Born in Burbank, California, Stones started with Disney training under animation veteran Eric Larson.
He was one of the writers and producers of Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers and Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears (third season only).
In 1990, Stones was asked to develop an original concept inspired by two episodes of DuckTales; he illustrated what would eventually become known as Darkwing Duck.
Following Darkwing Duck, Stones served as executive producer, story editor, and director in Aladdin, a television series based on the original film.
The film served as pilot episode to the 2000 television series Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, which Stones also produced.
Stones, a long time comic book reader, had worked previously with Mignola on developing Atlantis: The Lost Empire into an animated series.
He wrote and illustrated another young Hellboy story in the second volume which featured another creation of Mike Mignola's, Lobster Johnson, "The Menace of the Mechanical Monster."
Although Darkwing Duck is a spin-off of DuckTales, Stones stated in a 2016 interview that he considers the two shows to exist in alternate universes.