Charles Martinet, the voice of Mario, Luigi, Wario and other characters from the Mario Bros. franchise, will be one of the guests at Comiccon de Québec.
The 66-year-old American actor, who lived in Paris and speaks French, will be present at this 8th edition of this event on October 8th and 9th at the Quebec City Convention Center.
Charles Martinet embodies the voices of Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, Baby Mario and Baby Luigi in the English and Japanese versions of the games in this popular franchise. He will give a lecture at a time not yet determined by the organizers.
The San Jose, California-born comedian, who has been with games company Nintendo since 1990, landed the role of Mario during a last-minute audition. The instructions were to pose as an Italian plumber from Brooklyn.
Quebec Comiccon will announce the other guests and the conferences that are on the agenda via its social networks over the next few weeks and months.
The 8th edition of this event dedicated to the world of comics, cinema, video games, sci-fi, horror and fantasy, including toys, tabletop games, cosplay, anime and manga, brings together a total of 150 artists, Exhibitors and retailers together .
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The craftsmen of the animated series Red Ketchup, which will debut this winter on Télétoon La Nuit, as well as a meeting with director Édouard A. Tremblay and actors from the film Farador, which we will see on the screen in 2023, are presented on the conference page.
Filmed in Quebec and Belgium, the feature film Farador stars Éric K. Boulianne, Benoît Drouin-Germain, Lucien Ratio, Catherine Brunet, Florent Losson, Sabrina Bégin-Tejada and Lauren Hartley.
We’ll also see the return of the popular Masquerade, and the 50 musicians of the Select Start Orchestra, covering music from video games, will offer performances on October 8th and 9th.
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