Sid Jacobson
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Sidney Jacobson
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| Born | Sidney Jacobson October 20, 1929 Brooklyn, New York |
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Notable works
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Richie Rich Hot Stuff Casper the Friendly Ghost The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation |
| Awards | Inkpot Award, 2003 |
Sid Jacobson (born October 20, 1929) is an American writer, having worked in the fields of children's comic books, popular music, fiction, biography, and non-fiction comics. He was managing editor and editor in chief for Harvey Comics. Jacobson is also known for his late-career collaborations with artist Ernie Colón, including such nonfiction graphic novels as The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation and Anne Frank: The Anne Frank House Authorized Graphic Biography.
Jacobson graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School and then New York University, where he majored in journalism. His first jobs out of school were at the New York tabloid The Compass and the horse racing paper The Morning Telegraph.
In the 1950s and 1960s, while working at Harvey Comics, Jacobson wrote songs for such pop acts as Frankie Avalon ("A Boy Without a Girl"), Earl Grant ("(At) The End (of a Rainbow)"), Dion and the Belmonts, and Johnny Mathis—despite the fact that Jacobson didn't read music. It was at Harvey that Jacobson met artist Ernie Colón, whose work he edited for many years, both there and, later, at Star Comics.
After his long stint at Harvey, Jacobson moved on to become an executive editor at Marvel Comics, where he helped create the children's imprint Star Comics. In addition to editing the entire Star line, Jacobson contributed scripts to some of the titles such as Wally the Wizard and Top Dog. He wrote comics adaptations of the films Santa Claus: The Movie (1985), Labyrinth (1986), Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (1987), and Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (1988).
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