About the Author

Jerry Beck is the author of over fifteen books on animation history. He writes about classic cartoon characters at CartoonResearch.com and blogs about modern animation at AnimationScoop.com. A former studio executive with Nickelodeon Movies and Disney TV, Beck currently teaches animation history at Woodbury University in Burbank, CA, where he lives.

Leonard Maltin is a respected film historian, critic, and animation expert who appears regularly on Entertainment Tonight and hosts Secret's Out on Reelz Channel. He lives in Los Angeles.