For the next 12 weeks, we will take a look at the 12 hardcover books that I’ve managed to get autographed by the author over the years.  We start off today with Smoker, the third entry in Greg Rucka’s Atticus Kodiak series.  Released in 1999, I read the book in 2000, one of 3 Rucka novels I consumed that year.

I can narrow down the source of the autograph to one of two locations: San Diego Comic Con or Wizard World Chicago (nee the Chicago Comic Con).  I attended San Diego in 2000 and 2003 and all of the local cons between the books release until the late 2000s.  Rucka was a regular attendee at these cons, as he was moving back and forth between Marvel and DC at the time.