Saddle up, pardner! The Van Der Linde gang from Rockstar Games’ award-winning Red Dead Redemption 2 is heading out and hitching their wagons outside the Long Beach Convention Center to attend Long Beach Comic Con 2019 — the premier pop culture event of the Greater Los Angeles area!
The performance- and voice-capture artists behind the hot-headed Bill Williamson, Steve J. Palmer, Dutch’s high-class lover Molly O’Shea, Penny O’Brien, and the kind hearted yet wiley Mary-Beth Gaskill, Samantha Strelitz, will be in attendance for LBCC 2019, which will be held in Long Beach, California from August 31 to September 1.
Palmer, Strelitz, and O’Brien will be featured as special guests, taking selfies with fans, doing professional photo-shoots, and signing autographs at the show. The Ladies of the Van Der Linde Gang are making their convention debut at LBCC 2019! The cast will be stationed at the Social Square.
Steve J. Palmer is an actor best known for portraying hot-blooded and short-tempered Van der Linde Gang enforcer Bill Williamson for Rockstar Games’ Red Dead Redemption (2010), Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018), and the FOX Network Special Red Dead Redemption: The Man From Blackwater. Not only does his other acting credits include Showtime’s House Of Lies, HBO’s Deadwood, and voiceovers for programming on both the Discovery Channel and the History Channel, Steve’s dabbled in the writing department for comic book indie label Atomic Basement (Z-Blade XX, The Ghosts of Marko Darc).
Penny O’Brien is an actress born and raised in Wicklow, Ireland. At 18 she moved to New York to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. After graduating, she made her first regional theater appearance in Martin McDonagh’s The Lonesome West in Boston, MA. Penny continued working in New York, focusing on independent film and downtown theatre. On St. Patrick’s Day of 2016 she got a call from her agent about a last-minute audition. She made her way to midtown Manhattan — through the St. Paddy’s Day parade — and landed her role as Molly O’Shea in Red Dead Redemption 2. Penny is now based in Los Angeles with several films coming out later this year.
Samantha Strelitz is perhaps best known for her motion-capture performance as Mary-Beth Gaskill in Red Dead Redemption 2. She is also an active esports and gaming host recognized for her trademark wit and off the cuff interviews. Her live broadcasts include the midnight launch of Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Forza Horizon as well as Fortnite and PUBG invitationals, which have aired on Twitch, Mixer and Jinx TV. In addition, you can spot her in commercials, film and TV. Samantha is a Long Beach native who splits her time between coasts.
Home to some of the amazing talents behind your favorite comic books, TV shows, and films — from writers, artists, illustrators, publishers, cosplayers, and screen stars — for the 11th year in a row, LBCC 2019 is your chance to meet your favorite industry stars. The star-studded list of special guests includes comic and screenwriter Shea Fontana (DC Super Hero Girls, Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz), Mark Waid (The Flash, Captain America, Fantastic Four), comic book artist Scott Kolins (The Avengers, Justice League), comic writer Vita Ayala (Black Mask Studios, DC, Marvel, IDW), #1 New York Times bestselling author and creator of the Elvis Cole and Joe Pike series of novels Robert Crais, and more to be announced!
With more than 100 different panels available, including those by the STEM educational Space Expo and the out-of-this-world GeekFest film festival — both of which take place from within LBCC 2019 — there’s something for everyone to enjoy! Tickets to LBCC 2019 are available now for purchase at https://longbeachcomiccon2019.eventbrite.com.
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