Along with novelist Barry Gifford (Wild at Heart: The Story of Sailor and Lula) and poet Liz Henry (Unruly Islands, Mother Frankenstein), Greg will be taking part in the spontaneous show that mixes literary figures and the hard stuff.

There’s a $5 to $10 sliding scale cover. All proceeds benefit the Center for Sex and Culture.

The show will take place Saturday, May 12, at The Make-Out Room 3225 22nd. St., San Francisco CA, from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM, doors open at 7 PM.

He’ll be signing at booth 101 on Friday, May 4, from 6:00 to 7:00PM, Saturday from 12:30 to 2:00PM, and again from 6:30 to 8:00PM, and on Sunday from 10:30AM until noon.

You can also catch Greg, Jen Van Meter and Craig Thompson on the “My Way” panel on Thursday, May 3, from 4:30 to 5:45PM.

Greg will be speaking on the subject of writing women in fiction tonight at the University of Puget Sound. Here’s how they describe the event:

Greg Rucka, a prolific writer of novels and comics, is coming to the University of Puget Sound to present on writing women in fiction.

Greg has written a plethora of novels as well as major comic characters like Batwoman, Wonder Woman, Superman, Batman, Daredevil, Wolverine, and more. He is also the current writer on The Punisher.

In addition to mainstream work, Greg has published independent series like Whiteout, Queen & Country, and Stumptown. He also maintains an ongoing webcomic with artist Rick Burchett – Lady Sabre & The Pirates of the Ineffable Aether. All four of these series feature female lead characters.

He has been nominated and won many awards including: Eisner, Harvey, and a GLAAD award.

Please join us in welcoming this great writer to our campus and engaging in his presentation on writing women in fiction.

THE EVENT IS FREE.

You’re more than welcome and encouraged to share this event with your friends.

This event is brought to you by ASUPS, the English Department, and Communication Studies Student Association.

For more information, see the Facebook event page.

If you can’t make it out to the University of Puget Sound, you’ll have another chance to see Greg this weekend as he heads to the Vancouver Fan Expo.

The Expo takes place this Saturday and Sunday at the Vancouver Convention Centre, in, of course, Vancouver Canada. You can find Greg at table P14, and he’ll be taking part in the Rock Star Comic Creator Super Panel (with Len Wein, Kathryn and Stuart Immonen, and Yannick Paquete) on Saturday at 6PM.

On Saturday, Greg will be on the Crime Comics panel, also featuring Ed Brubaker and moderated by Dr. Ben Saunders of the University of Oregon, from noon to 1pm, room 3AB. And on Sunday, he’ll take part in Marvel: The Next Big Thing, Room 4C3-4, from 2 to 3.

Greg will have books for sale, and Lady Sabre t-shirts. There is no charge for signing books, nor any obligation to buy books to get a signature. He will be able to process credit cards as well as take cash.

We’ve recently updated our appearances page with a number of other convention appearances and book signings. Expect to hear more about those in the near future!

March 30-April 1
Washington State Convention Center
Seattle, WA

Look for Greg at table G-07!

For more, see the Emerald City Comicon website!

May 3-6
Fira de Barcelona in Montjuic
Barcelona, Spain

For more information, see the Salón Internacional del Cómic de Barcelona website!

May 22, 7-9:00 PM

3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd.
Beaverton, OR 97005

Come out and celebrate the publication of Greg’s newest novel, ALPHA!

For the visitors to Wilsonville, the largest theme park in the world, the day begins with a smile. But, by the end, they start to wonder: will they escape with their lives? Undercover Delta Force operator, Master Sergeant Jonathan “Jad” Bell has been deployed to act as Wilsonville’s lead undercover security officer. The threat begins with the announcement of a hidden dirty bomb, but quickly becomes something far, far worse.

Trained since the age of 18 to save innocent victims from impossible hostage situations, Jad scrambles to assess the threat and protect the visitors. He will come face to face with a villain whose training matches his in every way—and presents a danger Jad may not be able to stop.

Art by Matthew Southworth

Greg was named as a Pacific Northwest College of Art Graphic Literature Award finalist today, alongside Graham Annable, Aidan Koch, Sarah Oleksyk, and Joe Sacco. Greg was honored for his work on Stumptown, the series from Oni Press with art by Matthew Southworth that focuses on Dex Parios, a private investigator who runs Portland’s Stumptown Investigations.

A ceremony will be held April 23. For more on the Oregon Book Awards, see the write-up on Oregon Live.

This was one of the easiest things I’ve been asked to do in the entirety of 2011, frankly.

You can read it here. Better, you can get the books and read them, because they truly are wonderful.

Cheers!

Greg