Author: Greg Hatcher

Prior to his untimely passing in October of 2021, Greg Hatcher was a longtime columnist and author and the primary founder of Atomic Junk Shop; all of the other founding contributors were invited by him. His Author's bio at the time of his death follows. Greg has been writing for one outlet or another since 1992. He was a contributing editor at WITH magazine for over a decade and during that time was a three-time winner of the Higher Goals Award for children's writing; once for fiction and twice for non-fiction. Following that, he did a weekly column for Comic Book Resources as one of the rotating features on the Comics Should Be Good! blog for eleven years, before moving on to this current gig at Atomic Junk Shop. He also teaches writing in the Young Authors classes offered as part of the YMCA's Afterschool Arts Program in west Seattle, for students in the 6th through the 12th grade. A fan of pulp fiction ever since he discovered the Doc Savage paperback reprints from Bantam Books in the 1970s, he has contributed a number of action-adventure stories to various 'new pulp' anthologies in recent years. Likewise a lifelong mystery fan, he has also written Nero Wolfe pastiches for the Wolfe Pack Gazette and several Sherlock Holmes adventures for the Airship 27 CONSULTING DETECTIVE series. He lives in Burien, Washington, with his wife Julie, their cat Magdalene, and ten thousand books and comics.

The Greg Hatcher Legacy Files #17: ‘Saturday on the Fence’

Books, Comics, Comics Culture, Greg Hatcher, Pop culture, Science Fiction, TV

The Greg Hatcher Legacy Files #17: ‘Saturday on the Fence’

By Greg Hatcher March 3, 2023 February 24, 2023 itemprop="discussionURL"10

Old-school comics AND Star Trek? Greg is on fire in this post!

The Greg Hatcher Legacy Files #16: ‘A Friday chat with Fall of Cthulhu’s Michael Nelson’

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The Greg Hatcher Legacy Files #16: ‘A Friday chat with Fall of Cthulhu’s Michael Nelson’

By Greg Hatcher February 28, 2023 February 24, 2023 itemprop="discussionURL"0

Greg interviews! Like a real journalist and everything!

The Greg Hatcher Legacy Files #15: ‘Saturday’s Annual Inventory’

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The Greg Hatcher Legacy Files #15: ‘Saturday’s Annual Inventory’

By Greg Hatcher February 24, 2023 February 19, 2023 itemprop="discussionURL"5

I love these kinds of posts from Greg, because I’ve forgotten some of the things that were being published back then!

The Greg Hatcher Legacy Files #14: ‘Friday at the Big Bang … maybe?’

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The Greg Hatcher Legacy Files #14: ‘Friday at the Big Bang … maybe?’

By Greg Hatcher February 21, 2023 February 19, 2023 itemprop="discussionURL"11

Did someone at DC read this column? Could be …

The Greg Hatcher Legacy Files #13: ‘Friday Under the Sea’

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The Greg Hatcher Legacy Files #13: ‘Friday Under the Sea’

By Greg Hatcher February 17, 2023 February 16, 2023 itemprop="discussionURL"4

Come for the history, stay for the grumpiness!

The Greg Hatcher Legacy Files #12: ‘Friday’s Marketing Survey, and Other Stuff’

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The Greg Hatcher Legacy Files #12: ‘Friday’s Marketing Survey, and Other Stuff’

By Greg Hatcher February 14, 2023 February 14, 2023 itemprop="discussionURL"12

Survey time, boys and girls!

The Greg Hatcher Legacy Files #11: ‘Friday’s (and Saturday’s) Annual Inventory’

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The Greg Hatcher Legacy Files #11: ‘Friday’s (and Saturday’s) Annual Inventory’

By Greg Hatcher February 10, 2023 February 5, 2023 itemprop="discussionURL"7

Culling the pull list is always fun!