greg rucka Archives

Sneak Peek At Greg Rucka And Russel Dauterman's Cyclops #1
Coming directly off of The Trail Of Jean Grey, we get the new Cyclops #1 by Eisner Award winner writer Greg Rucka and artist Russel Dauterman. After clashing with the Shi'ar on the edge of deep space, Scott Summers is about to encounter the last person he'd ever expect to meet – his space pirate father! Long thought[...]
Twisted Powers In Veil #2 From Dark Horse
By Dylan Gonzales [*Warning: Spoilers] My initial impressions of Greg Rucka's first issue of Veil from Dark Horse were mixed.  There was nothing inherently wrong with it.  A girl wakes up in the subway with no idea who she is and displays awesome powers.  Powers suggesting that there was clearly something bigger at work.  The story was[...]
Ben Templesmith To Greg Rucka, Bits And Bobs At ECCC
It is written by Xavier Dorison, whose previous works include the wonderful Long John Silver. Greg Rucka reports that once his new series, Veil, completes its five-issue run, we can expect a new series of Stumptown to follow quickly behind This third volume will feature a new artist, Justin Greenwood (of Fuse and Wasteland fame) and,[...]
Pop Culture Hounding Greg Rucka
By Chris Thompson [audio:http://popculturehound.net/podcast/PCHPodcastEpisode78.mp3] Following on from last episode with The Bunker's Joshua Hale Fialkov (which you can still listen to here) – this week I catch up with the incredibly talented writer Greg Rucka (Whiteout, Queen & Country, Lazarus) about his new series Veil, which is out now from Dark Horse Comics! Greg & I chat about[...]
Late Night Fun – J H Williams Original Design Sheets For Batwoman
Over on his blog, Front Toward Enemy, Greg Rucka posted artist J H Williams original character design sheets for Kate Kane / Batwoman he did prior to beginning work on Detective Comics #854. Over on his blog, Front Toward Enemy, Greg Rucka posted artist J H Williams original character design sheets for Kate Kane[...]
More Information On Greg Rucka's New Dark Horse Series Veil
Rich gave us this yesterday, but now we have the official word from Dark Horse that Greg Rucka will be brining his latest heroine to the publisher in the new series Veil. The story opens when a beautiful girl wakes up in an abandoned subway station with no memory of how she got there[...]
Dark Horse Draws On Your Horror At New York Comic Con
When asked how much the comic contains of "comics code moments" in interviews, she replies, "How much time do you have?" Greg Rucka says, "I love the inevitability of horror I'm a guy who thinks Doctor Faustus is great horror" "When all the pieces are laid out right, and I'm not saying I'm doing it right,[...]
Next Year's DC Comics September Event Revealed? Five Years Later (UPDATE)
New 52 launch, Zero Month, Villains Month… So what's for 2014? The New 52 is meant to take place five years after Superman emerges. Well, next September, according to comic professional chatter on the comics convention circuit which has just reached me, it is currently being planned that all books will skip forward, for a month, another five[...]
Signings And Screenings – Offsite Events In New York During Comic Con Week
Here's a sampling of comic-shop based signings and events, as well as two hosted by Columbia University's Butler Library. Greg Rucka, Ales Kot, and Frank Barbiere Sign at Forbidden Planet on October 7th Greg Rucka, Ales Kot, & Frank Barbiere will be at Forbidden Planet in Union Square in New York to sign their new Image Comics[...]
Who Is The Question? Documentary About The DC Character With O'Neil and Rucka
The Question was picked up by DC Comics in 1983 along with the other Charlton characters. The history of the character is told through interviews with Denny O'Neil, Jeffrey Combs (Voiced the character on Justice League Unlimited), Rick Burchett and Greg Rucka. The documentary took Lobstein over a year to put together and was written by John[...]
Is Lazarus Part Of The Crime Syndicate Of America?
From Justice League Of America #4, a look at the latin motto used by the Secret Society Of Super Villains, there to prepare the way for the Crime Syndicate Of Evil.   But who else might be using the coin? From the sold-out Lazarus #2 from Image, a wall emblem in a disc shape using the exact[...]
Lazarus #2 Sells Out Of 35,000 Print Run
But for a second issue? That's golden. Image Comics announced that Lazarus #2 has sold out from Diamond Distributor Comics yesterday, and writer Greg Rucka has told me the print run is in the 35K region. As with the first issue, the second benefited from being fully returnable if retailers ordered lots Bit, of late, the returns[...]
The Oni Press RevoluONIze Comics Panel
James Lucas Jones said there will be more in 2014 and that 2014 will be a big Greg Rucka year at Oni. Joshua Stone writes for Bleeding Cool: The panel included: James Lucas Jones, Oni Editor in Chief.  John Schork, Director of PR at Oni. Joe Harris, Writer – Great Pacific, Wars in Toyland. Rick Spears, Writer – The Auteur. Natalie[...]
The Scary Corporate Sense Of Lazarus #1
Lazarus by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark is (by the author's own admission) "hard sci-fi" but it's also as frightening as it is exciting Frightening like the fear that comes with knowledge, the more you learn the more you know and the more you know the more you fear Knowledge may be power but it's[...]
Michael Lark, On The Ennuii Of Comics And Moving To Creator-Owned Work
Has there been one writer that's stood out above others or a collaborative process that's been easier than others? Anytime I work with Greg Rucka or Ed Brubaker Those two guys, to me, are the best When I get scripts from either of them, I understand intuitively what they want I don't know why I don't[...]
99 Cents For Rucka Punisher And DnA Heroes For Hire On ComiXology
It's just hit Britain, America is less than five hours away, for Marvel's latest ComiXology Sale, the Greg Rucka-launched Punisher #1-9 and the Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning more-female-focused and widespread Heroes For Hire #1-12 coming through at 99 cents or 69 pence each, for Friday. It's just hit Britain, America is less than five[...]
Simon Bisley Was Not Killed In A Hit And Run Incident On BBC One Tonight
Can you notice a common theme between the following names? Simon Bisley, Greg Rucka, Dillon, Hitch, Ellis, Finch… here's a clip. "Simon Bisley was killed in a hit and run incident"… really weird to hear. Writer Simpson tweeted; Wow, people seem to have enjoyed #newtricks tonight I thought casting half of Twitter in it would help. For those asking, Simon[...]
Greg Rucka On Leaving Marvel And DC Behind
With Jupiter's Children and Nemesis 2 both delayed until next year, are we going to get to a point where Mark Millar's CLiNT runs out of Mark Millar material to print? Will we see Unfunnies, Shadowmen and Saviour pulled out from the bottom drawer? Or will it become more of a Mark Millar Presents affair? It's[...]
The Gail Simone/Greg Rucka Question/Huntress Comic That Never Was
It's understandable, but it's also kind of a drag. And at a time when Greg Rucka was still willing to work for DC, spilled a detail about a pitched for comic book that never happened, before the New 52 relaunch. Greg Rucka and I pitched the idea of a Renee Montoya/Helena Bertinelli road trip story that we[...]
Wednesday Runaround – Greg Rucka On Leaving DC Comics
#700 will pass the baton off to what will happen with Spider-Man in the world of Marvel NOW! DC Women Kicking Ass – The Wonder Woman Earth One That Could Have Been Greg Rucka: I, at one point, was supposed to write Wonder Woman Earth One like they did with Superman and Batman JH [Williams] was going to[...]
Image Comics Announces Greg Rucka And Michael Lark's Lazarus
Greg Rucka has just announced at the Image Comics Panel at San Diego Comic Con, his new series with Michael Lark, Lazarus, describing it as "The Godfather meets Children Of Men Hard sci fi in dystopian future, the main character gets hurt a lot, gets up and keeps coming at you."   Greg Rucka has just[...]
Swipe File: Greg Rucka And Steve Niles
This is Greg Rucka, sporting the classic Rucka look. And this is Steve Niles after a recent haircut. In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree They may be homages, parodies, ironic appropriations, jokes, coincidences or works of the lightbox We trust you, the reader, to make that judgment[...]