Jason Griffith — The voice of Sonic the Hedgehog, more coming soon!

Pete Capella — The voice of Silver the Hedgehog, more coming soon!

Lisa Ortiz — Lisa Ortiz’s career as a voice over artist began under the shroud of an 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.). What followed was a string of serendipitous events that to led her to a career in voice acting that has spanned over a decade, includes dozens of animated series, films, video games, audiobooks, commercials and other voice work. A veteran voice actress holding a BFA in theatre from Hofstra University, she is perhaps best known in the anime world for her works as Lina Inverse in Slayers (a role she reprises in Slayers Evolution), Amy in Sonic the Hedgehog and Serenity Wheeler in Yu-Gi-Oh. She has appeared in a number of animation including Pokemon, Revolutionary Girl Utena (Shiori), Magic Users Club (Nanaka), Animation Runner Kuromi (Kuromi), One Piece, and Winx Club and a number of others including the role of Yuko in the film Exte. After an extensive time spent in front of the microphone, she has in the past few years stepped behind it to Direct, Produce and Adapt animation as well. She can currently be heard in Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, on 4kidstv as Patina in Magical Do Re Mi, and this fall in the series airing this fall, Angel’s Friends (Miki/Cabiria) which she produced the adr on, and co-adapted. A personal triumph is her work in the Game Grand Theft auto, which she believes stands as a symbolic homage to her illicit beginnings as a voice over actress. She currently resides in NYC, and does not own a car.

Mike Pollock — Mike Pollock is one of New York's premier animation voice-over actors. Saturday morning cartoon 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 Gororiki, and Langston Lickatoad in Viva Piñata. He's also been heard as Bonaparte in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX on Cartoon Network and the interim narrator in Pokémon. Listen for him in several upcoming projects this year. Mike also does some character work on Sirius XM Radio, as well as radio and TV commercials for No-Doz, Comcast, Burger King, AC/DC, Verizon, and promos for HBO International. Please visit his web site: ItsAMike.com.

Rusika — Rusika is a band in which NATZ (Vo., Gu.) represents his life. The sound is a unique combination of Japanese rock, punk, pop, and ballads, but the music is also influenced by metal. Their broad musical preferences affect positively on their music. RUSIKA from "rushika)", the word is not actual Japanese, but they like the sound and means, "the flow of the poem and music". They wish RUSIKA's music flows to your heart, and provoke the images naturally as well as to keep a creative mind and musicianship. Rusika was formed in December 2006 when Natz, who had performed as a soloist, wanted to make a local J-rock band. After several member changes, Alfred and Aaron joined Rusika. Currently, Rusika concentrates on the Los Angeles area, but they are always dreaming touring all over the world. Listen to Rusika on MySpace Music or visit their web site RusikaMusic.com.

AlsDead — Listen to AlsDead on MySpace Music or visit their web site AlsDead.com. More Information coming soon!









Happy! Project — Happy! Project is an all-American J-pop girl unit. Performing covers of many popular J-pop songs, they are known for their charming costumes and energetic live performances. Coming together in 2006, their aim is to become the first well-known Japanese pop group in America. Notably, last year in Los Angeles they made Japanese press appearing in FLASH magazine in their special issue documenting J-pop super group Morning Musume’s trip to Anime Expo. At the beginning of 2010, Happy! Project headlined their own concert for the first time at Animeland Wasabi in Denver, Colorado. Their lineup is constantly changing through auditions and graduations. Their current lineup consists of Melissa, Kristy, Tara and Morgan. Visit to Happy! Project on Happy-Project.org or visit their blog HappyProject.Wordpress.com.

Descendents of Erdrick — Descendants of Erdrick are a video game tribute band based in Austin, Texas. The band was started in 2009 by core members Amanda Lepre (guitar) and Chris Taylor (bass). They were joined in 2010 by Mike "Lobos" Villalobos (guitar), and later by John Pike (drums) and Lauren Liebowitz (flute).

The band's repertoire is entirely composed of video game music recreated and performed in a live rock format. Currently the band plays music from a variety of different games, from Super Mario Bros. to The Legend of Zelda to fan-favorites Final Fantasy and Mega Man. No pre-recorded loops or synthesizers are utilized; the band prefers to recreate the original songs as accurately as possible on drums, guitars, bass, and flute.

In 2010 the band released its first independently published EP, But Thou Must, featuring selections from The Legend of Zelda, Dragon Warrior, and Metroid, all games from the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was recorded at Tequila Mockingbird Studios in Austin and engineered/mastered by John Pike. The band performed their CD release show at Game Over Videogames in Austin and were the first live band to perform in-store, which was filled to capacity with 100+ eager fans. A couple of days later, they performed a follow-up show at "Genuine By Genuine Joe's," a multiple band show event at Genuine Joe's Coffee in Austin, and independently drew a capacity crowd of 50+ attendees. Though the band is still relatively new, they have established a rapport with their audience and continue to draw a following, show after show.

Jennifer Thedford, DVM began specializing in exotic animals while attending Texas A&M Veterinary School. She externed at the Caldwell Zoo in Tyler and at Gulf Coast Veterinary Specialists in Houston prior to graduating in 2007. Since then, she has been working at the Parker Animal & Bird Clinic in Plano seeing small animals and exotics.

She has had a variety of animals, but is currently owned by 5 cats, 2 goats, 2 ferrets, 1 rabbit, 1 silkie chicken, 1 rat, 1 armadillo lizard, and, of course, 2 hedgehogs. Lorelei introduced her to the joys of hedgehogs four and a half years ago and Kaiser came to join the family this year.

Megan Martin— Megan Martin Megan began costuming at the age of 12. Her love of Victorian gowns brought her into the world of Civil War reenacting, where she learned how to create historically accurate clothing for every era, and gained a love for large, elaborate gowns and headdresses. This eventually led her to recreating movie costumes for herself and others, which inevitably brought her to the wonderful world of anime cosplay. In the past, Megan has worked with clients from all over the world as a costume designer, including MTV. She is featured in the book Cosplay in America with fellow Better than Stuff member, Melanie Sangsvang. She is looking forward to her first experience as a cosplay guest at this years' SonicCon! Check her out online at MySpace.com/BetterThanStuff.

Yoko Molotov — Yoko Molotov is a comic artist living in Louisville, KY. Her published works include the girl-love manga Stray Crayons, and the all-ages zombie comedy Necrophealia. She now works on three web comics including the continuation of Stray Crayons, Beliar (a horror ecchi comic), and her auto bio stories, Wednesdays. She is currently enrolled in college to pursue a job in education.

Yoko has designed the mascot hedgehog characters for the 2010 DFW Hedgehog Show & SONICON! Visit Yoko online at www.yokomolotov.net and look for her in the art market here at the show!