Koren Shadmi is an award-winning illustrator and cartoonist. He studied illustration at The School of Visual Arts in New York where he now teaches. Koren’s graphic novels have been published in the US, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Poland, Korea and Israel. His latest book, Rise of The Dungeon Master: Gary Gygax and The Creation of D&D (Nation Books), is a collaboration with esteemed tech writer David Kushner. Koren has contributed illustrations and comics to: The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, BusinessWeek, Playboy, Mother Jones, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Wired and others.
“Lugosi is nothing short of a masterpiece. With riveting style and
a storyline that drives full-tilt from the opening panels, Shadmi
tells the tale of the man behind Dracula—his immigrant struggles,
his wild love life, his dope fiend torments, his heinous treatment
at the hands of studio moguls—with such vision and heart, you find
yourself rooting for the monster from beginning to end. It is
Shadmi’s special genius to render his subject an Everyman, so that
his story is the story of every artist trying to live off their art
only to be ground to pulp by the real bloodsuckers, the Hollywood
execs who feast on talent, who bleed genius until there’s
nothing left but memories and pain.”
*—Jerry Stahl (Permanent Midnight, Hemingway & Gellhorn)*
“Poignant and informative.”
*—Joe Dante (The Howling, The Twilight Zone: The Movie,
Gremlins)*
“Lugosi welcomes you to explore the life of one of film history’s
most evocative, mysterious figures in a journey that’s both
haunting and humanizing, something cut from the cloth of Adrian
Tomine and the Coen Brothers alike. A moving bildungsroman…with
bite!”
*—Steve Orlando (Commanders in Crisis, Wonder Woman, Rainbow
Bridge)*
“With a cultural icon as large as Bela Lugosi, it’s easy to
forget he lived a whole life off-screen, one as complex as it is
tragic. Shadmi’s book reminds us that, more than fangs and a cape,
Lugosi was an artist, a lush, a romantic, and a wonderfully flawed
human being consumed by all sorts of monsters.”
*—Lonnie Nadler (Black Stars Above, X-Men)*
“A fascinating look at the most infamous face of Hollywood Horror,
Lugosi offers a beautiful deep-dive into the life and career of
Bela Lugosi that is not to be missed.”
*—Stephanie Phillips (Harley Quinn, The Butcher of Paris)*
“Lugosi is one of those characters you always come across if
you’re obsessed with Hollywood or movie monsters. Whether it’s the
iconic voice or his rivalry with Boris Karloff, the idea of the man
lingers long. Koren’s wonderful graphic novel beautifully depicts
the real monsters lying beneath the skin of a man we asked to
portray one.”
*—Sean Lewis (Bliss, Superman, Coyotes)*
“Lugosi is a fantastic, wonderfully illustrated look at the
real life of the man behind Dracula.”
*—Jeremy Haun (The Realm, The Red Mother, Haunthology)*
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