CLEVELAND - Feb. 11, 2020 - Pour out a bowl of your favorite cereal and fire up your favorite Saturday morning cartoons, because it will be a true "Animation Celebration" when Wizard World Cleveland debuts its "Animation Celebration," featuring creators and voice actors from some of the most iconic animated films and TV shows in history, March 6-8 at Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland. The weekend will feature appearances by the superstars as well as hands-on drawing and voice acting workshops, screenings and cereal breakfast with the animators and more.
Attendees can meet superstar artists like Jeff Pidgeon ("Tiny Toon Adventures," "Taz-Mania"), Bill Morrison ("Futurama," "The Little Mermaid"), Kurt Lehner ("Space Jam," "Gargoyles"), Greg Peters ("Pinky and the Brain," "The Lion King"), Phil Ortiz ("The Simpsons," "Tiny Toon Adventures"), Jonathan Hallett ("The Aquabots Super Show!"), Joe Wos ("Charlie the Tuna"), Tom Cook ("He-Man," "Superfriends") and more. The animators, storyboard artists and other creators in the field of animation have worked on hundreds of animated films and TV shows.
Voice acting talent on hand includes Wallace Shawn ("Toy Story"), Phil LaMarr ("Futurama," "Samurai Jack"), Aaron Roberts ("My Hero Academia"), Kyle Phillips ("My Hero Academia," "Fire Force") and the "Overwatch" video game foursome of Anjali Bhimani, Benz Antoine, Carolina Ravassa and Chloe Hollings. Author Marty Gitlin, the co-author (along with Wos) of An Animation Celebration: The Top 100 Animated TV Characters will also be prominent.
The Animation Celebration supplements the world class Artist Alley at Wizard World Cleveland, with artists and writers from across the globe and close to home in Ohio. Jim Steranko ("Nick Fury Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.," "Captain America"), Barbara Kaalberg ("Barbie," "Wonder Woman"), Mike Watson (Freestyle Komics), Tone Rodriguez ("The Simpsons," "Dexter"), Dan Gorman ("Mississippi Zombie," Marvel, DC trading cards) and dozens of others will display their amazing work.
The Animation Celebration and Artist Alley supplement an event teeming with star power. Stars of the hit series "Outlander" (Caitriona Balfe, Richard Rankin, Colin McFarlane, Duncan Lacroix) and "Teen Wolf" (Tyler Hoechlin, Khylin Rhambo, Ian Bowen, Dylan Sprayberry), classic film The Princess Bride standouts (Wallace and Cary Elwes), Emily Swallow ("The Mandalorian") and Chandler Riggs ("The Walking Dead") are among the headliners also scheduled to appear.
For more on the 2020 Wizard World Cleveland, visit http://www.wizardworld.com/comiccon/cleveland.
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Wizard Entertainment, Inc. (www.wizardworld.com) produces comic, gaming and pop culture conventions across North America that celebrate the best in pop culture.
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