Stephan Franck is an Annie, Ringo, and Eisner award-nominated animator/writer/director/comic book creator, who supervised the animation of MARVEL STUDIO’s ”WHAT IF…?” season 1, and directed episodes of the series’ second and third seasons. He was a supervising animator on the cult classic THE IRON GIANT, and contributed story to DESPICABLE ME. He co-created the animated TV series CORNEIL & BERNIE (Nicktoons - Hub Network), received an Annie Award nomination for Best Director In a TV Program for the featurette SMURFS: THE LEGEND OF SMURFY HOLLOW. Equally active in comics, Stephan founded the comic-book publishing company DARK PLANET, and his graphic novel debut SILVER earned a nomination for the prestigious Russ Manning Award at San Diego Comic Con’s Eisner Awards. SILVER was followed by its prequel ROSALYND, LA crime series PALOMINO and ROMANCE IN THE AGE OF THE SPACE GOD. A new hardcover edition of SILVER is currently published by Abrams ComicArts.
