2024 Guests List
Actors
Julian Richings
Julian Richings is a veteran character best known for his portrayal of Death in Supernatural. He’s also had memorable recurring roles in dozens of tv shows including The Umbrella Academy, Orphan Black, Reginald the Vampire, Stephen King’s Kingdom Hospital and Doom...
Ben McKenzie
Ben McKenzie has become an audience favorite; currently by bringing to life the notable role of ‘Detective James Gordon’ in the FOX hit series Gotham, which is currently filming its 5th and final season. McKenzie first captured audiences in the pop culture phenomenon...
Ben Browder
Ben Browder was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He attended Myers Park High School in Charlotte, North Carolina, earned a BS in psychology at Furman University, and then went on to study drama at Central School of Speech and Drama in London, England, where he met his...
Ty Olsson
Ty Olsson is an award winning actor who has appeared in over 180 film, television, and voice productions. During his more than 20 year acting career, he has worked with Sir Ian McKellen, Woody Harrelson, Andy Serkis, Graham Greene and many more. He can currently be...
Trailer Park Boys
Ricky Ricky is Sunnyvale’s dumbest resident. Like many in the park, he’s had a hard life – his mother Tammy left him and his dad Ray when Ricky was a kid, and his lack of book learning skills prevented him from getting on in life. He only learned to read by...
Julie Caitlin Brown
JULIE CAITLIN BROWN has enjoyed over a 40-year career as an Artist, which has included Stage,Television, and Film. Fans know her from her work on Star Trek, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Sliders, but she is most recognized for her role as “Na’Toth” on...
Jason Faunt
Jason Faunt grew up in Mchenry, Illinois a small town outside of Chicago. After years of pursuing a baseball career professionally he hung up the cleats and moved to Los Angeles in 1997 to pursue a career as an actor. After years of acting class and smaller projects...
Jennifer Hale
Jennifer Hale, a prolific and highly acclaimed voice actress, has lent her voice to an impressive array of video games and animated television shows. With a career spanning over three decades, Hale has become a mainstay in franchises such as Baldur's Gate, Mass...
Chad Michael Murray
Chad Michael Murray first caught our attention as Lucas Scott in the popular teen drama series One Tree Hill (2003-2012). The model-turned-actor has also serenaded Jamie Lee Curtis with Britney Spears' "Baby One More Time" in Freaky Friday (2003), became Hilary Duff's...
Tanner Zipchen
Tanner Zipchen is a Canadian actor, writer, and host. Airing to millions of in-theatre movie fans, he became a household name as host of Canada's most-watched entertainment show for half a decade. While he does continue to host on occasion, his focus continues to be...
Authors
Stephen Graham Jones
Stephen Graham Jones is the NYT bestselling author of nearly thirty novels and collections, and there’s some novellas and comic books in there as well. Stephen’s been an NEA recipient, has won the Texas Institute of Letters Award for Fiction, the LA Times Ray Bradbury...
Sylvain Neuvel
Sylvain Neuvel dropped out of high school at age 15. Along the way, he has been a journalist, worked in soil decontamination, sold ice cream in California, and furniture across Canada. He received a Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Chicago. He taught...
Jennifer Blackstream
Jennifer Blackstream is a USA Today bestselling author of urban fantasy and paranormal romance. She is amazed and grateful to have made a writing career out of a Master’s degree in Psychology, hours of couch-detecting watching Murder She Wrote, and endless research...
Jim Butcher
Jim Butcher is the author of the Dresden Files, the Codex Alera, and a new steampunk series, the Cinder Spires. His resume includes a laundry list of skills which were useful a couple of centuries ago, and he plays guitar quite badly. An avid gamer, he plays tabletop...
Kelley Armstrong
Kelley Armstrong is the author of the "Rip Through Time" and “Haven’s Rock" mystery series. Past works include the Otherworld urban fantasy series, the Rockton mystery series, the Stitch in Time time-travel series, the Cainsville gothic mystery series, the Nadia...
EK Johnston
E.K. Johnston had several jobs and one vocation before she became a published writer. If she’s learned anything, it’s that things turn out weird sometimes, and there’s not a lot you can do about it. Well, that and how to muscle through awkward fanfic because it’s...
Comic Creators
Dax Gordine
Dax Gordine is an animator, concept artist, and illustrator whose work has delighted fans on such feature films as Osmosis Jones, Eight Crazy Nights, and Curious George. He's also done concept art for the video game Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare 2 & 3, and...
Brianna June
Brianna June is a freelance comic illustrator from the East Coast of Canada. Her Professional work includes illustrated variant covers and colors for IDW, Archie Comics, Second Sight Publishing, Keenspot Publishing, and creator owned comics. She also works with an...
Shannon Watters
Shannon Watters is the co-creator and co-writer of the award-winning, New York Times-bestselling comic book series LUMBERJANES, as well as the hit graphic novel HOLLOW, and a writer of animation, comics, and prose. She is also an acclaimed editor and the former...
Ramón Pérez
Ramón K Pérez is an acclaimed cartoonist with multiple Eisner and Harvey awards to his name. He is best known for his graphic novel adaptations of Jim Henson’s "Tale Of Sand" and "Jane." His portfolio also includes celebrated works such as "Nova: Resurrection," "The...
Stephanie Cooke
Stephanie Cooke is an award-nominated writer of graphic novels including ParaNorthern andthe Oh My Gods! series, as well as the new graphic novel series, The Racc Pack, withbestselling creator, Whitney Gardner. Stephanie is an avid reader, gamer, movie watcher, andpun...
Gavin Guidry
Gavin Guidry is a comic artist from the New Orleans area. His most recent work includes Birds of Prey, Superman ‘78: The Metal Curtain, and Predator vs Wolverine, as well as for drawing multiple shorts and covers for DC Comics, Marvel Comics, IDW, Aftershock, and...
Cosplayers
The DeLorean
1981 DeLorean DMC-12 A total performance car that would be economical to run, safe to drive, and timeless as a flux capacitor. A car built with great care and commitment. A masterpiece built by John DeLorean. DeLorean founded his self-titled company in 1975 after 25...
Cowbutt Crunchies
Cowbutt Crunchies Cosplay is an internationally acclaimed LGBTQ+ couple who specializes in couture cosplay, education, and incredible pop culture design. Always pushing the envelope of creativity, their experimental mixed media builds feature a wide mastery of...
Gladzy Kei
Gladzy Kei is an illustrator, concept artist, and cosplayer from Canada, AB. She graduated from Alberta College of Art & Design with a Bachelor’s of Design degree majoring in Illustration. Gladzy’s concept designs have been worn by many international cosplayers....
Aicosu
We are Darling and Sylar Santa Maria! We met in 2009 and have been cosplaying since. Over the last 15 years, we have made hundreds of cosplays, won competitions in masters, and judged internationally with accolades that include Crypton Media, Bioware Games, and...
Gaming
Chris Tulach
Chris Tulach is the Event Marketing Manager for Dungeons & Dragons and has been connecting people through play during his 18-year tenure at Wizards of the Coast and for many years before that. He also has worked on numerous design projects and written over 50...
Kat Kruger
Kat Kruger is a freelance game designer, author, and professional game master at her owner-operated company, Steampunk Unicorn Studio. Having worked for clients such as Hasbro, Wizards of the Coast, MCDM, Hit Point Press, and Larian Studios, her game credits include:...
Moderators
Tanner Zipchen
Tanner Zipchen is a Canadian actor, writer, and host. Airing to millions of in-theatre movie fans, he became a household name as host of Canada's most-watched entertainment show for half a decade. While he does continue to host on occasion, his focus continues to be...
Cancelled
Sean Astin
Sean Astin (born February 25, 1971) is an American film actor, director, voice artist, and producer best known for his film roles as Samwise Gamgee in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Mikey Walsh in The Goonies, and the title character of Rudy. In television, he...
Alan Tudyk
Alan Tudyk is a multi-dimensional actor whose credits span throughout stage, film, television and voiceover entertainment platforms. Over the span of his career, his films have garnered over $2 Billion at the Box Office. In 2016, Tudyk appeared in...
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