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.

Comics Culture, Greg Hatcher

Boy, I wonder, Boy Wonder….

By Greg Hatcher October 14, 2018 October 14, 2018 itemprop="discussionURL"7

Of all the things the new TITANS television series gets wrong, the Dick Grayson stuff is the most grating. But it’s certainly not a NEW mistake….it’s been going on since the Boy Wonder became the Teen Wonder.

Greg Hatcher, Mystery and Mayhem

Murderous Rehearsals

By Greg Hatcher October 7, 2018 October 7, 2018 itemprop="discussionURL"3

The last column I did was about alcoholism and recovery, and the week before that, one about fair-play mysteries. This one combines both.

Culture, Greg Hatcher

Watching the Douchebro Death Spiral: I Was That Guy

By Greg Hatcher September 30, 2018 September 30, 2018 itemprop="discussionURL"8

Watching the horror show that was the news this week, I was forcibly reminded of a lot of stuff that hasn’t aged well… and of personal things I’d rather forget.

Greg Hatcher, Mystery and Mayhem

Fair Play!

By Greg Hatcher September 22, 2018 September 26, 2018 itemprop="discussionURL"16

My favorite “fair play” mysteries, wherein the audience must match wits with the detective.

Greg Hatcher

Hatcher’s Junk Drawer #9: Just Stuff

By Greg Hatcher September 15, 2018 September 16, 2018 itemprop="discussionURL"9

Sometimes there just isn’t a column’s worth of things to say about anything. Sometimes there’s just a paragraph or two. So here are several of those, hooked together to make a column.

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Professional Fan Fiction

By Greg Hatcher September 9, 2018 September 9, 2018 itemprop="discussionURL"11

Sometimes even working professionals just need to get their fanboy on.

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Itching and Scratching

By Greg Hatcher September 2, 2018 September 3, 2018 itemprop="discussionURL"7

It’s like an itch you can’t scratch. Chances are, scratching it isn’t really worth it, but it nags at you anyway. I’m talking about books or movies or TV shows that you start, but for whatever reason, you can’t finish.