[Hiddigeigei]

Bulwer-Lytton was a great (or near great writer). It pains me that a contest for bad writing should bear his name because of a line in a comic strip.

130 odd years after his death, some of his novels are still in print. Several movies have been based on his writings as well as a Wagnerian opera. He coined such phrases as "The pen is mightier than the sword' and (although credited elsewhere) "Government of the people, by the people...etc." The latter quote is from his novel Rienzi (1835), which had considerable influence on Northern thinking during the Civil War.

[Tax-chick]

The latter quote is from his novel Rienzi (1835), which had considerable influence on Northern thinking during the Civil War.

And inspired Richard Wagner's first opera.