Guests 2024

Jason Griffith is an American voice actor. He is best known for his roles as the title character and Shadow the Hedgehog in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game franchise 2003 to 2009, having first voiced the characters in the anime series "Sonic X." Later he would be the voice of Shadow the Hedgehog in Shadow's stand-alone game "Shadow the Hedgehog," "Sonic and the Black Knight"

Mike Pollock is one of New York's premier animation voice-over actors. Saturday morning cartoon viewers of Cartoon Network might recognize him as the voice of Dr. Eggman in Sonic Boom, and the Sonic the Hedgehog video games. Old-school viewers of FOX and The CW might recognize his voice as Meat in Ultimate Muscle:The Kinnikuman Legacy, the Mayor and Samo, the bartender, in Kirby: Right Back At Ya!, Garbageman on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Dr. Eggman and Ella on Sonic X, Bigoriki in Gogoriki, and Langston Lickatoad in Viva Piñata. He's also been heard as Bonaparte in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX on Cartoon Network, the interim narrator in Pokémon, Beast in the Marvel Motion comic adaptation of Astonishing X-Men, and Adon in Berserk. Listen for him in several upcoming projects this year. Mike was also Sir Hardin Thicke on Howard Stern’s Master Tape Theater on Sirius XM Radio, as well as radio, TV and online commercials for Hooters, Pepsi, Focus Factor, SunSetter Retractable Awnings, No-Doz, Comcast, Burger King, AC/DC, Verizon, and promos for HBO International. He’s also the voice of several cute and cuddly animated plush toys, including “The Menacing Mummy,” for GUND. When he's not making funny voices, he also writes comedy bits and song parodies. Please visit his web site: http://www.itsamike.com

Ryan Drummond has been best friends with Sonic the Hedgehog for a quarter of a century. Videogames, commercials, and talking products, Ryan has lent his voice to the blue blur since 1998. Meeting all of you is his absolute favorite part of the job. Welcome to Sonic Revolution!!

Lisa Ortiz is a New York-based veteran voice actor, director, and producer. Her career as a voice-over artist began under the shroud of attempted auto larceny gone awry. Luckily for her, and for her sibling the perpetrator in question, the car battery died. (No seriously, my brother tried to steal my car. That’s how I got into anime. Just ask me. I’ll tell you.).

As a VA, she is most well known for her role as Lina Inverse, and Amy Rose in Sonic the Hedgehog, but she began her career as the high elf Deedlit in Record of Lodoss War. Since then she has gone on to record dozens of anime, series, audiobooks, video games, and films both as a voice and as a Producer, Director, and Adapter. Her voice has been heard internationally on Disney XD, SciFi, Cartoon Network, WB, Nickelodeon and Netflix amongst others. And has appeared most recently onstage in the one-woman show “I Couldn’t Possibly love you” at 53 above at the Broadway Comedy Club and Don’t tell Mama, as well as the Anime Cabaret Improv Jam.

She is currently the director of Pokemon Sun and Moon and has worked on the show in various capacities over the years since Indigo League. From Misty’s older sister Daisy to Sabrina, to Flannery, to Oshawatt, to Fletchling and present-day gym leaders Korrina Litten, Torracat and Poipole.

She can currently be heard as Mini in RoboCar Poli, Royal Academy, Noemblue in Street Fighter V, World of Winx, and Taffy as well as Ai in Aria, Natarle Badegireul in Gundam Seed and Carla Montez in Dead Rivals and voices in SMITE. Favorite roles include Serenity Wheeler: Yu-gi-oh, Tony Tony Chopper: One Piece (4Kids), Shiori: Revolutionary Girl Utena, Rina: Time of Eve and The Devil in Gangstar 4, and Musa/Icy: Winx club. Directing credits include Psychic School Wars, Norm of the North and mobile games for, The Dark Night Rises, Dungeon Hunter 5, Modern Combat 5 and Netflix’s Heroes United and a few projects still not able to be disclosed. She is President of Noise of O Productions, co-founder of www.voicesforfosters.org and currently resides in NYC, with her fabulous felines Little and Boudica (Boodie). She does not own a car.

Ryan Bartley has been working in theater, film, television, and radio since she was a child. After attending the prestigious theater program at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, located in Dallas, Texas, Ryan graduated early and relocated from Dallas to Los Angeles. There she began working in anime, video games, and animation. Her anime credits include the 2019 Dub of Neon Genesis Evangelion (Rei Ayanami), Re:ZERO (Ram), Beyblade Burst Surge (Hyuga Hizashi), Demon Slayer (Makomo, Hanako, and Young Rengoku), Inuyasha sequel Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon (Takechiyo), Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale (Yuna), Jujutsu Kaisen (Shoko Ieri), Magia Record (Sana Futaba),The Promised Neverland (Gilda), Carole & Tuesday (Angela), Hunter x Hunter (Komugi), Mob Psycho 100 (Tsubomi and Mukai), Erased (Osamu), KonoSuba (Chomusuke), JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders (Anne), Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (Dita), and Satellite Girl and Milk Cow (KITSAT-1). Ryan is the English voice of Peony and Ilyana in Fire Emblem Heroes and Plachta in the Atelier video game franchise. She’s also provided additional voices for some of the top performing recent feature films including The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, UglyDolls, The Boss Baby, Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Spider-Man: Far from Home, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, X-Men: Apocalypse, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Avengers: Infinity War, Bumblebee, and Love, Simon. Ryan is the voice of Jay the blue jay in the Netflix original animated series Treehouse Detectives, the voice of Young Zeta on Nickelodeon’s Shimmer and Shine, the voice of Pupkin Cake and Bunny Bow in the Shopkins franchise, the voice of Pammee the fennec fox in the Netflix original series Yoohoo To The Rescue, the voice of Fluff the rabbit kwami in Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir, the voice of Pompompurin in the brand new Sanrio animated series Hello Kitty and Friends Supercute Adventures and her on-camera work includes the Lifetime movie Queen Sized, the horror-comedy Halloweed, and the award-winning digital series L.A. Macabre, available now on Amazon Prime. Ryan is a graduate of USC School of Cinematic Arts with a major in Cinema-Television Critical Studies and a minor in Screenwriting

Pete Capella, the original voice of Silver the Hedgehog, has been a professional actor, improviser and storyteller since age 16; performing in over 3000 live shows and working in TV, film and voice over. In addition to the Sonic video games, Pete is the voice of multiple commercial campaigns, cartoons and Tanner Christensen in Most Popular Girls in School. Pete is also an accomplished producer and writer, as one half of Good Boy Treat Productions. When not focused on entertainment, he can be found surfing, painting, playing music or obsessing over his vinyl collection.

Lee Majdoub is an actor and writer, also known as Agent Stone from Sonic the Hedgehog (2020), Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022), and the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024).  Majoub has also appeared in television programs, The 100, and Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. He is also a star as Basim Ibn Ishaq, the protagonist of Assassin's Creed Mirage (2023)

Jeff Axer, commonly known as Jay Axer, is a former pencil artist for Sonic the Hedgehog comic series published by Archie Comics. Prior to working on Sonic officially, Jay was a well-known fan artist.

Tyler McGrath is an illustrator and lifelong Sonic the Hedgehog fan. He's passionate about replicating official art styles and strives to inspire others to pursue art. Throughout his career, Tyler has worked on illustrations, concept art, storyboards, brand management, and asset creation. Tyler's portfolios can be found at https://beacons.ai/tyler_j_mcgrath

Tracy Yardley, often credited as Tracy Yardley!, is an American comic book artist. He once contributed to the Archie Comics' Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs, a tenure he began in 2006 and lasted until the comics' cancellation in 2017. He currently contributes to the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series published by IDW Publishing.

Evan Elizabeth Stanley is an American freelance comic illustrator. She previously contributed to the Archie Comics' Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs until the comics' cancellation in 2017. She currently contributes to IDW Publishing's Sonic the Hedgehog comic series. She has also done a couple of works for the Sonic Boom franchise.

Min Ho Kim is an American artist who has contributed to IDW Publishing's Sonic the Hedgehog comic series. Also known for The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog visual novel video game.

Adam Bryce Thomas is a comic artist currently working on IDW's Sonic the Hedgehog with a love of the intense action and thoughtful emotion the series is known for. In addition to drawing comics, Adam spends his free time expressing himself with watercolors and freelance illustration.

Daniel Barnes is a Washington-based writer who's currently working on the IDW Sonic the Hedgehog comics (which is a dream come true for him). His current Sonic contributions include the "Weapons" short story, from the 2022 Sonic the Hedgehog Annual, and the four-part Sonic the Hedgehog: Scrapnik Island miniseries. His previous comic book works include The Black Mage (an original graphic novel), Aggretsuko: Metal to the Max, and Aggretsuko: Stress Management — all of which were published by Oni Press. He also works as a narrative designer on Guild Wars 2, which just celebrated its 10th anniversary this year. You can usually catch Danny talking about Sonic and being annoying on twitter dot com.

Gigi Dutreix is an IDW Sonic the hedgehog artist and writer for for SONIC THE HEDGEHOG. Additionally, is an inker for IDW Transformers. They have also done work for the tv shows Marvel's Hit Monkey and Archer as a background artist. Sonic Twitter Account.

Greg Hahn is a writer of TV, animation, comics, and more! He is best known for his work as a writer & story editor on Sonic Boom, and has continued to bring his unique brand of action-packed, self-aware, comedy-forward storytelling to other animation projects, including Transformers: BotBots, Unikitty!, LEGO Monkie Kid, Sunny Day, and SharkDog. Most recently, Greg has broken through into the world of comic books, penning an original story for Batman: Urban Legends #18. Website.

Jovi is a designer by day, artist by night. She's been drawing and helping in the Sonic community for over a decade. In 2017, she started the Sonic Artist Meetup, which later became Chaos Creators: Sonic Arts Festival. From hosting events, to drawing, to helping with Sonic events across the US, catch Jovi if you can bouncing her energy across the community.

Adrenaline Dubs is a comic dub project with a high quality priority. Voice acting, sound design, video editing, you name it - all of the people behind this have something to bring to the team, and are committed to giving you that sure-fire rush of adrenaline. Right now, they're heavily focusing on the IDW and Archie comic series. Sometimes, they dub short-form comics by artists in the fandom - granted they get their blessings! On rarer occasions, they create some original content- entirely in-house!

With CallMeRyan, BlueSpeedMouse, 321pietime, abluemoon88, Techno Cinema, and GhostAnjo.

Archie Sonic Online is a popular and long running fan comic that continues the storyline of the Archie Sonic the Hedgehog comics, the longest running video game-based comic in history. ASO picks up right before the series was rebooted and eventually cancelled. Carrying on with the story Sonic, Sally and all of the Freedom Fighters, over 20 years of continuity are kept alive thanks to the hard and diligent work of passioned fans. Featuring faithful writing and way past cool art made at industry standards (including work from current IDW alumni), it’s a blast from the past and a must read for any diehard Sonic fan!

Their main series are Sonic the Hedgehog Online, chronicling the ongoing tale of Sonic and friends, and Sonic Universe Online, story arcs focusing on the many different faces of Mobius and their own adventures, with video dubs, double length issues via Sonic Super Special Online, and more surprises to be announced soon!

New updates can be found on their Social Media, or Homepage link here.

Ava is a hobbyist writer best known for their fan comic "Tangle & Whisper: New Roads." Based in the IDW Universe, it features the new fan favorite characters Tangle & Whisper, and follows them on their adventures after the dreaded Metal Virus arc - With a Twist!!! Ava was also part of the "Mischief" Sonic Villains Fanzine, and is one of the managers of the "Sonic Fan Annual" Zine. The "Fan Annual" brings together many fans to create their own mini comics & stories set in the IDW-Universe, with "Year 3" coming this winter! Being introduced to the games with SA2:B and the comics with the bizarre Archie Sonic issue #114, Ava can't keep away from the many fun adventures the blue-blur and his friends go on!

Currently they're working on several unannounced projects they hope to reveal this summer, and some later at the end of the year.

Balena Productions is a Sonic YouTube channel that features many different Sonic animations. With over one million subscribers, Balena Productions is one of the most popular Sonic content creators on the platform. Their hit series such as "Christmas with Sonic", "Sonic in Scared Stupid", "Sonic Zombies", and more have entertained millions.

Emi Jones is a singer and voice actress known for her Sonic song covers on her YouTube Channel "EmuEmi". She is also known as the Director, Co-Producer and Voice of Tails in the series "Sonic and Tails R"!

Darian Gonzalez is an independent game developer who is working on Lumiva Legacy, a 2D fast paced action platformer. He has been working on the project for at least 8 years, even showing off the game as early as Sonic Revolution 2014. When he's not focused on Lumiva Legacy, he sometimes produces video game remixes on occasion.

MugiMallard is an animator on YouTube that specializes in traditionally animated Sonic parodies. He has created the “Sonic Meets” animation series, where Sonic finds himself in comical scenarios where he meets other versions of himself, or other pop culture characters such as Son Goku, Sora, and Steven Universe. He currently has over 400,000 subscribers and has garnered millions of views since he first joined YouTube in 2006. In addition to animating, he also really enjoys streaming and making art.

Axel Lazuli is an artist and writer celebrating video games through illustration and live streams. She is best known for beating all of the mainline Sonic games, including Sonic 06, in succession on stream for her nearly 8,000 subscribers. When she isn't creating content, she enjoys traveling and meeting new people.

With over a decade in the online space, SonicSong182 and her team focuses on creating a sense of narrative in the Sonic Community. From her "Fun Friday" livestreams to the popular "Ask the Sonic Heroes" series, Kn and her team continue to create memorable moments between fans and their beloved Sonic characters.

Veronica and Mark are long-time Sonic fans who are excited to share some of their collaborating artwork at a convention they've loved going to for years! Mark will also be selling over 100 Archie Sonic Comics!

Hey everyone! This is Trey. I’m a multi-instrumentalist. Composer. Writer and producer. I’ve worked as a session musician as well as be one of the main composers for Sonic and Tails R. I’m also a collector and a music enthusiast overall. You’re all amazing and thanks for listening.

Victor McKnight is a producer, songwriter, and artist, who's work is based solely and inspired by pop culture – most namely video games. He has amassed a strong presence within various franchises for his original works inspired by series' within said franchises. Such works include his original song inspired by classic Sega franchises, such as Sonic the Hedgehog and Super Monkey Ball.