Sunday, May 3, 2026

Renato Casaro

Renato Casaro (born 26 October 1935 in Treviso, Italy; died 30 September 2025 in Terviso, Italy) was an Italian artist known for his film posters. He painted over 2,000 posters, which included First Blood, Rambo: First Blood Part II, Rambo IIIOver the Top, Lock Up, Cliffhanger, Red Sonja, Total Recall, Dances with Wolves, Misery, and many more.

I purchased the signed Rambo III print from RACC Trusted Seller #147 Roland Brödner in April 2025.

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Casper Van Dien

Casper Robert Van Dien Jr. (born 18 December 1968 in Milton, Florida, USA) is an American actor, best known for his lead role as Johnny Rico in the science-fiction action film Starship Troopers (1997). Other credits include Tarzan and the Lost City (1998), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Sanctimony (2000), The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (2006), Watch Over Me (2006–2007), Born to Ride (2011), Shiver (2012), Mortal Kombat: Legacy (2013), Star Raiders: The Adventures of Saber Raine (2017), Alita: Battle Angel (2019), and Mad Heidi (2022).

I met Casper at Comic Con Scotland Aberdeen in March 2026.

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Startship Troopers Q&A panel

Ricky Tomlinson

Eric Tomlinson (born 26 September 1939) is an English actor. He is best known for his television roles as Bobby Grant in the soap opera Brookside (1982–88), DCI Charlie Wise in Cracker (1993–2006) and Jim Royle in The Royle Family (1998–2012). He also played the titular character in the 2001 football mockumentary Mike Bassett: England Manager.

I met Ricky at Comic Con Scotland in Edinburgh in October 2025

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Q&A with Ricky Tomlinson and Will Mellor

Saturday, May 2, 2026

Denise Richards

Denise Lee Richards (born 17 February 1971 in Downers Grove, Illinois, USA) is an American actress, model and television personality.

She rose to prominence with roles in the science fiction film Starship Troopers (1997), the erotic thriller film Wild Things (1998), and as Dr. Christmas Jones in the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough (1999).

I met Denise at Comic Con Scotland Aberdeen in March 2026. She signed a photo from Wild Things, which had already been signed by Neve Campbell.

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As Kelly in Wild Things, also signed by Neve Campbell


Starship Troopers Q&A panel

Jsu Garcia

Jesus "Jsu" Garcia, also credited as Nick Corri (born 6 October 1963 in New York City, New York, USA), is an American film and television actor and producer.

I know him for his roles in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), Gotcha! (1985), Predator 2 (1990), Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994), Vampire in Brooklyn (1995), Candyman: Day of the Dead (2000), Traffic (2000), Collateral Damage (2002), and We Were Soldiers (2002).

I purchased the signed photo below from Woody's Memorabilia in April 2025.

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Marta Svetek

Marta Svetek (born 20 March in Lljubljana, Slovenia) is a Slovenian actress and voice acctress known for videogames Valorant (2020), Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach (2021), and Battlefield 2042 (2021) and action-thriller I Am Rage (2023).

I met Marta at Horror Con Scotland in Paisley in November 2025.

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Leslie Hoffman

Leslie Gail Hoffman (born 21 January 1955) is an American former stunt performer, stunt coordinator, and actress. Films for which she did stunt work (often uncredited) include 1941 (1979), Airplane! (1980), Motel Hell (1980), Death Wish 3 (1985), The Naked Gun (1988), National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), Scream 2 (1997), and The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000)

She played the Hall Guard in the original Nightmare on Elm Street (1984).

I met Leslie at Horror Con Scotland in Paisley in November 2025.

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