Gerald Hamonic is a noted film and animation scholar whose interests span the golden age of American animation (1930-1955), the accurate use of science within apocalyptic cinema and representations of supernatural forces in horror films.

Jerry Beck is author or editor of several books on classic animation including 50 Greatest Cartoons (1994) and The Animated Movie Guide (2005). Beck is an animation producer and a professor of animation history at Cal Arts. He blogs at CartoonResearch.com