"Loren Smith (character) Loren Smith is a fictional character in a series of novels by Clive Cussler. She first appears in the novel ""Vixen 03"". She is a congresswoman from Colorado, and is a longtime companion to Dirk Pitt, an adventurous special project director for NUMA (National Underwater and Marine Agency), he undergoes many death-defying missions to save the world and the marine environment. Described as having beautiful cinnamon brown hair with violet colored eyes, and a good sense of humor, Loren Smith plays a strong role in quite a few of Cussler's novels. She is also known for her"
"Dirk Gently Dirk Gently (born Svlad Cjelli, also known as Dirk Cjelli) is a fictional character created by English writer Douglas Adams and featured in the books ""Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency"" and ""The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul"". He is portrayed as a pudgy man who normally wears a heavy old light brown suit, red checked shirt with a green striped tie, long leather coat, red hat and thick metal-rimmed spectacles. ""Dirk Gently"" is not the character's real name. It is noted early on in the first book that it is a pseudonym for ""Svlad Cjelli"". Dirk himself"
"drama."" Dirk Gently (TV series) Dirk Gently is a British comic science fiction detective television series based on characters from the novel ""Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency"" by Douglas Adams. The series was created by Howard Overman and stars Stephen Mangan as holistic detective Dirk Gently and Darren Boyd as his sidekick Richard MacDuff. Recurring actors include Helen Baxendale as MacDuff's girlfriend Susan Harmison, Jason Watkins as Dirk's nemesis DI Gilks and Lisa Jackson as Dirk's receptionist Janice Pearce. Unlike most detective series ""Dirk Gently"" features broadly comic touches and even some science fiction themes such as time travel and"
"Dirk Gently (TV series) Dirk Gently is a British comic science fiction detective television series based on characters from the novel ""Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency"" by Douglas Adams. The series was created by Howard Overman and stars Stephen Mangan as holistic detective Dirk Gently and Darren Boyd as his sidekick Richard MacDuff. Recurring actors include Helen Baxendale as MacDuff's girlfriend Susan Harmison, Jason Watkins as Dirk's nemesis DI Gilks and Lisa Jackson as Dirk's receptionist Janice Pearce. Unlike most detective series ""Dirk Gently"" features broadly comic touches and even some science fiction themes such as time travel and artificial"
"in command, Dirk Pitt has made numerous important shipwreck discoveries, and he has also thwarted a large number of plans by villains intent on global catastrophe or world domination.<br> Dirk Pitt went on, in the more recent novels, to become the head of NUMA when Admiral James Sandecker was appointed as Vice President of the United States by President Ward after the Vice President unexpectedly died in office. Despite this appointment, Pitt is uncomfortable with his desk job, and still personally heads projects in the field, becoming entangled in villainous plots just as easily as before his promotion. Dirk Pitt"
"Clive Cussler Clive Eric Cussler (born July 15, 1931) is an American adventure novelist and underwater explorer. His thriller novels, many featuring the character Dirk Pitt, have reached ""The New York Times"" fiction best-seller list more than 20 times. Cussler is the founder and chairman of the real-life National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA), which has discovered more than 60 shipwreck sites and numerous other notable underwater wrecks. He is the sole author or lead author of more than 70 books. Clive Cussler was born in Aurora, Illinois, and grew up in Alhambra, California. His mother Amy's ancestors were from"
"psychic powers (mind reading), and uses his opponents' aggression to lock-on to his enemies. Pitt (comics) Pitt is a fictional character who appears in a comics series by American publisher Full Bleed Studios. Created by Dale Keown, he first appeared in ""Youngblood"" #4 (1992). Pitt is a human/alien hybrid, created by an alien race known as the Creed, genetically engineered to serve as a killing machine. He appears more alien than human, with red, pupil-less eyes, gray skin, absence of a nose, sharp oversized teeth and large talons. In 1993, Dale Keown began publishing his character Pitt at Image Comics."
"Jay Scott Pike Jay Scott Pike (September 6, 1924 – September 13, 2015) was an American comic book artist and commercial illustrator known for his 1950s and 1960s work for Marvel Comics and DC Comics, advertising art, and as a good girl artist. He created the DC character Dolphin and co-created the Marvel character Jann of the Jungle. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 6, 1924, Jay Scott Pike enrolled at the Art Students League in Manhattan, New York City at what he said was age 15 or 16: ""I know I was partway into high school. I wasn't a"
"Pitt (comics) Pitt is a fictional character who appears in a comics series by American publisher Full Bleed Studios. Created by Dale Keown, he first appeared in ""Youngblood"" #4 (1992). Pitt is a human/alien hybrid, created by an alien race known as the Creed, genetically engineered to serve as a killing machine. He appears more alien than human, with red, pupil-less eyes, gray skin, absence of a nose, sharp oversized teeth and large talons. In 1993, Dale Keown began publishing his character Pitt at Image Comics. ""Pitt"" #1 was the second best-selling comic book of November 1992, surpassed only by"
"Dirk West Gerald Glynn ""Dirk"" West (1930 – July 26, 1996) was an editorial cartoonist, journalist, and mayor from Lubbock, Texas, most famous for his caricatures of collegiate mascots. He was born in Littlefield, Texas but his family moved to Lubbock soon after. He attended Texas Tech University where he drew cartoons for ""The University Daily"" student newspaper. He appeared as ""Uncle Dirk"" on a local children's program for three years while heading up his advertising agency, West Advertising. Beginning in the 1960s, he cartooned for the ""Lubbock Avalanche-Journal"". West's most famous works featured caricatures of the sports mascots of"
"Everett Peck Everett Peck (born October 9, 1950) is an American illustrator, comics artist, cartoonist and animator. He is best known as the creator of ""Duckman"" and ""Squirrel Boy"". Peck's drawings have appeared in ""The New Yorker"", ""Playboy"" and ""Time"", as well as numerous books, comics and movie posters. He has participated in gallery shows in Tokyo, Los Angeles, New York, and Washington, D.C., and has written animated cartoons for ""Rugrats"", ""The Critic"", and a series based on one of his own cartoon characters: ""Duckman"". Originally created as a comic book that was first published by Dark Horse in 1990,"
"Pilot (Dirk Gently) The pilot episode of Dirk Gently is the first broadcast episode of the BBC Four television series inspired by Douglas Adams's novel ""Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency"". First broadcast on 16 December 2010 and repeated throughout the Christmas period, it was written by Howard Overman and stars Stephen Mangan as holistic detective Dirk Gently and Darren Boyd as his sidekick Richard Macduff. Recurring actors include Helen Baxendale as Susan Harmison, Jason Watkins as DI Gilks and Lisa Jackson as Janice Pearce. In the hour-long pilot, ""holistic detective"" Dirk Gently is hired by an old lady to investigate"
"other violent comic books, leading to the creation of the Comics Code, Briefer left the comic industry for commercial advertising art. At the time of his death, Briefer was living in the Hollywood / Pembroke Pines area of Broward County, Florida. Dick Briefer Richard ""Dick"" Briefer (January 9, 1915 – December 1980) was an American comic-book artist best known for his various adaptations, including humorous ones, of the Frankenstein monster. Under the pseudonym Dick Hamilton, he also created the superhero team the Target and the Targeteers for Novelty Press. Dick Briefer studied at the Art Students League in Manhattan, New"
"and become intangible. Pitt was a skilled pilot and had earned a degree in aeronautical engineering, and was an Air Force Academy graduate with flying combat training and 1200 hours flight time, and qualified for multi-engine rating. He also learned his fighting skills through military training. After his resurrection in Otherplace, Darkoth gained the ability to shape-shift. Darkoth Darkoth (a.k.a. Darkoth the Death Demon) is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. His first appearance was in ""Fantastic Four"" series 1 #142, (January 1974), and he was created by Gerry Conway and Rich"
"33 (Western Publishing). In 1969 the US cartoonist, Al Williamson, arranged for Pitt to ghost an eleven-week sequence of his daily strip, ""Secret Agent Corrigan"", which was followed by a further four weeks in 1972. Pitt also provided poster illustrations for his childhood hero, ""Flash Gordon"". In 2001 a limited edition of ""Gully Foyle"" was finally published and released. Pitt died on 2 April 2002, at the age of 77. Stan Pitt Stanley John Joseph Pitt (2 March 1925 – 2 April 2002) was an Australian cartoonist and commercial artist. Pitt was the first Australian comic artist to have original"
"Darkoth Darkoth (a.k.a. Darkoth the Death Demon) is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. His first appearance was in ""Fantastic Four"" series 1 #142, (January 1974), and he was created by Gerry Conway and Rich Buckler. Major Desmond Pitt of the United States Air Force was from St. Louis, Missouri. He has a degree in aeronautical engineering and was a test pilot like his friend, Ben Grimm. Pitt discovers that agents of Doctor Doom have infiltrated a solar shuttle project he is assigned to. Pitt passes himself off as a willing accomplice"
"Dirk (play) Dirk is a stage play adapted from the novel ""Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency"" by Douglas Adams. The original adaptation was by James Goss and Arvind Ethan David while still at school in 1991. In this form it was less than an hour long and ""amusing but utterly incomprehensible"". The same team expanded the script and, with the assistance of producer Matt Wreford, staged a student production from 30 May to 3 June 1995 at the Old Fire Station Theatre in Oxford. The production made use of computer animation to display some of the difficult scenes and concepts"
"Dick Briefer Richard ""Dick"" Briefer (January 9, 1915 – December 1980) was an American comic-book artist best known for his various adaptations, including humorous ones, of the Frankenstein monster. Under the pseudonym Dick Hamilton, he also created the superhero team the Target and the Targeteers for Novelty Press. Dick Briefer studied at the Art Students League in Manhattan, New York City, and debuted in comic books in 1936 with work in ""Wow, What A Magazine!"", one of the era's proto-comics ""Comic books"": tabloid-sized collections of comic strip reprints in color, which would later include occasional new comic strip-like material. ""Wow"""
"these efforts. The NUMA team, headed by Dirk Pitt, Al Giordino and Dirk Pitt's children, Dirk Junior and Summer, are trying to find a way to stop Global Warming. Their quest leads them to investigate a series of mysterious asphyxiations. They soon realize that the solution they are looking for is hidden in the heart of the Arctic; in an old forgotten ship. They will need to solve a centuries-old mystery to save the earth. Arctic Drift Arctic Drift is a Dirk Pitt novel, the 20th of the series and was released on November 25, 2008. The plot begins in"
"at the Oceanside Museum of Art. He currently resides in San Diego, California. Everett Peck Everett Peck (born October 9, 1950) is an American illustrator, comics artist, cartoonist and animator. He is best known as the creator of ""Duckman"" and ""Squirrel Boy"". Peck's drawings have appeared in ""The New Yorker"", ""Playboy"" and ""Time"", as well as numerous books, comics and movie posters. He has participated in gallery shows in Tokyo, Los Angeles, New York, and Washington, D.C., and has written animated cartoons for ""Rugrats"", ""The Critic"", and a series based on one of his own cartoon characters: ""Duckman"". Originally created"
"Dircks. Pepper debuted his creation with a Christmas Eve production of the Charles Dickens play ""The Haunted Man"" in 1862 and Dircks signed over all financial rights to Pepper. Some reports have suggested that, at the time, Pepper claimed to have developed the technique after reading the 1831 book ""Recreative Memoirs"" by famed showman Étienne-Gaspard Robert. Either way, the effect became known as ""Pepper's ghost"" and this name was used by those who replicated the technique. Because of this Dircks became increasingly convinced that his invention had been stolen from him, believing that a conspiracy had been perpetrated against him"
"Stan Pitt Stanley John Joseph Pitt (2 March 1925 – 2 April 2002) was an Australian cartoonist and commercial artist. Pitt was the first Australian comic artist to have original work published by a major American comic book company. He often collaborated with his brother, Reginald Pitt. Stanley Pitt was born in Rozelle, New South Wales (an inner western suburb of Sydney), on 2 March 1925, the son of plasterer George William Pitt and his wife Ethel. Pitt enjoyed drawing as a schoolboy and got into trouble for spending more time drawing than on his schoolwork. In 1942, whilst working"
"Joe Kubert Joseph ""Joe"" Kubert (; September 18, 1926 – August 12, 2012) was a Polish-born American comic book artist, art teacher, and founder of The Kubert School. He is best known for his work on the DC Comics characters Sgt. Rock and Hawkman. He is also known for working on his own creations, such as Tor, Son of Sinbad, and the Viking Prince, and, with writer Robin Moore, the comic strip ""Tales of the Green Beret"". Two of Kubert's sons, Andy Kubert and Adam Kubert, themselves became recognized comic book artists, as did many of Kubert's former students, including"
"Dick Tracy Dick Tracy is an American comic strip featuring Dick Tracy (originally Plainclothes Tracy), a tough and intelligent police detective created by Chester Gould. The strip made its debut on October 14, 1931, in the ""Detroit Mirror"". It was distributed by the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate. Gould wrote and drew the strip until 1972. Since that time, various artists and writers have continued the strip, which still runs in newspapers today. Dick Tracy has also been the hero in a number of films, notably one in which Warren Beatty played the crime fighter in 1990. Writer Tom"
"DirkJan DirkJan is a Dutch comic strip series, created in 1989 by Dutch author and artist Mark Retera. It is also the name of its main character. The series is a gag-a-day comic. DirkJan is a loser who stumbles through life in mostly three-panel gag-a-day comic strips. He started out in 1989 as a student at the current Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands, where he lived in a typical student house with all the stereotypical side-kicks, such as the fat boy, the beer drinker, the bossy girl who checks if everybody keeps to the house rules, and the tramps"
"Dick Miller Richard ""Dick"" Miller (born December 25, 1928) is an American character actor who has appeared in more than 100 films, particularly those produced by Roger Corman. He later appeared in the films of the directors who began their careers with Corman, including James Cameron and Joe Dante, with the distinction of appearing in every film directed by Dante. Miller's main roles have been in films such as ""Gremlins"", """", ""Explorers"", ""Piranha"", ""The Howling"", ""A Bucket of Blood"", ""The Little Shop of Horrors"", ""Chopping Mall"", ""Night of the Creeps"", ""The Terminator"", ""The 'Burbs"" and ""Small Soldiers"". Miller was born"
"Diamond Dick Diamond Dick is a fictional character created by William B. Schwartz. He first appeared in ""Dashing Diamond Dick; or, The Sarpint of Siskiyou County"", serialized novel in Street and Smith's story paper ""New York Weekly"" in 1878, and began as a regular series in ""Nugget Library"", with No. 16, December 12, 1889. According to J. Randolph Cox, ""the character was undoubtedly inspired by the life and career of herbal-medicine promoter and showman George B. McClellan (ca. 1858-1911), who went by the nickname Diamond Dick and who was the hero of a dime novel by Buckskin Sam Hall"" (1882)."
"The Pitt The Pitt is a 1987 one-shot comic book written by John Byrne and Mark Gruenwald, and illustrated by Sal Buscema and Stan Drake. It was published by Marvel Comics as part of its New Universe line. The story depicts the total destruction of the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as a result of the careless actions of the wielder of the Star Brand and its immediate 12-hour aftermath. ""The Pitt"" was the first full graphic novel published for Marvel's New Universe series. The storyline of ""The Pitt"" actually begins in issue #12 of ""Star Brand"". In the previous issue,"
"the HBO TV show ""Six Feet Under"" he created the fake vintage comic ""Blue Twister"". Wight was also an animator, working with Warner Bros. during the heyday of their animated output, working on such cartoons as ""Superman: The Animated Series"", ""Batman Beyond"", and others. also frankie pickle Eric Wight Eric Wight (born November 15, 1974) is an American professional artist, illustrator and animator. He graduated from the School of Visual Arts and currently lives in Eastern Pennsylvania. Wight is the author of the manga, ""My Dead Girlfriend"". He illustrated the comic book adaptation of Michael Chabon's Pulitzer Prize winning novel"
"has also worked on audiotape adaptations of Terry Deary's ""Horrible Histories"" books and is audio director for the ""Animated Mr Bean"" television series, which means that everything heard in the show has gone through Dirk's hands at some point. For the feature-length computer animated version of ""The Magic Roundabout"", Dirk voice-directed principal character sessons with such luminaries as Robbie Williams, Kylie Minogue, Jim Broadbent, Ray Winstone and Joanna Lumley. Dirk's influence has spread to computer games. He is credited as Voice Director on the highly acclaimed adventure game, """" featuring Rolf Saxon and Sarah Crook. In late 2005 Dirk set"
"memorabilia that was released to coincide with the 2003 feature film ""Hulk"". In 2009 Keown illustrated the three-issue crossover of ""The Darkness / Pitt"", which was written by Paul Jenkins. It was preceded by a special preview book released in December 2006. Keown worked with Milo Ventimiglia on Top Cow Productions' ""Berserker"", which premiered June 2009. Dale Keown Dale Keown (; born July 23, 1962) is a Canadian comic book artist, known for his runs on ""The Incredible Hulk"" and his creator-owned book, ""Pitt"". Keown started working in comics in 1986 drawing several series for Aircel Comics, including ""Samurai"", ""Elflord"","
"the advanced technology of that time such as private express trains, telegraphs, telephones, dreadnought battleships and early airplanes. Isaac Bell also is a principal character of the background story in the Sam and Remi Fargo Adventure, ""The Gray Ghost."" The series focuses on Sam and Remi Fargo, a couple who are professional treasure hunters. Cussler has co-authored books with other writers, such as Russell Blake. Clive Cussler Clive Eric Cussler (born July 15, 1931) is an American adventure novelist and underwater explorer. His thriller novels, many featuring the character Dirk Pitt, have reached ""The New York Times"" fiction best-seller list"
"Prize in Literature winner Doris Lessing's autobiography, Wilfred, or ""Wilfski"" as she calls him, was based on Trotsky. Pip, Squeak and Wilfred Pip, Squeak and Wilfred was a British strip cartoon published in the ""Daily Mirror"" from 1919 to 1956 (with a break c 1940-50), as well as the Sunday Pictorial in the early years. It was conceived by Bertram Lamb, who took the role of Uncle Dick, signing himself (B.J.L.) in an early book, and was drawn until c. 1939 by Austin Bowen Payne, who always signed as A. B. Payne. It concerned the adventures of an orphaned family"