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.
Category:Suburbs of Belgrade Category:Populated places in Central Serbia Category:Šumadija
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birth name | Gregory Rucka |
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birth date | November 29, 1969 |
birth place | San Francisco, California |
nationality | American |
area | Writer |
notable works | 52Detective ComicsAction ComicsWolverineGotham CentralWonder WomanQueen & CountryWhiteoutStumptown |
awards | 3 Eisner Awards2004 Harvey Award for Best Single Issue or Story2010 Annual GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comic Book }} |
Gregory "Greg" Rucka (born November 29, 1969) 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 Queen & Country series.
In the 1990s, Rucka would hop onto the comic scene with his highly praised Whiteout, published through Oni Press. Whiteout focuses on a murder in an Antarctic base. It was followed by a sequel, Whiteout: Melt. Rucka would begin a pattern with this book: writing strong, independent female characters. Queen & Country, dealing with British spies, is his longest and most personal work (also published by Oni).
The majority of Rucka's work today is for DC Comics, where he started the most recent volume of Checkmate, and was an instrumental co-writer on the weekly series 52, which he co-wrote with Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, and Mark Waid. Other ongoing series on which Rucka has served as regular writer include Adventures of Superman, which he wrote from April 2004 - March 2006, and Wonder Woman, which he wrote from October 2003 to April 2006.
Gotham Central, the series Rucka co-created with fellow scribe Ed Brubaker, was concluded by Rucka alone after Brubaker left DC to work exclusively with Marvel. Both Rucka and Brubaker had previously dealt with Batman and his supporting cast in Detective Comics, which Rucka wrote on a regular basis following the events of No Man's Land. He also penned the novelization of the year-long arc.
He has also done work for Marvel Comics, including the start of the new (and current) volume of Wolverine, Elektra and the mini-series Ultimate Daredevil and Elektra. He has also worked for Image Comics. The first volume of his series Queen and Country concluded in July 2007 with issue #32.
Rucka also wrote the screenplay for the "Crossfire" segment in the direct-to-DVD anime Batman: Gotham Knight, in which Crispus Allen, a character he created, also appears. In 2009, Rucka and artist Eddy Barrows took over Action Comics from Geoff Johns and Gary Frank as the title moved its focus from Superman to Kryptonian heroes Nightwing and Flamebird in the aftermath of the "New Krypton" story arc. Rucka also returned to the Batman world (albeit without Bruce Wayne due to the aftermath of the "Batman R.I.P.", "Final Crisis" and "Battle for the Cowl" storylines) by returning to Detective Comics with artist J.H. Williams III. Rucka's new tenure on the title focused on the new Batwoman introduced by Rucka in 52.
At Wondercon 2010 Rucka announced he will part ways with DC Comics to focus on his own projects.
Category:1969 births Category:American comics writers Category:Living people Category:People from San Francisco, California Category:Vassar College alumni Category:University of Southern California alumni
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