Special guests
Featured Guests
Welcome back voice talent and voice director, Terrence Stone for JoMoCon 2026!
Terrence has a huge list of acting credits including Myuri Kurotsuchi and Yoruichi Shihoin (cat-form) from Bleach, Harth Stonebrew the innkeeper from Hearthstone and Sir Finley Mrrgglton from WOW. Terrence has also voice directed animated Spy Kids series on Netflix and Where’s Waldo series from Dreamworks.
Terrence will be signing autographs at his booth all weekend long as well as hosting a panel on both Saturday and Sunday of the convention!
Panel Saturday the 18th at 2:00PM in Main Events “Terrence Stone Q & A”
Panel Sunday the 19th at 12:00PM in Main Events “BTS with Terrence Stone”
Daniel Gossard, better known as StonerGump, is a bestselling author, comedian, and content creator from Joplin, Missouri. Through humor, storytelling, and a little cannabis education, he's built an online community of millions centered around laughter, kindness, and authenticity. Daniel is excited be apart of a con in his hometown to share his journey and connect with fellow fans and creators.
This TikTok sensation will be signing merch all weekend long!
Panel Saturday the 18th at 3:00PM in Main Events “StonerGump Q&A / AMA”
Anthony Bowling has been a professional voice actor for over 18 years. You may know Anthony as Franky Franklin (SpyxFamily), Kawamatsu (One Piece), Alciel (The Devil is a Part-Timer), Seiya (Cautious Hero), Guy Crimson (Reincarnated as a Slime), Hiryu Rin (My Hero Academia),Beets (DBS: Broly), Grouse (Borderlands 3) or Ukyo (Samurai 7).
Anthony’s also lead directed English ADR for One Piece, One Piece: Film Red, Combatants Will Be Dispatched!, Plunderer, Date A Live, and more.
Born in El Paso, Anthony is proud of his Hispanic heritage and honored to bring that perspective to his work. He graduated from The University of Texas at Arlington, performed with renowned improv troupe Four Day Weekend for 20 years, and plays D&D as much as possible.
Panel Saturday the 18th at 1:00PM in Main Events “Tips for aspiring voice actors”
Panel Sunday 19th at 2:00PM in Main Events “One Piece Discussions and Theories”
Valeri is an award winning actor form Kansas City, Mo. She is best known for her role as the charming vampire Amelia in the found-footage horror sub-genre film, the Night is Young.
Along with coaching acting with The Model Board to help aspiring and seasonal artist, Valeri will be making her directorial debut with her upcoming film Finding Joy.
Valeri will host a panel at JoMoCon that will cover the intricacies into making your own independent films!
Panel Saturday 18th at 12:00PM in main events “From Script to Screen: The Art Of Indie Filmmaking in the Heartland” featuring Valeri Bates, Jonathan Woodard, Katie Rohling, and David Watson.
COSPLAY JUDGES
WckdXV
WckdXV is a Missouri cosplayer who is known for creating entire cosplays, props and even wigs out of crochet and other fiber arts. She has won both major and minor awards at various cosplay contests and is always armed with a 5mm crochet hook whenever she goes.
TurtleBoi Cosplay
Hailey is a cosplayer from Springfield Missouri who’s been cosplaying publicly since 2018! She’s currently a council member for Springfield Cosplay, the local nonprofit organization in the Springfield and surrounding Ozarks area and has been apart of the organization for 5 years now. She loves traveling to cons around the U.S and making fun memories!
LUNAR KITTEN COSPLAY
Erica, also known as Lunar Kitten Cosplay or Lunar for short, has been cosplaying since 2013 and making her own cosplays since 2016. She experience in the early years, the hardship of cosplaying due to lack of size-inclusivity. She is known for her detail in sewing and using extra details to incorporate her favorite characters from anime(s) into real life. Overall, she has enjoyed competing in cosplay contest and enjoys the friends she makes along the way.