Guests of Honor

Andrea Libman

Fluttershy & Pinkie Pie

Andrea Libman has worked as a voice actor for the past 30 years, bringing to life the animated characters we all know and love. A staple in the voice industry, Andrea may best be known for the voices of fast-talking Pinkie Pie and reserved Fluttershy for the wildly popular My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, which aired for 10 seasons. Her long-running career highlights include voicing classic characters such as: Madeline in the Emmy-award-winning series The New Adventures of Madeline; Emmy in Dragon Tales and AndrAIa in Reboot.

Andrea has recently starred in a variety of new series that are sure to be added to the TV treasure-trove of childhood favourites, including: Autumn in Lego Friends, Potato in Chip and Potato, and Lemon Meringue in Strawberry Shortcake. She is proud of her recent work as the voice of Lili on 16 Hudson, a show which promotes diversity and inclusion and has received numerous accolades and awards for its quality content and valuable lessons. Andrea also voiced Cheryl the Mantis for the 2018 Oscar-Nominated Animated Short Film Animal Behavior.

In her spare time, Andrea enjoys spending time with her family, reading, playing piano, skiing and hiking.

Tabitha St. Germain

Rarity & Princess Luna

Tabitha St. Germain is a blindingly glamorous award-winning Canadian former stage actress. She began working in animation during the mesozoic era, providing the voices for Kootie Pie Koopa in Super Mario Brothers, Spryte in The Legend Of Zelda, and Prudence in Beetlejuice to name a few of the early talkies. She’s a veteran of many anime shows, including Dragon Ball Z , Gundam Seed, Death Note, Ghost in Shell and Black Lagoon.

A perennial leading actress, some notable roles are Dudley Squat and Becky Hooger in Nerds and Monsters, Pickle in Endangered Species, Everything female in League of Super Evil, Martha in Martha Speaks, Heloise in Jimmy Two-Shoes. Nightmare Moon, Luna, Granny Smith, Rarity, and a host of other in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.

Thom Zahler

Comic Artist

Thom Zahler is a comic book creator and animation writer. His latest project, The Ghost Whiskerers, about a pair of cats who see ghosts and the human boy who helps them, is coming from Storm King in February 2025. He also created the Line Webtoons hit series Cupid’s Arrows and Warning Label as well as the Harvey-nominated Love and Capes (recently with new volumes ‘The Family Way’ and ‘In the Time of Covid’), Long Distance and the time-traveling wine comic Time and Vine.And, obviously, he writes and draws covers for IDW’s My Little Pony series. He has brought back Flutterbat, turned the Mane Six evil, and let Pinkie Pie take over Discord’s dimension among other things.And has written for Disney Tsum Tsum Kingdom, Star Trek Waypoint and more. He has written for Disney XD’s Ultimate Spider-Man and Knights of the Zodiac.

Tony Fleecs

Comic Artist

Tony Fleecs is a prolific and critically acclaimed comic book creator and TV writer. His work has sold hundreds of thousands of copies in the United States and has been translated and reprinted all over the world. Tony’s creator owned books include STRAY DOGS (2021,) FERAL (2024,) UNCANNY VALLEY (2024,) LOCAL MAN (2023) and TIME SHOPPER (2022.) Tony has worked for every major U.S. comics publisher. You’ve seen his art on some of your favorite comic book titles like Star Wars, Rick & Morty, Avengers, Spider-Man, Batman, TMNT, Transformers and just a literal TON of My Little Pony. He was also a writer on the wildly popular Netflix show My Little Pony: Make Your Mark.

Vincent Tong

Sandbar & Feather Bangs

Vincent’s career began on stage where he performed in West Side Story, La Cage Aux Folles, Mamma Mia, Beauty and the Beast, Altar Boyz, The Lord Of the Rings. Vincent’s love of animation lead him to voicing many iconic cartoon characters. His latest role was in Disney+ Ice Age The Adventures of Buck Wild where he played Crash the lovable possum, alongside Simon Pegg. Other recent releases: Kai in Ninjago Virtures of Spinjitsu, Maximus in Supernatural Academy, Huckleberry Pie in Strawberry Shortcake, Drac in Super Monsters, Megaman in Megaman Fully Charged. His television appearances include Love Hard, Cop and a Half 2, Arrow, Transporter The Series, Fringe, Fairly Odd Summer. As a singer he has lent his voice for shows like My Little Pony, Rev and Roll, and the new kid’s song series The Treebees. As a dancer he was featured in many commercials and TV shows. Vincent has voice directed several award winning interactive video games. He also has some exciting upcoming projects with Dreamworks and Lego coming out soon. Vincent is a five time UBCP/ACTRA Award nominee and a four time Leo Award nominee. As an Asian artist Vincent is passionate about representing his culture in this industry. He has been breaking down barriers and stereotypes since 1996 in the show Oklahoma as Chinese cowboy no.1 and he’s continuing the good fight with each job showing kids of colour that they are important and they CAN do anything!

Nicole Oliver

Princess Celestia

Saturday Only, 8/23

Nicole Oliver has worked for over thirty years in the entertainment industry as an actor, producer, director and educator. She holds a BFA from York University and an MA in Professional Communication from Royal Roads University.

The multifaceted Ms. Oliver is in high demand in the television, feature film, animation, corporate communications, advertising, and video game markets. She has provided her voice-over expertise to 100s of companies including AMERICAN EXPRESS and MCDONALDS, and she has voiced innumerable animation and video game programs and properties such as MY LITTLE PONY, TOM AND JERRY, WORLD OF WARCRAFT, and the LEGO and BARBIE franchises.

Ms. Oliver’s credits in film and television as a performer include numerous leads and supporting leads in various MOWs, television shows and feature films. Nicole is also thrilled to collaborate with the entertainment community as a voice director. Recent voice directing projects include: LEGO FRIENDS, EGGVENTURERS, and the Emmy® nominated MOLLY of DENALI.

Ms. Oliver believes that diversification is the key to success, and that with success in life there can be balance. She resides in Vancouver with her husband, their two sons, and their notoriously difficult cat, Leonard.

Andy Price

Comic Artist

Illustrator and writer, Andy Price has been the lead artist for the incredibly successful and record breaking MY LITTLE PONY: FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC comic books from IDW Publishing. His art runs from cute little pastel horsies to horrific monsters and terrors. Andy has also done work for Storm King Publishing, BOOM!Studios, Archie Comics, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Rittenhouse Archives, LEGO, among others. Other licenses include Adventure Time, Quantum Leap, Dark Shadows, Betty & Veronica, Star Trek. Andy is a graduate of the Joe Kubert School, and works in most mediums. He lives in Georgia, USA where he watches horror films, scoops cat boxes, and celebrates James T. Kirk’s birthday.

Sara Richard

Comic Artist

Lady Sara Richard is an award-winning artist and author and has been nominated for an Eisner Award, two Ringo Awards, and won a Best of New Hampshire Award in 2024 for her illustrations. Sara’s artwork can be seen on over a hundred covers for IDW’s My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic comic series as well as on covers and interior art for DC Comic’s Deadman, Oni’s Rick and Morty, Marvel’s Deadpool, and illustrations for the new Kayou x Hasbro’s My Little Pony Card Game. Sara is the creator of the Midnight Magic Tarot Set of Mushrooms, The Dead Hand Book, and has illustrated a number of books in the Green Witch and recent Mythology book series from Simon & Schuster. Her paintings have been included in gallery shows worldwide from Los Angeles to London. When not creating art, Sara can be found playing with weird plants, exotic bugs, spinning on aerial hoops, preserving old gravestones, or finding mushrooms in the woods.

Chris Britton

Starswirl the Bearded

Chris Britton is best known as the voice of ‘Mr Sinister’ in the animation series ‘X-Men’ and X-Men ‘97. A favourite with X-Men fans worldwide. Chris created the voice of ‘Starswirl the Bearded’ in My Little Pony. He was also the voice of ‘Detective Shoichiro Yagami’ in the anime English version series ‘Death Note’. Another classic character added to his resume was Dr. Doom in ‘Iron Man: Armored Adventures’ for Nicktoons. In the feature film ‘Thor: Tales of Asgaard’, Chris is the voice of ‘Odin’.

On-camera credits include ‘Silent Hill’, ‘Riverdale’, ‘The Day After Tomorrow’, ‘Painkiller Jane’, and ‘Stargate Atlantis’ and ‘The Final Cut’ opposite Robin Williams.

His talents as a character actor can be seen in roles such as the evil Rombout Kemp in Peter Greenaway’s ‘Night Watching’, the KKK leader in ‘Deacons for Defense’ opposite Forest Whitaker and the mad film critic in John Carpenter’s, ‘Cigarette Burns’, Chamberlin Locke in ‘Locke & Key’.

Elley-Ray Hennessy

Mistmane & Grandma Figgy

Elley Ray Hennessy is an avant-garde, international, award-winning bon vivant who has dazzled audiences for 45 years across film, television, radio, and stage. A true powerhouse in the entertainment industry, Elley has excelled in acting, writing, directing, producing, and casting. Her significant contributions to the arts and humanities have earned her a Doctorate of Laws.

Elley published her first children’s book, My Shaky World, a story about epilepsy, and is currently working on her second book under the same theme, with plans to create an animated series based on the concept. She also voices an array of animated characters, ranging from a 55-year-old man with Asperger’s to a magical unicorn, a helmeted duck, and a singing designer witch.

Elley-Ray is known for her role as Mistmane in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.