Toni Masdiono was born in 1961, and started working as an artist since 1978 as a cartoonist and illustrator for some publications. After college, he also worked in some artsy fields eg. advertising, garment and apparel, publishing, printing, also lecturer and art trainer. Since 2019, he fully works as an artist. He published his own how-to books since 1998. His first graphic novel published in 2019, a silent comic titled Karimata 1890, his second works published in 2020: Gurniti.

CT Lim writes about history and popular culture. He is the Singapore country editor for the International Journal of Comic Art.

Mohammad Nor Khalid, also known as Lat, is Malaysia's foremost cartoonist, celebrated for his well-known work, The Kampung Boy. With over 20 published cartoon volumes to his name, Lat was honoured with the title of Datuk by the Sultan of Perak in 1994, acknowledging his role in fostering social harmony and understanding through his artwork. In July 2023, the Rumah Lat Gallery in Batu Gajah, Perak, was inaugurated to showcase the works and archives of this renowned Malaysian cartoonist.