The daughter of
Colombian-
Chilean immigrants, she was born in
Fürth, Germany. Franz originally wanted to be a figure skater and create animated drawings for Walt Disney. She went on to study illustration at the School of Art and Design in
Kassel. She lives and works in
Berlin. Franz is part of the German comic publishing collective The Treasure Fleet. Her first graphic novel
Alien appeared in 2011; it was also published in France under the title
Petite Terrienne by Éditions çà et là and in English as
Earthling by
Drawn & Quarterly. Her work has been published in Germany by and
Reprodukt and has also been included in various anthologies. Her graphic novel
Alien received an award for best foreign work at the 2013 . Her work lays in the convergence of daily life routine and the existential inquiries around them, highlighting the absurdity of human reality. She also taught at the
Kunsthochschule Kassel in the class for illustration and comic together with Hendrik Dorgathen. == Selected works ==