Owners   Melissa Minners: Once a moderately prosperous smuggler, I have found that there are far more interesting and advantageous ways to ply my trade by brokering information instead of goods. I use my charming nature, my wit, and my way with words to get my messages across to those I deem worthy...or those who have the right amount of credits available... Oh, wait...that's a character out of a Star Wars book. I'm the product of a very unlikely couple - a millionaire by day, vigilante by night and an antique dealer by day, thief by night. My father never knew about me...that is, he didn't until my mother was murdered by one of his enemies. I was taken in by a friend of my mother who noticed that I had developed certain uncanny abilities - lightning-fast reflexes, night vision, superhuman strength... Oh, wait...that's a character from a television show. I stopped to help an injured woman on the street and somehow found myself traveling with her in London Below, seeking out the person responsible for killing her family... Oh, yeah...that was a movie I was watching the other day. I guess you could say that I'm a lover of entertainment - all things entertainment. Most e-zines limit themselves to such things as movies, music, and books. It is my dream, and the dream of the co-owners of this site, to bring you more with G-POP.net     Justine Manzano: This Bronx native is no stranger to writing, having published an article in the Bronx Times and worked for two years as a featured reviewer on www.ybfree.com.  An actress and singer in her own right, Justine has starred in many musical theater community shows and student films.  Mrs. Manzano attends Hunter College, where she is working towards a double major in Creative Writing and Media Design.  Twenty-four years old, married, and having lived quite a varied life so far, Justine is now working on a variety of manuscripts including a play.  She is one of the two co-owners of G-POP.          Staff Writers   Ismael Manzano: Our resident ranter, Ismael Manzano has been a writer and crazy person all of his life.  Driven by stupid people, places and things as well as a love for the written word, Ismael is currently attending Hunter College for a degree in Media Design and a minor in Creative Writing.  He is always working on writing projects and has several manuscripts in the works.                        Jon Minners:  Representing Morris Park and Throggs Neck in the Bronx, Jon Minners knew his whole life he would be a writer when his writing teacher in elementary school told him he had a knack for the written word.  Never looking back, Mr. Minners moved on to Columbus High School, serving as an editor for the school paper before heading to Baruch College where he served as a News Editor and then the creator of the Asylum, an arts and entertainment publication that became the first supplement to the school paper in its entire history.  Graduating from Baruch, Jon Minners served as an Intern and writer for the Norwood News before heading to the Bronx Times Reporter where he currently serves as the paper’s managing editor.  He has also been featured in freelance articles for ADDitude Magazine and Raw Feed News and had a brief stint as an announcer and columnist for USA Pro Wrestling.  His alter ego Badseed can be seen at www.wrestleview.com where Jon Minners writes a column known as Badseed’s Bottomline.  For several years, Mr. Minners also served as the co-owner of YBFREE.com, an arts and entertainment website that served to look past the mainstream, which has garnered him with quotes on the back of books, DVD boxes, magazine ads and Anime trailers.  While still writing for the publication, Jon Minners wanted to move in a new direction, continuing to focus on the independent, underground market, while adding a different look at the mainstream world and focusing on a global arts and entertainment scene often ignored until it becomes big in America – hence his status as a writer for the hottest website on the planet – G-POP.    Frank Ocasio: As a human child, Frank L. Ocasio enjoyed eating lots of pizza, playing lots of video games, and planning his own series of fantasy novels. Now an adult, Frank L. Ocasio enjoys eating lots of pizza, playing lots of video games, and writing his own series of fantasy novels. Currently working as a tutor at the City College of New York (that’s the City College, not just CUNY), Frank also enjoys putting all of his gaming experience to use here on G-Pop, where he reviews lots of current and classic video games… and a few horrible ones. This heaping, steaming bowl of video game reviews is served with a side order of fantasy novel reviews (for dipping) and just a pinch of reviews for terrible movies (just to add a little kick). Oh, and also, bam.