 The short, independently printed book served as a preview to a much larger story which he has developed into a multi-part graphic novel, starting with "Steel Noodles Number 1" which debuted at the San Diego Comic-Con in July 2010.He is currently a story supervisor/artist at Sony Pictures Animation in Culver City, California.Del Carmen also has two brothers that work in animation; Ronnie is a story artist, designer, illustrator and film director at Pixar, while Rick (Enrique) works as a storyboard artist and assistant director at Fox Animation.