Autograph: $30
Photograph & Autograph Combo: $40
Horror & Film
John Kassir
He has also done the voice of Rizzo for the Spyro game, Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure, and voiced Ghost Roaster in Skylanders: Giants, as well as Short Cut in Skylanders: Trap Team and Pit Boss in Skylanders: Imaginators. He is also known for his various roles in season 1 of The Amanda Show. He voiced the Ice King in the original Adventure Time pilot. He also provided additional voice over work for Sonic the Hedgehog, Eek! The Cat, The Brothers Flub, Dead Rising, Casper’s Scare School, Spider-Man 3, Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!, Diablo III, Monsters University, The Prophet, Halo 5: Guardians and The Secret Life of Pets.
You can find John on Twitter @JohnKassir
Appearance Dates:
Friday – Sunday
Pricing:
Table Selfie: $20
Autograph: $40
Table Selfie & Autograph Combo: $50
Audio & Video Recording: $50
Mark Dodson
Appearance Dates:
Friday – Sunday
Pricing:
Table Selfie: $20
Autograph: $40
Table Selfie & Autograph Combo: $50
Audio & Video Recording: $50
Roger Jackson
Jackson is known for providing the voice for the serial killer “Ghostface” in Scream as well as Scream 2, Scream 3 and Scream 4. He has also appeared in animated films and television series like The Walt Disney Company’s The Book of Pooh. He also voiced the maniacal monkey genius Mojo Jojo and the Rowdyruff Boy Butch on The Powerpuff Girls.
Jackson has also played an active role in the video game industry; voicing heroes for Galleon and Baldur’s Gate, robots in Thrillville: Off the Rails and working for several Star Wars and Star Trek titles. On top of that, he provides voices for all the original cats on the Catz virtual pet program. He has contributed to Final Fantasy X and King’s Quest VII and has done educational programs for both The Learning Company and Broderbund. For American McGee’s Alice and its sequel, Alice: Madness Returns, he has also provided the voices for the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, the Dormouse and the Jabberwock. He played the tyrant Colonel Nohman from Zone of the Enders and Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner. He also voiced John O’Conner in Delphine Software International’s Fade to Black.
Roger has also voiced many characters for the video game franchises of The Walking Dead, Mass Effect and Lego.
Appearance Dates:
Friday – Sunday
Pricing:
Table Selfie: $20
Autograph: $40
Table Selfie & Autograph Combo: $50
Audio & Video Recording: $50
Tony Todd
Todd has appeared in more than 100 theatrical and television films, and has played opposite many major Hollywood stars. His movie credits include: Platoon (1986), Night of the Living Dead (1990), Candyman[3] (1992), The Crow (1994), The Rock (1996), Wishmaster (1997), the Final Destination series (2000–2011), Minotaur (2006) and Beg (2010).[4] Todd was the voice of The Fallen in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
Todd’s television appearances include a recurring role on Boston Public and guest appearances on Law & Order, Homicide: Life on the Street, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena Warrior Princess as Cecrops, The X-Files, Smallville, Psych, 24, Charmed, Stargate SG-1, Andromeda, Criminal Minds, 21 Jump Street and Chuck.
He has portrayed several characters in the Star Trek universe: Worf’s brother Kurn in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, an adult Jake Sisko in the episode “The Visitor” in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and an Alpha Hirogen in the episode “Prey” in Star Trek: Voyager. In 2017, Todd returned to the world of Star Trek as General Rodek in the MMORPG game Star Trek Online; Rodek was the persona taken on by Kurn after he lost the memories of his past life as Worf’s brother in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Sons of Mogh”.
2018 saw Todd appear in the horror fan favorite movie Hellfest and to start 2019 the critically acclaimed movie Reign of the Supermen was released with Todd voicing the villain Darkseid for the picture.
Todd will star in a recurring role in the third season of the slasher television series Scream.
Tony enjoys meeting his fans at conventions and talking theater, television and movies.
Tony can be found on twitter @TonyTodd54
Appearance Dates:
Friday – Sunday
Pricing:
Table Selfie: $20
Autograph: $50
Table Selfie & Autograph Combo: $70
Audio & Video Recording: $50
YouTube Stars
Grant Smith
Appearance Dates:
Friday – Sunday
Blastphamous
up in Cleveland, Ohio with his mother, 2 brothers, and 2 sisters. After landing in Las Vegas
he began working various jobs in the construction and casino industries. In a few short
years he developed a love for poker and began studying to become a professional poker
player, winning many online tournaments and even getting an invitation to attend the
infamous World Series of Poker.
In 2013 a friend introduced Richard to the YouTube platform. Shortly thereafter Richard
started his most popular channel BlastphamousHD TV and grew it to 2.3 million
Subscribers. Today he has 4 Channels. BlastphamousHD TV2, for reactions with 1.2 million
subscribers, Maurice Barnett, for Vlogs with 191,000 subscribers, BlastphamousHD Gaming
with 1.04 million subscribers, and BlastphamousHD Pranks with 359,000 subscribers where
he plays harmless pranks on his family and friends.
Over the last four years he has gained 74.1k followers on Twitter, 158k followers on
Instagram, numerous fan pages and channels dedicated to his comedic style on facebook
and youtube.
Appearance Dates:
Friday – Sunday
Kirran Somerlade
Appearance Dates:
Friday – Sunday
D Piddy
Destined to save the world, D-Piddy now travels the universe on his trusty robot unicorn, the Mikazuki 5, always on the lookout to discover new meanings to life, in the pursuit of knowledge, adventure and love. You can also find him playing his favorite video games on Twitch nowadays
Appearance Dates:
Friday – Sunday
Tyler Koi
Appearance Dates:
Friday – Sunday
Funker
When Funker isn’t streaming PUBG and other FPS games on Twitch.tv/FunkerGaming, he’s spending time with his wife and son, hunting, or fishing.
Appearance Dates:
Friday
Esports
TK Breezy
Appearance Dates:
Saturday and Sunday
EEvisu
Appearance Dates:
Saturday and Sunday
Miccoy
Appearance Dates:
Friday
KatContii
Appearance Dates:
Friday
Lucy Mae
Appearance Dates:
Friday
Industry
Jez Roth
After many years of competing at anime convention masquerades, winning Best in Show 16 times with tailored costumes and heavily choreographed skits, he moved to Las Vegas to work for The Venetian designing the Opera Gowns. Eventually he landed at Cirque du Soleil’s water spectacular O building costumes. Since leaving Cirque, he has worked freelance out of his own studio – creating everything from mermaids that shoot water, to Mirrorball Men, and Golden Fairies that contort through the air. Jez has designed for events with A-list celebrities such as Kim Kardiashian, Eva Langoria, Snoop Dogg, and DJs such as Benny Benassi, and Dash Berlin; his jewelry has even been worn on the red carpet at the Billboard Awards. He has represented the United States at the IOEA Otaku Expo in Japan as a Cosplay Guest, and also helped choose the Canadian World Cosplay Summit representative for 2016. He believes that the world of costuming is an endlessly fascinating pursuit-from armor to gowns, giant puppetry to monsters. He shares unique events that educate and involve the community (such as Lip Sync For Your Cosplay and PROJECT: Cosplay!) and has restructured and organized cosplay events for conventions in his goal to make the competition scene more streamlined. His artistic journey came full circle in 2015 when he was hired as an Artistic Consultant for the One Piece: Gold film, working with Toei Animation to give their film a fully realized Las Vegas feel. In 2018 he was hired by Right Stuf Anime to create the Official Brand Costumes for animes Aria and Emma. TL;DR – Lip Sync for Your Cosplay is here. Get ready to werk!
Appearance Dates:
Friday – Sunday
Performing Artists
The Chalk Twins
Follow them on their adventures across the country and around the world on Twitter or Instagram @chalktwins. Like them on Facebook at facebook.com/chalktwins, buyprints and originals online at http://chalktwins.com/wp1/shop/.
Appearance Dates:
Friday – Sunday
Comic
Dan Mendoza
These 5 ingredients combined together made ZOMBIE TRAMP.
With the 1st 7 books done completely on his own, and guidance from comic editor and friend Jason Martin, the book was eventually picked up by ACTION LAB comics for their Mature readers line DANGER ZONE.
The company stayed alert to Dan’s “cult” following and offered to put together a creative team to tackle making ZOMBIE TRAMP a regular ongoing series.
Dan is now the writer and creative consultant to the series as well as Cover and interior artist from time to time and promises to keep the book going in the direction that his fans have come to love.
Dan Says: “Not only is Janey Belle my baby, but also my therapy and stress reliever. I feel most comfortable when writing her reflections and observations on the flaws of humanity. It makes me feel good when so many fans come up to me or write me to say that Janey Belle is such a relatable character and identify with her on so many levels.”
Appearance Dates:
Friday – Sunday
