Jeff Brennan
Jeff Brennan is a well-known artist and creator! Best known as the writer and artist of Cyber Girl Leeta, Jeff's other credits include storyboards and design for Courage the Cowardly Dog, Dragon Tales, Extreme Ghostbusters, and Beavis and Butthead do America as well as inking on Deathstroke the Terminator and penciling on Bart Simpson Comics as well as the Set Art on Big Bang Theory."
Guests
Zadra
Zadra is a city girl born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. It was there that she discovered a unique way to showcase her artistic talent and admiration for geek fandoms at New York Comic Con in its earlier years. This was the seed that planted a cosplay career, which would lead her to become a skilled foamsmith and prop builder. Over the years, Zadra has brought home multiple cosplay competition awards, including Master’s and Best in Show placements. In addition to building a huge portfolio of cosplay projects, Zadra has been a cosplay judge and panelist at trademark events such as Katsucon and MAGfest, as well as Replay FX, Geekout-HCA, Winter Wake up, Dark Force Fest, and more. In 2013, Zadra and her husband relocated from Brooklyn, to Elk County PA for a quieter life. She now has the time and space to fine tune her art while continuing to travel to conventions all over the country!
Gingersnap the Mermaid/Jillian Breneman
Jillian is a signed actress, model, and professional entertainer from South Central PA. She has stage, commercial, and full-length film credits. Her acting resume also includes being a haunt actor during the two most recent seasons of Dark Nights at Hersheypark.
Jillian is also a professional entertainer known as "Gingersnap the Mermaid". She was crowned Miss Mermaid PA in 2021 under the Miss Mermaid International Pageant Program; a title which she still carried. She has since made appearances as a mermaid at businesses and events across PA. In the beginning of 2025, she published her first children's coloring storybook which she wrote and helped illustrate. "Gingersnap the Mermaid: A Coloring Storybook" shares stories of her adventures as a mermaid, and is filled with facts about different bodies of water around South Central PA, as well as other places she has traveled with her mermaid tails.
She currently focuses on her business as a professional Entertainer, specializing in entertaining at events all over the Mid-Atlantic region as a mermaid, fairy, or pirate. When she is not doing that, she is taking other acting opportunities, dabbling in cosplay and modeling, or refining her skills in scuba diving and freediving.
Megami
With over 9 years in the cosplay world, Megami is a seasoned creator known for her bold character choices and meticulous craftsmanship. From the chilling world of horror to vibrant anime and action-packed video games, her work spans a wide range of fandoms—including original designs that bring her own imagination to life.
Matthew DiGirolamo
Founded by Matthew DiGirolamo in 2015, The Ancient Armory is dedicated to mastering historical research and translating it into the art of cosplay. The channel specializes in shield research, combining crafting tutorials and educational videos with controlled stunts and humor-driven content. This strategy brings niche historical content to a wider audience, using spectacle and humor as the initial draw.
The Ancient Armory has successfully produced viral content for the last two years and counting, and collaborated with organizations like Man At Arms Reforged and The History Channel.