Greg Rucka

Gregory "Greg" Rucka is an American comic book writer and novelist, known for his work on such comics as Action Comics, Batwoman, Detective Comics, and the miniseries Superman: World of New Krypton for DC Comics, and for novels such as his Atticus Kodiak series.

Early life

Greg Rucka was born on November 29, 1969 in San Francisco and raised on the Monterey Peninsula of California, in an area known to the locals as "Steinbeck Country". He first discovered comics at the Nob Hill Market in Salinas, California, where at age five, he first saw digest-sized black and white reprints of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's work on The Incredible Hulk, which he convinced his mother to buy. He began writing at a young age, and at age 10, he won a county-wide short story contest. He graduated from Vassar College with an A.B. in English. He then enrolled in the University of Southern California's Master of Professional Writing program, graduating with a Master of Fine Arts. He names Douglas Adams as his biggest influence.

Rucka

Rucka (Serbian Cyrillic: Руцка) is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in the municipality of Čukarica.

Rucka is the southernmost and the least populated settlement in the municipality of Čukarica. It is located just 1.5 km west of Umka, with which it makes a continuous built-up urban area, so in the future much smaller Rucka (population of 317, Census 2002) might be annexed to Umka (population of 5,292, Census 2002).

Rucka is one of the smallest settlements in the City of Belgrade area, and being classified as an urban, one of the smallest towns in Serbia.

Coordinates: 44°40′N 20°19′E / 44.667°N 20.317°E / 44.667; 20.317