Greg Rucka's Approach to Crime Fiction as Seen in Stumptown

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Crime fiction is an underrepresented genre in comic books but what can be found is often excellent. This week, I'm breaking down the techniques Greg Rucka uses to write mysteries, with an eye to Stumptown, his series about a private eye named Dex. It was recently adapted into an ABC show so it seemed like a good time to break it all down.

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