“Well I grew up following most of the major titles like 'Fantastic Four,' 'Spider-Man,' 'Avengers,' etc. But I had also a lot of love for the smaller titles like 'Master of Kung Fu,' 'Black Panther,' 'The Defenders,' 'Inhumans,' and of course Power-Man and Iron Fist.'”

Russian-American animator, screenwriter, film producer, and director

Genndy Tartakovsky is a Russian-American animator, screenwriter, film producer, and director. He is best known as the creator of Dexter’s Laboratory, and has also shaped several other animated series across television and film. He developed Samurai Jack, Star Wars: Clone Wars, Sym-Bionic Titan, and Unicorn: Warriors Eternal for Cartoon Network. He also created the Adult Swim series Primal, directed the first three Hotel Transylvania films, wrote the fourth, and directed Sony Pictures Animation’s first adult animated film, Fixed.