Norman Hathaway is an art director and design historian whose primary focus is under appreciated design personalities and techniques. He is the author of the acclaimed graphic-social history Overspray : Riding High with the Kings of California Airbrush Art, and has led creative initiatives for institutions including the Design Museum, London and the Royal Academy of Arts, as well as artists including Paul McCartney.
He has taught and lectured widely on the history of design and typography for The London College of Printing, The Royal College of Art, and Goldsmiths College. Currently at work on a book about modernist innovators Dorothy and Otis Shepard, Norman lives in Brooklyn with his daughter Wilma.
Dan Nadel is a Brooklyn-based writer, editor and art director. He is the owner of PictureBox, a Grammy Award-winning publishing company.
Dan has authored books including Art Out of Time : Unknown Comic Visionaries,1900-1969, Gary Panter, and Art in Time : Unknown Comic Book Adventures,1940-1980. A co-editor of The Comics Journal, Dan has published essays and criticism in The Washington Post, Frieze, and Bookforum. As a curator, Dan has mounted exhibitions including "Karl Wirsum: Drawings 1967-1970" in New York, the first major Jack Kirby retrospective, "The House That Jack Built" in Lucerne, Switzerland, and "Macronauts" for the Athens 2007 Biennale in Greece.