“The worst thing that can happen for a writer is for a writer to start believing their own press. I think the industry, and the comics industry in particular, is littered with the bodies of writers who believed their own press. And you can see the moment they did, and then the work nosedives.”

American writer

Gregory Rucka is an American writer known for crime fiction and comics. He has written the Atticus Kodiak novels and created the comic series Whiteout, Queen & Country, Stumptown and Lazarus. He is also known for long runs on major superhero titles at DC Comics and Marvel, including Detective Comics, Wonder Woman, Gotham Central, Elektra, Wolverine and The Punisher. His work has also included substantial tie-in material for company-wide crossover events such as No Man's Land, Infinite Crisis and New Krypton.