Guests
MEET YOUR HEROES AT HEROES DUTCH COMIC CON
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

Gwendoline Christie
Gwendoline Christie is a British actress known for her role as ‘Brienne of Tarth’ in the famous television series, ‘Game of Thrones’, as well her role as ‘Larissa Weems’ in the populair show ‘Wednesday’.

Bob Morley
Bellamy Blake from The 100, Bob Morley, joins our event in June! Bob just wrapped seven years as the lead of THE CW’s THE 100, which he was nominated for a TCA for “Best TV Actor in a Sci-Fi/Fantasy Series.” He also won E! Alpha Male 2018 & 2017 Award which is the most popular TV Actor.

Danny Trejo
Danny Trejo has since been turning heads in the film world for decades and grew to become a true cult hero. He is best known for his roles as Razor Charlie in “From Dusk Till Dawn” (1996), Cuchillo in “Predator” (2010) and Machete in the franchise of the same name (2010, 2013).

Cobie Smulders
Cobie Smulders is a Canadian actress known for her role as Robin Scherbatsky in the hit television series, How I Met Your Mother, as well as her portrayal of S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Maria Hill in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Orli Shoshan
Orli Shoshan played the exotic Elian, Jedi Master, Shaak Ti in “Star Wars Episode II and Episode III”. Shaak Ti is a popular character you can find celebrated through many action figures, LEGO sets, comic books and video games.

Amy Allen
Amy Allen is an American actress who played the Jedi Master Aayla Secura in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones and in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. Amy had previously been cast as an additional Twi’lek in the DVD release of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace.

Cobie Smulders
Cobie Smulders is a Canadian actress known for her role as Robin Scherbatsky in the hit television series, How I Met Your Mother, as well as her portrayal of S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Maria Hill in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Danny Trejo
Danny Trejo has since been turning heads in the film world for decades and grew to become a true cult hero. He is best known for his roles as Razor Charlie in “From Dusk Till Dawn” (1996), Cuchillo in “Predator” (2010) and Machete in the franchise of the same name (2010, 2013).

Bob Morley
Bellamy Blake from The 100, Bob Morley, joins our event in June! Bob just wrapped seven years as the lead of THE CW’s THE 100, which he was nominated for a TCA for “Best TV Actor in a Sci-Fi/Fantasy Series.” He also won E! Alpha Male 2018 & 2017 Award which is the most popular TV Actor.

Amy Allen
Amy Allen is an American actress who played the Jedi Master Aayla Secura in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones and in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. Amy had previously been cast as an additional Twi’lek in the DVD release of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace.

Orli Shoshan
Orli Shoshan played the exotic Elian, Jedi Master, Shaak Ti in “Star Wars Episode II and Episode III”. Shaak Ti is a popular character you can find celebrated through many action figures, LEGO sets, comic books and video games.

Gwendoline Christie
Gwendoline Christie is a British actress known for her role as ‘Brienne of Tarth’ in the famous television series, ‘Game of Thrones’, as well her role as ‘Larissa Weems’ in the populair show ‘Wednesday’.
Comic Artists

Elena Casagrande
She worked with IDW Publishing on comics like Star Trek and X-Files. Now, her work for Marvel includes drawing Spider-Man (MARVEL HEARTBREAKERS – A CHEMICAL ROMANCE, ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #154), Magik (variant cover NEW MUTANTS #4), Spitfire (WOMEN OF MARVEL), and Red Hulk (HULK). Most recently, she was also the artist of the new BLACK WIDOW series, which won the 2021 Eisner Award for Best New Series.

Nic Klein
Nic is a German comic book artist who has worked on such titles as CAPTAIN AMERICA, WINTER SOLDIER, and DEADPOOL. For Image Comics, he co-created Viking, Dancer, and Drifter. He is currently working on the new THOR run.

Jan Bazaldúa
Jan brought her hyperkinetic art style to SPIDER-MAN for a star-marking run as the young Miles Morales took on the all-new Sinister Six in SPIDER-MAN #234–239. She burnished her reputation with titles including MR. AND MRS. X and LOKI, and her fast-growing list of Marvel credits now includes X-FORCE, WINTER GUARD, and a trip to the far-off galaxy of STAR WARS.

Chris Allen
Chris made his Marvel Comics debut illustrating the movie tie-in MARVEL STUDIOS’ GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 PRELUDE, followed by MARVEL STUDIOS’ ANT-MAN AND THE WASP PRELUDE. The Texas-based artist has been steadily building reputation by taking on one-shots including HEROES REBORN: AMERICAN KNIGHTS and SPIDER-MAN: REPTILIAN RAGE, as well as contribute to MARVEL’S VOICES: LEGACY. He later graduated to his first Marvel ongoing series, MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN.

Martin Coccolo
Starting with small, independent publishers, he forged a path that would eventually lead him to work for APE Entertainment’s Helldorado, a work which landed him a nomination for the Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award. He would then go on to work on IDW’s Magic: The Gathering for many issues before being recruited by DC entertainment to work on Green Lantern and Sinestro alternatively. After a long number of projects for a variety of publishers, he would start working for Marvel in 2021, and would continue to do so to this day on titles such as X-Force, Thor vs Hulk: Banner Of War and Deadpool.

Lucas Werneck
Lucas is a Brazilian comic book artist and illustrator. He began working in the comics industry in 2019 and has since worked for major publishers such as Marvel Comics, Boom Studios, and DC Comics. He has already worked on several titles such as CAPTAIN AMERICA, TRIAL OF MAGNETO, and FANTASTIC FOUR, and is currently working on IMMORTAL X-MEN.

C.F. Villa
C.F. is a concept artist and illustrator born in Hermosillo, Sonora, México with 12 years of experience working in film, animation, and more recently the comic book industry. Being a ’90s comics consumer, he grew up being influenced by artists such as Humberto Ramos, Joe Madureira, Jim Lee, Marc Silvestri, as well as many manga artists and European masters of illustration. In 2018, his work at Marvel began with his first two miniseries, LOCKJAW and SHATTERSTAR. He has also been featured in various X-MEN titles, and in 2021, wrapped his run on the BLACK CAT series.

Federico Vicentini
Italian artist Federico is a fast-rising star, having proved his flair for drawing web-slinging action with a pair of wall-crawlers on AMAZING SPIDER-MAN and ABSOLUTE CARNAGE: MILES MORALES. Federico illustrated the FALCON & WINTER SOLDIER team-up comic book series before turning his attention to another high-profile Marvel character in X DEATHS OF WOLVERINE, and then the ongoing WOLVERINE title. Increasingly in demand, Federico contributed to Marvel’s HEROES REBORN event and made his mark on another Marvel epic, tackling the A.X.E.: AVENGERS one-shot.

C.B. Cebulski
As Editor-in-Chief, C.B. Cebulski oversees all day-to-day editorial and creative aspects of Marvel’s publishing division since he was appointed in November 2017. This includes driving the overall editorial creative vision, shaping the larger story direction of the Marvel Comics line-up, and bringing to Marvel the world’s best and brightest writers and artists. Additionally, Mr. Cebulski is furthering Marvel’s efforts to expand the publishing division internationally, helping forge partnerships and create original projects with Panini, Scholastic, Shueisha, Abrams, Sigongsa and Naver/Webtoons.

Elena Casagrande
She worked with IDW Publishing on comics like Star Trek and X-Files. Now, her work for Marvel includes drawing Spider-Man (MARVEL HEARTBREAKERS – A CHEMICAL ROMANCE, ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #154), Magik (variant cover NEW MUTANTS #4), Spitfire (WOMEN OF MARVEL), and Red Hulk (HULK). Most recently, she was also the artist of the new BLACK WIDOW series, which won the 2021 Eisner Award for Best New Series.

Nic Klein
Nic is a German comic book artist who has worked on such titles as CAPTAIN AMERICA, WINTER SOLDIER, and DEADPOOL. For Image Comics, he co-created Viking, Dancer, and Drifter. He is currently working on the new THOR run.

Jan Bazaldúa
Jan brought her hyperkinetic art style to SPIDER-MAN for a star-marking run as the young Miles Morales took on the all-new Sinister Six in SPIDER-MAN #234–239. She burnished her reputation with titles including MR. AND MRS. X and LOKI, and her fast-growing list of Marvel credits now includes X-FORCE, WINTER GUARD, and a trip to the far-off galaxy of STAR WARS.

Chris Allen
Chris made his Marvel Comics debut illustrating the movie tie-in MARVEL STUDIOS’ GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 PRELUDE, followed by MARVEL STUDIOS’ ANT-MAN AND THE WASP PRELUDE. The Texas-based artist has been steadily building reputation by taking on one-shots including HEROES REBORN: AMERICAN KNIGHTS and SPIDER-MAN: REPTILIAN RAGE, as well as contribute to MARVEL’S VOICES: LEGACY. He later graduated to his first Marvel ongoing series, MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN.

Martin Coccolo
Starting with small, independent publishers, he forged a path that would eventually lead him to work for APE Entertainment’s Helldorado, a work which landed him a nomination for the Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award. He would then go on to work on IDW’s Magic: The Gathering for many issues before being recruited by DC entertainment to work on Green Lantern and Sinestro alternatively. After a long number of projects for a variety of publishers, he would start working for Marvel in 2021, and would continue to do so to this day on titles such as X-Force, Thor vs Hulk: Banner Of War and Deadpool.

Lucas Werneck
Lucas is a Brazilian comic book artist and illustrator. He began working in the comics industry in 2019 and has since worked for major publishers such as Marvel Comics, Boom Studios, and DC Comics. He has already worked on several titles such as CAPTAIN AMERICA, TRIAL OF MAGNETO, and FANTASTIC FOUR, and is currently working on IMMORTAL X-MEN.
Cosplayers

Sakuraflor
The half Spanish, half Dutch Sakuraflor – Saku in short – is an all-round geek, cosplayer, actress, games and artist. She started making cosplay in 2014 and has been doing it ever since.

Har_Fie
Har_Fie is coming to HDCC! He is a Cosplay, Game and Media Sensation who has made various characters.

iWood Cosplay
Not only has Lorentz won Best in Class Master’s Division in Anime Expo (US largest anime convention) he has also Judged Internationally for WCS (World Cosplay Summit: Mexico). He has done professional work with big game titles such as Apex Legend and Gotham Knights.

LoopyTheLamb
Btrix and I form a Cosplay group and together have participated in many Cosplay competitions, in our country, but international as well, we’ve been 2018 and 2022 ECG Romanian group representatives and also lucky enough to also be in the finals of 2022 Clara Cow’s Cosplay Cup.

Btrix
9 years of Cosplay got me a wardrobe full of costumes, a heart full of dear friends, a Cosplay photography project my partner and I built for our community and an overall better way of seeing things, personally and professionally.

MeanKitteh
I’ve had the incredible honour to represent Denmark in several international competitions through the last couple of years: Cosplay World Masters (CWM), Clara Cow’s Cosplay Cup (CCCC), European Cosplay Gathering (ECG), International Cosplay League (ICL) and now Nordic Cosplay Championship (NCC).
Meet these Cosplayers in our Cosplay Village
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