Yves Bigerel, also known as "Balak" (born 1 January 1979), is a French comics artist and animator.

[1] In 2009, Balak invented a new digital comics narrative technique which he called "turbomedia"; his work was noticed by Marvel editor Joe Quesada, who recruited him to help establish the Marvel digital imprint "Infinite Comics".

[2] He served as creative director and voice of the character Bullfrog on the 2023 adult animated series Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix.

Bigerel initially studied philosophy, before completing a three-year course at Gobelins Cinéma Department of Animation in 2006.

The series won the 2015 Angoulême International Comics Festival Prix de la Série,[3] and an animated adaptation has appeared on France 4.