Frank Kurtz (director)

Frank Kurtz is the creator of the "Creepsville" comic book which was originally published by Steve Smith's Gogo Publications. Later, Frank published it himself under the Laughing Reindeer Press imprint.

Career

Besides the original comics, the second run of the series also featured material related to Frank's fascination with junk culture including movies, toys, Halloween, UFOs, and a number of other oddball subjects. This knack for arcane knowledge has been very helpful in his various gigs of filmmaker, retailer, editor, and webmaster.

Credited as Joseph Kurtz, Frank co-wrote and co-directed a horror film titled "Carnivore". This feature length film was shot professionally on 16mm over a period of three years. In addition, along with a small crew, he designed and built the full body title monster suit, as well as providing additional make-up special effects along the way.

At one time, Frank was managing editor of a comic related news magazine called "HERO Illustrated", published by Sendai Publications. HERO was the 1995 Eisner Award for Best Comics Related Publications category, much to his very happy but shocked surprise.

At the same company, later called MVP Media, Frank was the editor (as well as writing loads of editorial) for a best selling "Roswell UFO Encyclopedia" magazine. The magazine caught the attention of the press during the 50th anniversary of the so-called crash prompting Frank to participate in television and radio interviews and talk shows. The magazine itself was seen nationally on network news, including NBC and CNN as well as a number of documentaries on the Roswell subject.

Frank was also a mild-manneredFact|date=March 2008 entertainment news and rumor reporter/editor for the Cinescape Online magazine and its website.

Frank is one of the co-creators and regular contributors of the highly respected late lamented "Monsterscene" magazine. Within the pages of "Monsterscene", Frank was able to pursue subjects that were just plain funPOV-statement|date=March 2008 including Japanese giant monster movies, Mexican horror cinema and an interview with Bob Burns that was the highlight of his participation there.

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