Many hardboiled/mystery writers have come into the comic fold
in recent years. Max Allan Collins's involvement actually
dates back to him scripting the Dick Tracy daily strip in the
70's and he originated Ms. Tree as a comic book while also
writing Batman and creating Wild Dog with Terry Beatty for DC
comics in the 80's. In the 90's, Collins worked with his hero
and friend Mickey Spillane on the Mike Danger comic
book.
Greg Rucka's Atticus Kodiak series does predate his comic
work but I spoke to Greg at a comic convention years ago and
he described his longtime love of comics and how he enjoyed
his opportunity to work in the medium. More recently, Brad
Meltzer did a groundbreaking miniseries for DC called
Infinite Crisis and spent a year writing the Justice League.
David Morrell recently did a Captain America minseries and
has more work coming. As was mentioned earlier, Duane
Swiercynski is writing Cable for Marvel and has done some
Punisher work. Charlie Huston has worked on Moon Knight and
Wolverine for Marvel. The work they have all done is variable
in quality and certainly will appeal to you depending on the
subject matter and whether you enjoy comics. I have read all
of the authors' prose work and I would be hardpressed to
identify any of their styles in their comic work.
Pat Lee
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