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not dead yet, so plan your estate
not dead yet
An estate planning handbook
and graphic novel by
so plan your estate
AT T O R N E Y AT L A W
Eric G. Matlin
An estate planning handbook and graphic novel by
Eric G. Matlin
A T T O R N E Y
A T
L A W
Troy Locker Palmer
Gabriel Bautista
I n t er i o r i l l u s t r a t i o n s / G r a p h i c N o v el illu s t r at ed an d co - wr it t en by
G r a p h i c N o v e l co lo r an d des ig n by
Author: Eric G. Matlin
Category: Law, Estate Planning
Print ISBN: 978-0-9912462-2-9
Author Bio
Book Bio
Testimonials
Target Audience
Book Excerpt
Speaking Engagements
Contact Author
Author Bio
Eric Matlin is a graduate of DePaul
University and The John Marshall
Law School. He was admitted
to practice law in 1978 and has
written estate plans for people with
a negative net worth to people
worth over $10 million. Eric is
a member of the Chicago Bar
Association, the National Academy
of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA).
Eric’s first book, Procrastinator’s
Guide, was published in 2004, by
the New American Library division
of Penguin Group USA.
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and graphic novel by
Eric G. Matlin
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Book Bio
not dead yet, so plan your estate
not dead yet
An estate planning handbook
and graphic novel by
so plan your estate
AT T O R N E Y AT L A W
Eric G. Matlin
An estate planning handbook and graphic novel by
Eric G. Matlin
A T T O R N E Y
A T
L A W
Troy Locker Palmer
Gabriel Bautista
I n t er i o r i l l u s t r a t i o n s / G r a p h i c N o v el illu s t r at ed an d co - wr it t en by
G r a p h i c N o v e l co lo r an d des ig n by
Author: Eric G. Matlin
Category: Law, Estate Planning
Print ISBN: 978-0-9912462-2-9
Author and estate planning
attorney Eric G. Matlin has
combined an estate planning
handbook with a graphic
novel story featuring a hero’s
estate planning epiphany and a
happily-ever-after ending.
Not Dead Yet (NDY) explains
estate planning in a manner
anyone can understand.
Featuring a fully illustrated
graphic novel that functions as
a book within a book, NDY is
targeted for individuals from
18-98 years old.
Testimonials
“It’s a tour de force of insight, encouragement,
and entertainment all rolled together into a very
approachable and immensely helpful book.”
Larry Kopald
Kopald/Stranger
“This engaging book should help lots of people get
up to speed fast on the importance and nuts and
bolts of estate planning. Lots of useful info, but the
cartoons are the best part---funny, scary, and (sadly)
all too realistic.”
Attorney Natalie Choate
Author of Life and Death Planning for Retirement
Benefits (7th Ed., 2011)
“Eric Matlin’s book has a refreshing perspective
and a creative angle I have not seen in any previous
publication. Discover the tragedies that can occur
without estate planning by reading this graphic novel.
Then learn how to prevent your own disasters with the
text chapters on estate law. It will appeal to all!”
Rev. James E. Swarthout, M. Div., M.S.W., CAADC, CIP
Rosecrance Health Network
Target Audience
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WHO SHOULD READ
• Everyone from 18 to 98 years old
• Families
• Parents
• Clergy
• Medical professionals
• Legal professionals
• College students
AT T O R N E Y AT L A W
Eric G. Matlin
An estate planning handbook and graphic novel by
Eric G. Matlin
A T T O R N E Y
A T
L A W
Troy Locker Palmer
Gabriel Bautista
Inter i o r i l l us tr ati o ns / Gr ap h i c N ov e l i l l u s t r a t e d a n d c o- w r i t t e n b y
Gr ap hi c N ov e l c o l o r a n d d e s i gn b y
BOOK BENEFITS
• A fully illustrated graphic novel that functions as a book within a book.
• Best book to help one learn about estate planning because it’s one you
may actually read.
• Authored by an attorney with 27-years of state planning experience, it
combines a story with a hero along with actual, factual legal information.
• The reader is engaged by reading the estate planning nightmares of the
hero, Don. He experiences a disruption of time-space continuum, an
epiphany and a happily-ever-after ending.
• In addition to the story, the reader has 24 chapters of compelling legal
text to help everyone plan for the inevitable and the possible.
• Special emphasis is on inspiring young adults to make health care
power of attorney decisions.
Book Excerpt
C h ap t er 1 : T ie Up Lo o s e End s , W hi l e Yo u Ca n S t i l l Ma k e a K no t
The Big Roulette Wheel
Estate planning is the most concrete step you can take toward achieving goals that can only be
met in your amorphous future. At its most basic, an estate plan simplifies the transition from
life to death and aims to circumvent any foreseeable problems. Now is the time to contemplate
your relationships with friends and family and envision the consequences of failing to plan.
Imagine that unexpected events suddenly render you nonexistent or a shadow of your
former self. Visualize your last brush with disaster. Was it crossing the street, oblivious to a
car streaking out from a blind side? Stumbling off a ladder without a spotter? Or one of the
countless other, often forgotten, narrow escapes littering the game of life?
Even if none of this seems relevant now, it makes no sense to ignore a shared common
denominator: Your final epochal moment may be lurking just around the corner. And wearing
blinders will not prevent it.
The truth is that no one lives forever. Some of us are cut down in our prime. I may be dead
already, but you are not there
(yet). The roulette wheel
of life eventually spins its
last for the most powerful
athlete, the wealthiest miser,
the wisest sage, and the most
precious child.
Whether you die two weeks
from Thursday on a treadmill
at the gym or decades
from now, peacefully and
surrounded by family love,
you have many reasons not
to neglect the legal aspects
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Speaking Engagements
Eric G. Matlin, Estate Planning Attorney
Eric Matlin, author of The Procrastinator’s Guide to Wills & Estate Planning and Not Dead Yet - so
plan your estate, is available for speaking engagements. He made many appearances in connection
with his book and routinely makes himself available to groups looking for estate planning and estate
administration speakers. If you would you like to book Eric Matlin for a seminar, radio, or other media
appearance, please contact us.
RADIO APPEARANCES
• WGN Radio 720 AM, Chicago, “The Steve
Cochran Show”
• XM Satellite Radio (169 The Power)
& Simulcast on Radio One, Washington D.C.
& Baltimore, Maryland “Love & Money”, Hosted
by Yolanda Gaskins.
• CourtTV.Com - Hosted by Vinnie Politan
- Discussed Anna Nicole Smith and Guest
Appearances on Vinnie’s Dream Team
Call-In Show.
• WBEZ 91.5, Chicago, NPR “Sound Money”,
Hosted by Kai Ryssdal.
• In Charge Radio, Nationally syndicated, Hosted
by Mike Schiano.
• WKRS 1220 AM “Voice of Lake County”,
Lake County, Illinois, Hosted by Libby Collins.
• CBS Radio, Pittsburgh, Tracy Morgan
• LIVE 105.3 FM Dallas, Texas, “The Everitt
Newton Show”
• WDWS 1400 AM Champaign-Urbana,
“Gary O’Brian & Friends” Show
SEMINARS, BOOK SIGNINGS
& OTHER PRESENTATIONS
• City of Highland Park Senior Services
• Rolling Meadows Library
• Wauconda Area Public Library
• Glenview Public Library
• Warren Newport Public Library
• Vernon Area Public Library
• Fremont Public Library
• Evanston Public Library
• Morton Grove Public Library
• Indian Trails Public Library
• Mt. Prospect Public Library
• Skokie Public Library
• Glencoe Public Library
• OASIS Men’s Group, Northbrook
• Lynch McPeek Group of Smith Barney
• Nicoat - Itasca, IL
• Quill Corporation - Lincolnshire, IL
• Polish Women’s Civic Club - Niles, IL
• Sedgebrook Retirement Living - Lincolnshire, IL
Contact Author
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 847-770-6600
Website: notdeadyetbook.net
Eric G. Matlin