CATIE FISHER JOB: Model (Dorothy) AGE: Legal HOME TOWN: Tucson, AZ SECRET IDENTITY: Loud mouth party girl. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS: Long Blonde Hair, Fashion Guru FAVORITE OZ CHARACTER: To-To, because he is cute and furry. FIRST COMIC READ: Archie? FAVORITE FILMS: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (The Original), Labyrinth, Grease INSPIRATION FOR DOROTHY: Greg Mannino and his vision. FAVORITE SCENE IN THUMB WARS: "I'm gonna run away and never come back, ever!" HOW I PREPARED FOR MY ROLE IN DOROTHY: I used my experience as a teenager growing up in today's world. MUSIC TO CREATE BY: N.E.R.D.

GREG MANNINO JOB: Director/Producer/Creator AGE: Less than 30, older than you. HOME TOWN: Tucson, Arizona SECRET IDENTITY: I work for a small newspaper in the middle of the desert. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS: Tall, light and handsome FAVORITE OZ CHARACTER: I would have to say The Scarecrow FIRST COMIC READ: It was the Death in the Family series of Batman where the Joker kills Robin. FAVORITE FILMS: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Star Wars (Original Trilogy), Van Helsing (just kidding HAHAHA), The Good, The Bad and the Ugly INSPIRATION FOR DOROTHY: One night, I saw "The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers" at the movie theatre, then I saw "The Wizard of Oz" on television. A dark version of the classic tale flashed into my brain and thus was born "Dorothy," FAVORITE SCENE IN STAR WARS: Definitely the final duel of Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker when Darth Vader sacrifices himself the save his son. HOW I PREPARED FOR MY ROLE IN DOROTHY: No sleep. MUSIC TO CREATE BY: Jet, Any kind of dark classical music and of course Theo's annoying techno crap.

MARK ANTHONY MASTERSON JOB: Shaker of Inherent Stigmas/ Scribble Typey Man AGE: Older than I was yesterday, younger than tomorrow HOME TOWN: Hudson, NH SECRET IDENTITY: Mild-mannered library clerk PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS: Wild hair, flashing eyes, garish shirts. FAVORITE OZ CHARACTER: The Tin Man, Nick Chopper. Emperor of the Winkies. Destroyer of Worlds. FIRST COMIC READ: I believe it was a Len Wein/Bernie Wrightson issue of Swamp Thing from the Seventies. The images branded my brain. FAVORITE FILMS: Brazil, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The Eighth Dimension, Miller's Crossing, Casablanca, Naked Lunch INSPIRATION FOR DOROTHY: Greg's Art. The Rolling Stones. Baum's books. Electric hellfire. MUSIC TO CREATE BY: I wrote narration for the first 20 pages of "Dorothy" while listening to the Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter" on repeat. A lot of Dorothy's character is inspired by "Loose Cannon" by Killing Joke. When I need to buckle down and write without distraction, I'll put in Godspeed You Black Emperor! or Steroid Maximus. FAVORITE SCENE IN STAR WARS: Han Solo shoots Greedo in the Cantina. First. Character defining moment. HOW I PREPARED FOR MY ROLE IN DOROTHY: I went back to The Source. L. Frank Baum wrote the American Fairy Tale, and it rules.

THEO PANOUSOPOULOS JOB: TechVirtuo-so AGE: Older than Greg, younger than you. HOME TOWN: Nogales, Sonora SECRET IDENTITY: Modest 'puter geek. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS: Dark and mysterious clad in Euro-urban-haute-couture a half size too small. FAVORITE OZ CHARACTER: The Scarecrow by Michael Jackson in THE WIZ, because his moves touched me as a child. "Just ease on down, ease on down, down the road. Don't you carry nothing that might be a load. Come on just ease on down, ease on down, down the road." FIRST COMIC READ: Red Star. FAVORITE FILMS: Brazil, Fire and Ice (1983), Damnation Alley (1977), Princess Bride, Hair. INSPIRATION FOR DOROTHY: I never enjoyed the Hollywood Wizard of Oz by Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer. I actually can't stand it. On the other hand, I was fascinated by The Wiz (a kick-ass Motown remake of the 'classic', unknown to most). I know it's still a musical, but come on, biker gang monkeys? Yes, Oz could be way cooler than those freakish lollypop munchkins. Unfortunately most people see the world of Oz through the hokey-pokey eyes of Old Hollywood, and to me that's kinda sad. So I like to believe I'm doing a bit of justice for a misrepresented story. FAVORITE SCENE IN STAR WARS: Empire. C3P0-"the possibilities of successfully navigating an asteroid field are three thousand seven hundred and twenty to one". Han-"never tell me the odds"... the best asteroid space chase scene ever. MUSIC TO CREATE BY: Astral Projection goa, The Creation Day One trance, Old Man and the Sea book on tape. HOW I PREPARED FOR MY ROLE IN DOROTHY: 4 nights in Rocky Point with $200 in fireworks, hardly enough water, and too much beer.

RAY BOERSIG JOB: 3D Modeler/Animator AGE: if I have to. HOME TOWN: Half Moon Bay SECRET IDENTITY: I forget PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS: Bipedal FAVORITE OZ CHARACTER: Tornado FIRST COMIC READ: Spiderman FAVORITE FILMS: Star Wars (original 1977 version), Raiders of the Lost Ark, Blade Runner, The Crow, Liar Liar, anything by Ray Harryhausen INSPIRATION FOR DOROTHY: Love of the art and the vision. FAVORITE SCENE IN STAR WARS: All of it, but the original Han shoots Greedo. FAVORITE LINE IN STAR WARS: "Sometimes I'm so good, I even amaze myself." - Han Solo MUSIC TO CREATE BY: Pink Floyd, Cheap Trick, real jazz- C.Parker, Gilespie, Coltrane, Rollins, Monk, Bruebeck HOW I PREPARED FOR MY ROLE IN DOROTHY: Learn animation on my own for several years then went to a school that taught me what I already knew...then took a break and waited for a job to fall in my lap and get me off my butt.

ANNA WARREN BOERSIG JOB: Fuzzy Queen/The Loud One AGE: Timeless. HOME TOWN: Mid-Peninsula, San Francisco Bay Area SECRET IDENTITY: Sarcasmo Girl! PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS: Girl Power! FAVORITE OZ CHARACTER: The Lollipop Guild FIRST COMIC READ: Sandman FAVORITE FILMS: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Secretary INSPIRATION FOR DOROTHY: Uncanny Timing FAVORITE SCENE IN STAR WARS: Any cute scenes with Ewoks MUSIC TO CREATE BY: NIN HOW I PREPARED FOR MY ROLE IN DOROTHY: 4 years of college (BA in Art), two years of a writer on my couch, and studying for three and a half years to get a two year MBA in e-Business.