Frank Lovece is an American journalist, author, comedy performer and comic-book writer. A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues and people. ... The word author has several meanings: The author of a book, story, article or the like, is the person who has written it (or is writing it). ... Comedy is the use of humor in the performing arts. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the sequential art in the form of a narrative. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ...

For an Entertainment Weekly article on direct-to-video movies passing themselves off as theatrical releases, he produced the first — and, after the article's publication, only — home video to obtain an MPAA rating [1]. Entertainment Weekly is a magazine published by Time Warner in the United States which is dedicated to the world of celebrity and popular culture. ... A film that is released direct-to-video (also straight-to-video) is one which has been released to the public on home video formats first rather than first being released in movie theaters. ... The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is a non-profit trade association formed to advance the interests of movie studios. ...

As a writer for Marvel Comics, Lovece created the graphic novel miniseries Atomic Age, now part of the permanent collection of the Michigan State University Comic Art Library. It was also among the items featured in the Bowling Green State University exhibition "The Atomic Age Opens: Selections from the Popular Culture Library." Other work includes the complete run of Hokum & Hex for Marvel's Razorline imprint, created by fantasy author Clive Barker; horror stories for the anthology series Clive Barker's Hellraiser; the supernatural-adventure series Nightstalkers, featuring Blade and Doctor Strange; the children's-adventure comics Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, VR Troopers and Masked Rider; and, for Dark Horse Comics, the child-abuse drama "Egg" in Dark Horse Presents. Marvel Comics NYSE: MVL, (AKA Marvel Entertainment Group, Marvel Characters, Inc. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with comic book. ... Clive Barker (born October 5, 1952, Liverpool, England) is a British author, director and visual artist. ... Hellraiser DVD cover Hellraiser is a horror film exploring the themes of sadomasochism and morals under duress. ... Blade is a superhero appearing in Marvel Comics. ... Doctor Strange, a fictional character, is a sorcerer featured in Marvel Comics. ... The original Power Rangers, holding their respective Power Weapons Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is a live-action television and movie series, based on the Super Sentai series Kyōryū Sentai Zyu-Ranger, literally Dinosaur Task Force Beast Rangers and often abbreviated as ZyuRanger (after the Kunrei-shiki romanization). ... VR Troopers (Virtual Reality Troopers) was a syndicated live action show from the creators of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. ... Masked Rider is an american adaptation of the Japanese television show Kamen Rider Black RX, one of the many sequels of the popular Kamen Rider franchise. ... Dark Horse Comics is an American comic book publisher, one of the largest independent publishers behind dominant publishers Marvel Comics and DC Comics. ...

He has written books on topics including the TV series Taxi, The Brady Bunch and The X-Files; the Godzilla movie series; and child-abductions and The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. Taxi was the name of an acclaimed American sitcom that aired from 1978 to 1982 on ABC and from 1982 to 1983 on NBC. The show was about the every day life of a handful of New York City taxi drivers working for the Sunshine Cab Company, as well as... The Brady Bunch was a US television situation comedy, based around a large blended family. ... The X-Files was a popular American television series created by Chris Carter. ... Godzilla (Gojira) (ゴジラ) is a giant, amphibious, dinosaur-like fictional creature first seen in the Japanese-produced 1954 Tokusatsu Kaiju film Gojira produced by Toho Film Company Ltd. ... The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children was established in 1984 as a private, non-profit organization, but seems more like a department of Justice program, based on the $30-million funding each year. ...

As an editor, he created the websites for Sound & Vision and Popular Photography magazines, and the Sci-Fi Channel sites for Battlestar Galactica, Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, The X-Files, Legend of Earthsea and other television shows, movies and miniseries. This article is about the magazine as a published medium. ... Sci Fi is an American cable television channel, launched in 1992 and currently owned by corporate conglomerate NBC Universal, specializing in science fiction, fantasy, horror, and paranormal programming. ... ... Season 8s opening title Spoiler warning: See Stargate for a general summary of this universe, or List of Stargate SG-1 episodes for a detailed plot analysis. ... ... Legend of Earthsea premiered as a two-night television event on the Sci-Fi Channel on December 2004. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of... A miniseries, in a serial storytelling medium, is a production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. ...

Quotes

Bob Schreck, Dark Horse Presents #110: "Frank is probably the most under-exploited, most sensitive writer this field has to offer."

External Links

• Official site