Special Guests

MEET YOUR HEROES DURING HDCC!

Heb jij ooit de acteurs of actrices uit jouw favoriete serie of film van dichtbij gezien of zelfs ontmoet? Iedere editie van Heroes Dutch Comic Con nodigen wij een aantal Special Guests uit en krijgen bezoekers de kans om hen te ontmoeten. Bezoek hun Q&A’s op de Main Stage om hen jouw brandende vraag te stellen of scoor een handtekening in de Guest Square. Ga op de foto met jouw favoriete ster en laat dit onvergetelijke moment vastleggen in de photobooth.

SPECIAL GUESTS

JARED PADALECKI

SUPERNATURAL | WALKER | GILMORE GIRLS | FIRE COUNTRY
  • Photobooth: €145
  • Duo Photobooth met Misha: €235
  • Handtekening: €135
  • Selfie: €145
  • Handtekening + Selfie: €270
  • Meet & Greet: €250

GENEVIEVE PADALECKI

SUPERNATURAL | hated | Flashforward | wildfire | walker
  • Photobooth: €70
  • Duo Photobooth met Jared: €215
  • Handtekening: €60

MISHA COLLINS

SUPERNATURAL | girl | INTERRUPTED | Gotham Knights | the eleventh season of ER | the first season of 24
  • Photobooth: €100
  • Photobooth in costume: €130
  • Duo Photobooth met Jared: €235
  • Handtekening: €90
  • Selfie: €100
  • Handtekening + Selfie: €180

DAVID TENNANT

Doctor Who | Good Omens | Star Wars' "Ahsoka" and "The Clone Wars” | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Broadchurch | Jessica Jones | BAFTA for Best Actor
  • Photobooth: €130
  • Duo Photobooth met Billie: €190
  • Handtekening: €110 (op een foto of print)
  • Handtekening: €120 premium handtekening (op FunkoPops, posters, kleding, boeken, Tardis, rekwisieten)

BILLIE PIPER

DOCTER WHO | SECRET DIARY OF A CALL GIRL | I HATE SUZIE | PENNY DREADFUL | KAOS | WEDNESDAY
  • Photobooth: €60
  • Duo Photobooth with David: €190
  • Autograph: €60
  • Selfie: €40

DEAN NORRIS

Breaking Bad | Under the Dome | Claws | Lethal Weapon 2 | Total Recall | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Little Miss Sunshine | Better Call Saul | Death Wish
  • Photobooth: €55
  • Autograph: €40
  • Selfie: €50
  • Autograph + Selfie: €80
  • Meet & Greet: €120

DAVE JONES

Baldur's Gate 3 | AANWEZIG OP ALLE 3 DE DAGEN, INCLUSIEF DE PREVIEW NIGHT
  • Photobooth: €55
  • Handtekening: €50
  • Selfie: €40
  • Handtekening + Selfie: €70
  • Meet & Greet: €65

SAMANTHA BEART

Baldur's Gate 3 | AANWEZIG OP ALLE 3 DE DAGEN, INCLUSIEF DE PREVIEW NIGHT
  • Photobooth: €55
  • Handtekening: €60
  • Selfie: €40
  • Handtekening + Selfie: €80
  • Meet & Greet: €65

THEO SOLOMON

Baldur's Gate 3 | AANWEZIG OP ALLE 3 DE DAGEN, INCLUSIEF DE PREVIEW NIGHT
  • Photobooth: €30
  • Handtekening: €40
  • Video: €70
  • Handtekening + Selfie: €60

TOM MCKAY

Kingdom Come: Deliverance | Kingdom Come: Deliverance II | Touchdown | Devils
  • Duo Photobooth: €110
  • Handtekening: €50
  • Handtekening + Selfie: €70
  • Selfie: €40
  • Duo Meet & Greet: €130

LUKE DALE

Kingdom Come: Deliverance | Kingdom Come: Deliverance II | Battlefield V | Forgotten Faiths
  • Duo Photobooth: €110
  • Handtekening: €50
  • Handtekening + Selfie: €70
  • Selfie: €40
  • Duo Meet & Greet: €130

DAN FOGLER

Fantastic Beasts | Star Wars | House of the Dragon | The Walking Dead
  • Photobooth: €45
  • Handtekening: €60
  • Selfie: €40
  • Handtekening + Selfie: €80
  • Meet & Greet: €120

KAMUI COSPLAY

ALLEEN VRIJDAG & ZATREDAG
  • Photobooth: €10
  • Handtekening: GRATIS
  • Selfie: GRATIS
  • Handtekening + Selfie: GRATIS
  • Meet & Greet tijdens Cosplay Boot

JASPER WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT

3 Black Halflings podcast | Not Another D&D Podcast | Dark Dice | Dimension 20: Burrow’s End | Critical Role: The Re-Slayers Take
  • Photobooth: €40
  • Handtekening: €40
  • Selfie: €30
  • Handtekening + Selfie: €60
  • Meet & Greet: €55

COMIC GUESTS

RYAN NORTH

Ryan North is the writer of Fantastic Four. He's an internationally-recognized multiple-New-York-Times-bestselling author whose work has been translated into 16 different languages, and as a linguist, he's very happy about that. He lives in Toronto, where he once messed up walking his dog so badly it made the news. And you know what? His book “Krypto: the last dog of Krypton” will be released the same week we have HDCC, so don’t miss it!
  • Fatastic Four
  • How To Take Over The World
  • How To Invent Everything
  • Slaughterhouse-Five
  • Dinosaur Comics
  • Squirrel Girl

JIM CHEUNG

Jim landed his first professional penciling job at Marvel UK in the mid 90s. He is currently working on a book for DC, and enjoying the challenges that the project is throwing his way.
  • INFINITY
  • YOUNG AVENGERS
  • SPIDER-MAN:THE CLONE CONSPIRACY
  • AVENGERS VS X-MEN
  • NEW AVENGERS
  • ILLUMINATI
  • ORIGINAL SIN
  • JUSTICE LEAGUE
  • WONDER WOMAN

RON MARZ

Ron Marz has been writing comics for more than three decades, starting his career with a lengthy run on Silver Surfer for Marvel. He has also written extensively for video games, and is currently part of the narrative team for Blizzard’s Diablo franchise.
  • Silver Surfer (Marvel)
  • Thor (Marvel)
  • Green Lantern (DC)
  • Superboy (DC)
  • Star Wars (Dark Horse)
  • The historic Marvel vs. DC crossover
  • Witchblade (Image)

JAMES ROBINSON

most well-known for his award-winning runs on both Starman and Leave It To Chance. After a long working relationship with DC Comics, James made the switch to Marvel Comics where he wrote All-New Invaders, the Fantastic Four, and the Scarlet Witch among other titles. He also wrote Airboy for Image Comics, Grand Passion and Felix Leiter for Dynamite comics.
  • Grendel Tales: Four Devils
  • One Hell
  • Superman
  • Justice League of America
  • Batman
  • Detective Comics
  • Wonder Woman

RICKEY PURDIN

As Director of Talent Relations and talent scout at Marvel Comics for ten years, Rickey Purdin has been at the forefront of onboarding and cultivating new artistic talent at the House of Ideas. Prior to Marvel, he was in Editorial at DC Comics on titles such as Superman, Batman and Multiversity. Rickey began his career in comics on staff at Wizard Magazine, where his role as Entertainment Editor covered television and film for the fan-favorite publication.
  • Superman
  • Batman
  • Multiversity

JESUS MERINO

He’s currently working on the creator-owned series LOS MONSTRUOS for Dark Horse with writer James Robinson, and we’ll do a worldwide presentation of the series
  • Superman
  • Fantastic Four
  • Avengers Forever
  • JLA-JSA Virtue and Vice
  • Green Lantern
  • Flash
  • Justice League
  • Hellblazer
  • Wonder Woman
  • Joker Presents: A Puzzlebox

KEVIN MAGUIRE

Kevin Maguire is a comic book artist most known for his 80s run on Justice League International. His other credits include Man Of Steel, Supergirl, X-Men Forever, The Adventures Of Captain America, Batman Confidential, World’s Finest, Defenders, Metal Men, Godzilla, and countless other books. His creator owned projects have included Strikeback, Trinity Angels, and Tanga. Currently, he’s still doing a variety of comics stuff.
  • The Adventures Of Captain America
  • Man Of Steel
  • Supergirl
  • X-Men Forever
  • Batman Confidential

JERMAINE MCLAUGHLIN

Jermaine has spent over 20 years in the comic book industry. He started with a decade at DC Comics, where he worked closely with industry legends and had a front-row seat to major events like Infinite Crisis, The Return of Red Hood, Flashpoint, and the birth of The New 52. Beyond DC, he has written for Syfy Wire and The Beat, and his work is featured in the Marvel Comics Library series from Taschen, including The Avengers, The Amazing Spider-Man, and The Fantastic Four collections. Jermaine made a splash last year authoring “The Official Spider-man cookbook”, which served as a culinary tour of some of the Spider family’s favorite foods. He’s returning to Heroes Dutch Comicon this year with “Superman: The Official Cookbook: recipes from Smallville to the Hall of Justice and Beyond”, where our guide around the DC Universe will be none other than the Mom of Steel herself, Martha Kent.
  • Superman: The Official Cookbook: recipes from Smallville to the Hall of Justice and Beyond

TOM GRUMMETT

Tom has enjoyed a career of over thirty years in comics. He has illustrated comics custom comics for Marvel and DC serving commercial clients, and along with long-time collaborator Karl Kesel, illustrates the creator owned series Section Zero. He was honored in 2015 as a recipient of an Inkpot Award for achievement in the comic arts, and has been inducted into the Joe Shuster Awards Hall of Fame.
  • Superman
  • Robin
  • Fantastic Four
  • Superboy
  • X-Men Forever
  • Teen Titans
  • Avengers Academy

JULIAN LOPEZ

Julian, the creator of the poster for this edition, is a Spanish illustrator and comic-book artist, know for:
  • Superman
  • War of the Supermen
  • World's Finest
  • Batman & The Outsiders
  • Oracle: The Cure
  • Titans
  • Wonder Woman
  • JLA Classified
  • Monsters Unleashed: Dr. Strange
  • X-Men Blue
  • (She) Hulk

KATHLEEN WISNESKI

Kathleen Wisneski has been editing comics for ten years. She got her start at Marvel at the tail end of Secret Wars and was lucky enough to get hired at DC in 2024, just in time for the ALL IN initiative. From 2020 until this past year, Kathleen was an editor at WEBTOON and then BOOM! Studios.
  • DC ALL IN initiative
  • Miles Morales: Spider-Man
  • Magic: The Gathering’s officially licensed comics
  • SHAZAM!
  • GREEN LANTERN CORPS
  • Secret Wars

COSPLAYERS

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SNIPPYCOSPLAY

COSPLAY JUDGE

AANWEZIG OP:

  • ZATERDAG 21 JUNI
  • ZONDAG 22 JUNI
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BLINKSCOSCAVE

COSPLAY JUDGE

AANWEZIG OP:

  • ZATERDAG 21 JUNI
  • ZONDAG 22 JUNI
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VYE

COSPLAY JUDGE

AANWEZIG OP:

  • ZATERDAG  21 JUNI
  • ZONDAG 22 JUNI
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KAMUI COSPLAY

SPECIAL GUEST COSPLAY

AANWEZIG OP:

  • PREVIEW NIGHT 20 JUNI
  • ZATERDAG 21 JUNI
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SAKURAFLOR

COSPLAY HOST

AANWEZIG OP:

  • ZATERDAG 21 JUNI
  • ZONDAG 22 JUNI
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DESCA

COSPLAY HOST

AANWEZIG OP:

  • ZATERDAG 21 JUNI
  • ZONDAG 22 JUNI

AUTHORS

STAGE HOSTS

BRAINPOWER

MAIN STAGE HOST

WOUTER BRUGGE

MAIN STAGE HOST

BO SCHEERMEIJER

GAMING STAGE HOST

SHAMIKU

GAMING STAGE HOST

CARLOTTA

ADVENTURE STAGE HOST

LUCA

ADVENTURE STAGE HOST

GUESTS - COLLECTOR STORE

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TARA SANDS

Tara Jayne Sands is te horen als meer dan 50 personages in de originele Engelstalige Pokémon-serie, waaronder Bulbasaur, Richie, Jasmine, Oddish, Yamper en Tori. Andere bekende rollen zijn onder andere Biscuit in HunterXHunter, Mokuba in Yu-Gi-Oh!, Kari in Digimon Adventure Tri, Anna in Shaman King, Curious in My Hero Academia, Momo Nishimiya, Utahime Iori en Young Panda in Jujutsu Kaisen, Kirio Hikifune in Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, Young Ban in Seven Deadly Sins, Kombu Infinity in One Punch Man, Circe in Generator Rex, Young Kabuto in Naruto, Filia in Slayers, Summer in Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse, Death 13/Mannish Boy in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Namida in Boruto, Sonya in Fire Emblem, Kyu in Bungou Stray Dogs, Ruby in Rainbow High, en Kilo en Bay in Goddess of Victory: Nikke – en nog veel meer.

Tara heeft daarnaast ook meer dan 300 audioboeken ingesproken!

Op dit moment is Tara mede-host van de podcast 4KidsFlashback, waarin ze acteurs en medewerkers interviewt van 4Kids Entertainment – het bedrijf dat talloze anime (zoals Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh! en One Piece) naar Engelstalige kijkers bracht.

Handtekening (op een print): €40 (+ quote €20)


Handtekening (op een Funko):  €50 (+ quote €20)


Selfie: €30


Selfie Megan & Tara


Video shout-out: €60

MEGAN HOLLINGSHEAD

Megan Hollingshead, ook bekend onder de namen Karen Thompson of Kelli Kassidi, is een Amerikaanse stemactrice. Ze is vooral bekend van haar rollen als Nurse Joy in Pokémon, Mai Valentine in Yu-Gi-Oh!, Shizune in Naruto, Caster in Fate/stay night, Rangiku Matsumoto in Bleach en Re-l Mayer in Ergo Proxy.

Megan is vooral bekend om haar werk in het nasynchroniseren van anime. Haar meest iconische rollen zijn onder andere Nurse Joy en Cassidy in de eerste zes seizoenen van de Pokémon-serie, en Mai Valentine in de eerste drie seizoenen van Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters. Ze sprak ook de stem in van Lenneth in de RPG-serie Valkyrie Profile van Enix. Aan het begin van het zevende seizoen van Pokémon verhuisde Megan van New York City naar Los Angeles om haar carrière als stemactrice voort te zetten. Sindsdien sprak ze onder andere Shizune in Naruto en Naruto Shippuden in, Rangiku Matsumoto en Nemu Kurotsuchi in Bleach, Hilda in Eureka Seven, Villetta Nu in de Code Geass-serie, en Re-l Mayer in Ergo Proxy.

Ook in het theater heeft Megan een indrukwekkend cv opgebouwd, met rollen in voorstellingen als The Duchess of Malfi, Baptizing Adam, Spacegrrrls en Vinegar Tom. Ze volgde haar acteeropleiding aan het William Esper Studio en is medeoprichter van het Adirondack Theatre Festival.

Handtekening (op een print): €40 (+ quote €20)


Handtekening (op een Funko):  €50 (+ quote €20)


Selfie: €30


Selfie Megan & Tara


Video shout-out: €60

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JOCHEM VAN GOOL

Jochem van Gool is een internationale artiest gevestigd in België.

Hij heeft gewerkt als Traditionele Animator, Character Designer en Illustrator voor diverse films en bordspellen.

Hij animeerde verschillende shots op Warner Bros. ‘Space Jam 2’ en was lead animator voor de Netflix Film ‘Klaus’.
Naast zijn werk in animatiefilm, illustreerde hij spellen voor Hasbro, Lucky Duck, 999 Games en nog veel meer.

Momenteel werkt hij voor Disney Lorcana als card- en concept artist. Je kunt hem kennen van o.a.:

🌟 Rapunzel – Gifted with Healing
🦁 Mufasa – Ruler of Pride Rock (Enchanted)
🔧 Belle – Mechanic Extraordinaire (Enchanted)
👑 Jafar – Newly Crowned (Enchanted)
… and many more!
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MATTHEW ROBERT DAVIES

Matthew staat bekend om zijn adembenemende kaartillustraties in de wereld van Lorcana (Elsa, The Beast Is Mine, Hades, Ariel en nog veel meer!).

Met een unieke stijl en diepgaande storytelling in elk werk heeft zijn kunst de harten van zowel Disney-fans als TCG-spelers veroverd. Of je nu verzamelaar, speler of kunstliefhebber bent — dit is je kans om de maker achter enkele van je favoriete Lorcana-kaarten te ontmoeten!