Christmas has come early for Supanova Comic Con & Gaming fans on the Gold Coast and in Melbourne, as the first wave of Supa-Star celebrity guests is unveiled for the April 2026 events.
Supanova has been making a list and checking it twice, as Hollywood heavyweight Denise Richards leads the charge. With more than 100 film and television credits to her name, she first launched on to the big screen in the now iconic ‘Starship Troopers’, then alongside Pierce Brosnan’s Bond in ‘The World Is Not Enough’, and Neve Campbell in ‘Wild Things’.
International man of action, and star of ‘The Purge’ series Frank Grillo, will also make his debut appearance at the event. DC and Marvel fans would know him best as Rick Flag Sr. and Crossbones across the DCU and MCU respectively. He can also be seen recently in ‘Tulsa King’, alongside fellow first-time Supa-Star Garrett Hedlund.
Lou Diamond Phillips
Cinephiles can also look forward to seeing the incomparable Lou Diamond Phillips, star of the Golden Globe-nominated biographical drama ‘La Bamba’. He received his own nod from the Globes via his 1988 film ‘Stand And Deliver’, and can otherwise be seen in ‘Young Guns’, ‘Stargate Universe’, and heard as The Spectre in ‘Justice League: Crisis On Infinite Earths’.
Who ya gonna call? Original Ghostbuster Ernie Hudson joins the fun, as does ‘The Flash’’s Rick Cosnett, speeding into Melbourne and the Gold Coast. Fan favourites Bonnie Wright (Ginny in ‘Harry Potter’) and James Marsters (Spike in ‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer’) return as well.
Lovers of animation can see the original cast of ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ including Zach Tyler Eisen (Aang), Jack De Sena(Sokka), Michaela Jill Murphy a.k.a. Jessie Flower (Toph), Jennie Kwan (Suki), and Olivia Hack (Ty Lee).
Bonnie Wright
Legendary voice actors Robbie Daymond and Max Mittelman make their returns after last catching up with Supa-Fans in Perth and Sydney in 2024.
Also, ‘Attack On Titan’ leads Bryce Papenbrook and Trina Nishimura are back in their ODM gear for both cities, joined by local vocal talent Ben Prendergast of ‘Apex Legends’ and ‘God Of War: Ragnarok’ fame, exclusively in Melbourne.
Finally, comic collectors can see international industry icons Adi Granov (‘Iron Man: Extremis’) and the one-and-only Humberto Ramos (‘Amazing Spider-Man’, ‘Fantastic Four’), with more illustrators and world-class writers to come.
Supanova Comic Con & Gaming is on at Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre 11-12 April, and Melbourne Showgrounds 18-19 April.
