Stephan Franck is an award-nominated animator and comic book creator. 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 ), received an Annie Award nomination for Best Director In a TV Program for the featurette SMURFS: THE LEGEND OF SMURFY HOLLOW, and supervised the animation of  MARVEL STUDIO’s ”WHAT IF…?”  Stephan founded the comic-book publishing and production company DARK PLANET, and his graphic novel debut SILVER earned a nomination for the prestigious Russ Manning Award at San Diego Comic Con. SILVER was followed by its prequel ROSALYND, LA crime series PALOMINO and ROMANCE IN THE AGE OF THE SPACE GOD.