Dr Mark Bryant FRSA is a former Secretary of the British Cartoonists' Association and of the London Press Club, and has been a trustee of the Cartoon Museum. He has written widely on the history of cartoons, caricature and humorous illustration and his books include Dictionary of 20th-Century British Cartoonists & Caricaturists.

Simon Heneage (1930-2011) was founder-chairman in 1988 of the Cartoon Art Trust which later set up the Cartoon Museum in London. Once owner of the largest private collection of original cartoons and cartoon books in Britain, he was a former bookseller and publisher who was also a cataloguer and consultant on books and illustrations for Sotheby's.