On today's episode, I talk to Eisner Award-winning comics writer Greg Rucka. Originally from San Francisco, Greg grew up in Salinas, California, AKA "Steinbeck Country", and worked a number of jobs - EMT, fight choreographer - until his writing career took off. His first published novels were his Atticus Kodiak books, which were published by Bantam starting in the mid-'90s. Soon after, Greg began writing comics, creating Whiteout,  Queen & Country and Stumptown for Oni, writing things like 52 and Wonder Woman at DC, Wolverine and Punisher at Marvel, and Lazarus and The Old Guard at Image, the later of which, he also wrote the screenplay for. And this is just a small sampling of his work! Most recently, Greg created The Forged with his co-writer Eric Trautmann at Image, and like everything else he does, it's great! This is the website for Beginnings, subscribe on Apple Podcasts, follow me on Twitter. Check out my free philosophy Substack where I write essays every couple months here and my old casiopop band's lost album here! And the comedy podcast I do with my wife Naomi Couples Therapy can be found here!