Stephen Francis is a multi-award winning writer, radio and TV personality. Besides being the creator of South Africa's most popular cartoon strip, Madam & Eve together with artist Rico Schacherl, Stephen has also written over 28 episodes for the Madam & Eve television series, and one episode he penned -- won second place at the recent Rose d'Or Festival in Switzerland, scoring a coveted bronze award for best international situation comedy. Besides keeping a regular supply of daily cartoons going, Rico Schacherl also works on a wide variety of illustration and cartoon projects with clients ranging from corporate communication, editorial, education, magazines, publishing, television, comics and advertising. Further projects include animation concept and character creation and art direction for SABC 2's education programmes School TV, X-Marks the Spot and Just Chill; and e-TV's popular animated show Jozi Zoo.