Sam Loeb (Tales of the Vampires writer) passes away

Sam Loeb, the son of writer Jeph Loeb passed away yesterday, June 16th after a three-year battle with cancer. He was 17 years old.

Sam was a regular figure at conventions, accompanying his father at the DC booth and panels, and was a budding comics writer himself, having penned a six-page story in Dark Horse’s Tales of the Vampires #5 (illustrated by his father’s frequent collaborator, Tim Sale), a spin-off of its Buffy titles.