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This author appeared at the 2009 festival. Please view the list of authors appearing at this year's festival or see our suggestions for similar authors below.
 Sid Jacobson
The Dracula myth has sparked a legacy of endlessly entertaining creepy tales. The fictional character, originally penned by Bram Stoker, was inspired by and named after a real-life fiend – Prince Vlad Dracula, the fifteenth-century ruler of Wallachia – a man infamous for massacring and impaling his enemies. In brilliant four-color illustrations, In Vlad the Impaler, Jacobson, one of America's most accomplished graphic novelists, tells the ghastly prince's life story from his seizure as a boy by the Turkish Sultan, to his love life, to his maniacal attempts to retain power regardless of whose throat he slit. From the bestselling writer and illustrator team who brought us The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation – hailed by Stan Lee as "beautifully and compellingly written and illustrated. . . . It will surely set the standard for all future works of contemporary history, graphic or otherwise" – this graphic novel, based on a true story, is replete with gory details of torture tactics. Jacobson was managing editor at Harvey Comics in New York for more than 25 years, then executive editor at Marvel Comics, and editor in chief at Harvey Los Angeles. He created the iconic characters Richie Rich and Wendy the Little Witch.
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