Franco Aureliani

Franco Aureliani is an American comic book writer/artist, best known for writing the DC Comics series Tiny Titans, for which he won two Eisner Awards in 2009 and 2011. Tiny Titans also won a Harvey award in 2011. He was also nominated for another Harvey in 2013 for another project from DC Comics, Superman Family Adventures. He and longtime writing partner and friend, Art Baltazar, won their third Eisner in 2014 for the Dark Horse Comics children's series Itty Bitty Hellboy. He also teaches art at Carmel High School.

Career
Franco Aureliani is the artist and co-writer with Art Baltazar of Tiny Titans, for which the two won the 2009 and 2011 Eisner Award for Best Publication for Kids. Baltazar and Franco co-wrote DC's Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam! and the comic book adaptation of Young Justice.  In 2012, DC launched a new series titled Superman Family Adventures which was written and drawn by Baltazar and Aureliani. In 2013, Baltazar and Aureliani launched a revival of The Green Team for DC. That series was cancelled in January 2014.

Aureliani is an art teacher at Carmel High School in Carmel, New York.

Awards
 2009 Eisner Award for Best Publication for Kids for Tiny Titans.
 2011 Eisner Award for Best Publication for Kids for Tiny Titans.
 2014 Eisner Award for Best Publication for early readers: Itty Bitty Hellboy, by Art Baltazar and Franco.
2011 Harvey Award for Best Original Graphic Publication for Younger Readers: "Tiny Titans"

Bibliography

Aw Yeah Comics! Publishing
 Aw Yeah Comics! #1–2 (2013)
 Peach and the Isle of Monsters #1 (2016)

Blindwolf Studios/Electric Milk Comics
 Patrick the Wolf Boy #1 (2000)
 Patrick the Wolf Boy: Christmas Special 2000 #1 (2000)
 Patrick the Wolf Boy: Halloween Special #1 (2000)
 Patrick the Wolf Boy: Mother's Day Special 2001 #1 (2001)
 Patrick the Wolf Boy: Next Halloween Special 2001 #1 (2001)
 Patrick the Wolf Boy: Summer Special 2001 #1 (2001)
 Patrick the Wolf Boy: Valentine's Day Special 2001 #1 (2001)

Dark Horse Comics
 Aw Yeah Comics: Action Cat & Adventure Bug #1–4 (2016)
 Itty Bitty Hellboy #1–5 (2013) 
 Itty Bitty Hellboy: The Search for the Were-Jaguar #1–4 (2015–2016)

DC Comics
 
 Batman '66 #12 (2014)
 Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam! #5–19, 21 (2009–2010)
 DCU Halloween Special '09 #1 (2009)  
 DCU Holiday Special #1 (2009) 
 FCBD 2011 Young Justice Batman BB Super Sampler #1 (2011)
 Green Lantern: Larfleeze Christmas Special #1 (2011)
 Green Lantern: The Animated Series #0, 1–9 (2012–2013)
 Green Team: Teen Trillionaires #1–8 (2013–2014)
 Superman Family Adventures #1–12 (2012–2013)
 Super Powers #1–6 (2017)
 Tiny Titans #1–50 (2008–2012)
  Tiny Titans: Return to the Treehouse #1–6 (2014–2015)  
 Young Justice vol. 2 #1–6 (2011)

DC Comics and Archie Comics
 Tiny Titans/Little Archie #1–3 (2010–2011)

Dynamite Entertainment
 Captain Action Cat: The Timestream Catastrophe! #1–4 (2014)

Stone Arch Books
 Dino-Mike (2015)

References

External links

 
 Franco Aureliani at Mike's Amazing World of Comics 
 Geek To Me TV: Elliott talks to Art Baltazar & Franco (August 13, 2009) RedEye interview at YouTube

Category:American comics writers
Category:American schoolteachers
Category:Art educators
Category:Eisner Award winners
Category:Living people
Category:People from Carmel, New York
Category:Writers from New York (state)
Category:Educators from New York (state)
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)