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Josh Frank is a writer, producer, director and composer who s worked with some of the most interesting and innovative musicians, filmmakers, producers and artists in the world, including David Lynch, Harold Ramis, and Werner Herzog. He is the author of Fool The World: The Oral History of a Band Called Pixies; In Heaven Everything Is Fine and, in collaboration with Black Francis and Steven Appleby, the illustrated novel The Good Inn. In his spare time, he built, owns, and operates the Blue Starlite Mini-Urban Drive-In Movie Theatre in Austin, Texas, the first Mini Urban Drive-in movie theater in the world. Tim Heidecker is an award-winning comedian, writer, director, actor and musician. He is one half of the comedy team of Tim and Eric, with Eric Wareheim, known for the television shows Tom Goes to the Mayor, Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, the film Tim and Eric s Billion Dollar Movie, and the popular book Tim and Eric s Zone Theory. Manuela Pertega was born in Badalona, Spain, a short distance from Figueras, birthplace of Salvador Dali. Growing up, she spent much time in Granada, home town Garcia Lorca, famed poet and close friend of Dali. Influenced by both great artists, she started creating her own stories and drawings at a young age. Manuela graduated from the University of Barcelona with a specialization in drawing and restoration/conservation. Her comics and illustrations have appeared in several small publications such as Fanzine Hey, and she s done scientific illustration for the National Encyclopedia of Health of Spain. Manuela teaches art at Badalona VII, a public art institute, and at La Taca, an art school in Montcada, Spain.