Special Guests

MEET YOUR HEROES DURING HDCC!

Have you ever been so close to your favorite Hollywood stars in real life? Our visitors have the possibility to meet the characters from series and movies where they’re a fan of. Each edition we invite a number of special guests. Admire them on the main stage and ask them a question, get a signature or take a picture together. Create moments you’ll never forget and have your special meeting captured in the photobooth.

ACTORS

MATTHEW MERCER

Critical Role | Overwatch 2 | The Destiny Games | The Legend of Zelda | Fallout 4 | Persona 5 | Attack on Titan | JoJo no kimyô-na bôken | Naruto: Shippûden
  • Photobooth: €80
  • Autograph: €60
  • Selfie: €60

GRAHAM MCTAVISH

THE HOBBIT | THE WITCHER | OUTLANDER | CASTLEVANIA | PREACHER | HOUSE OF THE DRAGON
  • Photobooth: €50
  • Autograph: €40
  • Selfie: €50
  • Autograph + Selfie: €80

MARK WILLIAMS

101 Dalmatians | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Stardust | Shakespeare in Love | Doctor Who | Father Brown
  • Photobooth: €40
  • Autograph: €30
  • Selfie: €35
  • Autograph + Selfie: €60
  • Meet & Greet: €150

JOSEPH MORGAN

The Vampire Diaries | The Originals | Brave New World | Halo | Titans
  • Photobooth: €100
  • Autograph: €80

PERSIA WHITE

The Vampire Diaries | Girlfriends | cargo | Spoken Word | Juice Truck
  • Photobooth: €40
  • Photobooth duoshoot Persia and Joseph: €130
  • Autograph: €30

OLIVIER RICHTERS

Black Widow | Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | The King's Man | Knuckledust | Borderlands | Upcoming: Reacher season 3
  • Photobooth: €50
  • Autograph: €40
  • Selfie: €45
  • Autograph + Selfie: €60
  • Meet & Greet: €150

COMIC GUESTS

R.B. SILVA

With over 15 years in the North American market, RB Silva stands out as one of the most versatile artists currently active. He has lent his talents to DC Comics, Marvel, and Dark Horse.
  • Action Comics
  • Superboy
  • Nova
  • Amazing Spider-Man
  • Uncanny Inhumans
  • X-Men Blue and Gold
  • Powers of X
  • Fantastic Four
  • Captain America Symbol of Truth
  • Rise of the Powers of X

ZOE THOROGOOD

Zoe Thorogood is the creator of IT’S LONELY AT THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH, and THE IMPENDING BLINDNESS OF BILLIE SCOTT. She also illustrated Joe Hill’s RAIN. Currently she’s working on HACK/SLASH: BACK TO SCHOOL, and LIFE IS STRANGE: FORGET-ME-NOT.
  • It's lonely at the centre of the earth
  • The Impending blindness of Billie Scott
  • Joe Hill's Rain
  • Hack/Slash: Back to school
  • Life is strange: forget-me-not

ANDRÉS GUINALDO

Andrés began working for Avatar Press. After publishing with other American publishers, he started working for Marvel as an artist on “Son of Hulk: Dark Son Rising” written by Paul Jenkins, followed by “Dark Reign: Hawkeye #5.” For DC Comics, he worked on “Gotham City Sirens #10-26.” Since then, he has alternated between projects for both DC Comics and Marvel, as well as other publishers like Valiant (Ninjak) and BOOM! (Hypernaturals).
  • Joker Asylum: The Riddler
  • Nightwing #11-14
  • Red Lanterns #8
  • Justice League Dark #30-40
  • Steve Rogers, Captain America
  • Dr. Strange #7-8

MARC ELLERBY

Marc Ellerby is a comic book illustrator from the UK. He has worked with companies such as Disney, Warner Brothers, BBC, Hasbro and Cartoon Network.
  • Rick and Morty
  • Chloe Noonan: Monster Hunter
  • Ellerbisms

TOMM COKER

Tomm Coker began his professional career while still in high school, illustrating comic books for Image Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Marvel Comics and DC Comics.
  • Gen 13 Bootleg
  • Nightfall: The Black Chronicles
  • Penthouse Comix
  • Men in Black
  • Blood & Water
  • He wrote and directed his first live-action short film, “A Day Between,” which won Grand Jury and Audience Favorite Awards on the festival circuit.
  • Audio Quest: A Captain Lights Adventure
  • Undying Love
  • The Black Monday Murders

KEVIN NOWLAN

His older brother Mike’s hotrod and monster drawings were an early inspiration as well as the art of Neal Adams, Alex Toth, Gil Kane, Bernie Wrightson and Bob Oksner.
  • Batman: The Sword Of Azrael
  • Superman/Aliens
  • Superman: The Last Days Of Luthor
  • Jack B. Quick
  • Boy Inventor (co-created and scripted by Alan Moore)
  • Grimwood’s Daughter
  • The Secret Origin of Man-Bat
  • Batman Black and White: Monsters In The Closet
  • Hellboy: Buster Oakley Gets His Wish
  • Immortal Hulk: A Little Fire

CARY NORD

Cary Nord has been drawing comics professionally since he was 19 years old. He has worked with virtually every major publisher. Cary is currently working on a 48-page SAVAGE SWORD of CONAN story as well as the second book of his first creator-owned series, FOL’KLOR.
  • Signatures are free
  • Commissions: €300 - Full Figure | €150 - Bust | €50 - Head Shot
  • DAREDEVIL
  • MUTANT X
  • XO MANOWAR
  • WONDERWOMAN
  • Eisner Award winning work on CONAN

MANUEL GARCIA

A native of Salamanca, Manuel started his career drawing Robin #92 and The Spectre #7 for DC Comics, before doing his first work for Marvel on The Avengers #44-47. He also worked briefly on Vampirella for Harris Comics and a couple of Star Wars-related titles for Dark Horse.
  • Thunderbolts
  • Daredevil Movie Adaptation
  • Spider-Man: Breakout
  • Black Panther (World Tour)
  • Iron Man: Noir
  • X-Men: Days of Future Past

LEE BERMEJO

Lee Bermejo’s comic book work includes BATMAN/DEATHBLOW, LUTHOR, BEFORE WATCHMEN: RORSCHACH, and The New York Times best-selling graphic novel JOKER, all of which were done in collaboration with writer Brian Azzarello.
  • GLOBAL FREQUENCY
  • SUPERMAN/GEN 13
  • HELLBLAZER
  • BATMAN: NOEL (best-selling graphic novel)
  • SUICIDERS
  • BATMAN: DAMNED
  • BATMAN: DEAR DETECTIVE
  • A VICIOUS CIRCLE

BRITTANY HOLZHERR

Brittany Holzherr is a Senior Editor at DC Comics, working on comic books such as WONDER WOMAN, TITANS, and POWER GIRL along with several other titles across the DCU. A graduate of NYU’s Cinema Studies program, she has been working at DC for over 11 years and is a proud member of the Women of Warner. In her free time, Brittany enjoys movie nights and long walks with her beloved Golden Retriever, Copper.
  • WONDER WOMAN
  • TITANS
  • POWER GIRL

COSPLAYERS

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DESCA

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BAMBI LASHES

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NARU COSPLAY

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WOUTER BRUGGE

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SHAMIKU

GAMING STAGE HOST

VOICE ACTORS - COLLECTOR STORE HALL 12

BRIAN BEACOCK

Brian Beacock is an camera and voice actor, writer, producer and musician who’s diverse career includes voice-overs for more than 50 cartoon series and video games including “Digimon” (Takato, Bokomon, Agumon), Monokuma in the “Danganronpa” game seres, Akutagawa in “Bungo Stray Dogs” and “Bungo Stray Dogs Wan,” “Naruto” (Chojuro, Sakon/Ukon), “Bleach” (Yumichika), “Durarara” (Walker), “Doreamon” (Sneech), “Blue Exorcist” (Shima), “Code Geass” (Rivals), “Blue Dragon,” “Miraculous Ladybug” (Theo/Copy Cat), “Battle B-Daman” (Yamato), “Toradora,” “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure” (Shigechi), “Tales of Symphonia” (Lloyd Irving), “Dragon Ball Super” (Krillin), “Sailor Moon” (Alan, Pegasus, Helios), “Beastars” (Dom the Peacock), “Sword Art Online Alicization” (Higa), and more.

His television appearances include: “Imagination Movers,” “Kath & Kim,” “CSI,” “Passions,” NBC’s “The Rerun Show.” Films include: “Colt Racer,” “To The Beat,” “Mulholland Drive,” “Buying The Cow,” “Globehunters,” “Circuit,” and “Hollow Scream.”

Brian is the creator/writer/producer of the Emmy Award winning zombie comedy series “Acting Dead” which won a Prime Time Emmy Award.

Autographs: €40


Selfie: €20


Funko Pop: €50


Video/Audio Recordings: €60

JASON PAIGE

As a vocalist, Jason toured for a year as the lead singer for the legendary band Blood Sweat & Tears. He shared the stage with Michael Jackson as the rap soloist for the hit song “Black or White” in Michael Jackson’s 30th Anniversary concert at Madison Square Garden aired on CBS. He can be heard on Foreigner’s “Can’t Slow Down”, Meatloaf’s “Bat Outta Hell 3”, The Scorpions’ “Hour 1”, Frankie Valli’s “Romancing the 60’s” and “The Art of McCartney” tribute CD behind Billy Joel, Roger Daltrey, Kiss, and Smokey Robinson among others. His voice is featured in “Rick And Morty”, “Phineas & Ferb”, “Sponge Out of Water”, “The Jersey Boys”, “Annie” with Kermit and Miss Piggy in the last “Muppet Movie” and a salad of singing food characters in “Sausage Party”. He has sung and beat-boxed with Aerosmith on tour and on the Howard Stern re-mix of the hit single “Pink” and has performed with Enrique Iglesias on tour, television, and can be heard on his CD “7”. In 2022 Jason released 11 new original songs in collaboration with Dutch EDM DJ AIN0. Jason Paige: Jason’s Original Pokemon Theme Song has been in NPO Radio 2’s Top 2000 all time songs for the past 7 years and amazingly reached #151 in last years countdown! 

Autographs: €50


Selfie: €15