Franco Aureliani is an Eisner Award-winning writer and artist who last worked on Superman of Smallville for DC Books for Young Readers. Other greatest hits include the Dino-Mike book series, Patrick the Wolf Boy, and Aw Yeah Comics!, as well as critically acclaimed comics like Superman Family Adventures, and the New York Times bestselling, multi-Eisner Award-winning series Tiny Titans and Super Powers for DC Comics. He has also worked on Grimmiss Island and Itty Bitty Hellboy with Dark Horse Comics. Franco is also one of the principal owners of Aw Yeah Comics retail stores. When he is not working on comics, Franco can be found shaping young minds as a high school teacher.