Scott Snyder
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Born | New York City, New York, United States | January 1, 1976
Occupation | Writer |
Genre | Fantasy, horror, superhero fantasy |
Notable works | American Vampire Batman Detective Comics Iron Man: Noir Nation X Batman: Gates of Gotham Dark Nights: Metal Justice League Dark Nights: Death Metal |
Scott Snyder is an American writer. He is known for his 2006 short story collection Voodoo Heart, and his comic book writing, including American Vampire, Detective Comics, Batman, Batman: Gates of Gotham, Swamp Thing, and Justice League.
Early life[]
At the age of nine, Snyder attended a summer camp where one of the counselors read Stephen King's Eyes of the Dragon to him over the summer, an experience that Snyder says "really jump-started my love of story-telling." He was also influenced by the writing of Denis Johnson, Raymond Carver, Rick Bass, Joy Williams, Elizabeth McKracken, Stephen King, Tobias Wolff, and George Saunders. In comics, he has named Alan Moore and Frank Miller as his favorite writers.[1]
Snyder graduated from Brown University in 1998 with a degree in creative writing, and then worked at Walt Disney World for about a year.[2] He initially worked as a custodian, but after he injured his shoulder and started to have some problems with his co-workers, he auditioned and worked as some of the characters.[3] Snyder's Disney World stint strongly influenced his writing; he later recalled, "it did a world of good for my writing ... All the things I ended up writing about, those things that are deeply frightening to me—fear of commitment and growing up, fear of losing loved ones, the wonder and terror of falling in love—all of it was constantly being played out all around me in this weird, cartoonish, magnified way at Disney."[2]
Career[]
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Prose fiction[]
His first collection of stories, , was published by the Dial Press in June 2006. The collection received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Booklist, and was a Kirkus Reviews "Hot Debut" of the year. The New York Times published a positive review by author Andrew Sean Greer in the Sunday Book Review.[4]
Stephen King picked two of the included stories—"Wreck" and "Dumpster Tuesday"—for the 2007 The Best American Short Stories anthology shortlist. Voodoo Heart was shortlisted for The Story Prize in 2006.[5]
In 2008, Snyder wrote a short story called The Thirteenth Egg for the anthology Who Can Save Us Now? Brand-New Superheroes and Their Amazing (Short) Stories.
Snyder taught writing at New York University,[6] Columbia University,[7] and Sarah Lawrence College.[8]
Comics[]
In 2009, Snyder began writing for Marvel Comics. His first foray into the genre was a one-shot focusing on the first Human Torch, part of Marvel's 70th anniversary celebrations. He later wrote the four-issue miniseries, Iron Man: Noir, which debuted in April 2010.[9]
Vertigo began publishing American Vampire,[10] Snyder's first creator-owned ongoing series, in March 2010.[11] The first five issues feature an original storyline by Stephen King.[12][13] American Vampire won the 2011 Eisner Award for Best New Series, as well as the 2011 Harvey Award for Best New Series.
His run as writer of Detective Comics began with issue No. 871 (Jan. 2011) of that title,[14] which marked the beginning of his exclusive contract with DC Comics.[15] He and Kyle Higgins wrote the Batman: Gates of Gotham miniseries which debuted in May 2011.[16]
Beginning in September 2011, Snyder became the writer of both Batman[17][18] and a new Swamp Thing ongoing series as part of The New 52, DC Comics' company-wide relaunch of all of its titles.[19][20][21] Snyder's Batman series was creating a number of critically and fan-acclaimed stories, and reinventing classic characters for DC’s then-new continuity.[22] Snyder later became the co-writer of Talon, a spin-off of the "Court of Owls" storyline in Batman, which focused on a rogue Talon from the Court.[23][24]
It was announced at the 2012 New York Comic Con[25] that Snyder would be writing a new Superman ongoing series, titled Superman Unchained, with art by Jim Lee. The series began publication in June 2013.[26]
Snyder left the Swamp Thing series as of issue #18 (May 2013) and began writing The Wake, a 10-issue, ocean-based horror miniseries drawn by Snyder's American Vampire: Survival Of The Fittest collaborator Sean Murphy.[9] The series follows marine biologist Lee Archer, who along with the Department of Homeland Security, discovers a potential threat to humanity that may involve strange, humanoid creatures that inhabit the ocean depths. The story shifts between three time periods: the near future, two centuries in the future and the distant past. The covers of the first five issues form a mural when placed side by side.[27][28][29]
The same month, DC published a Free Comic Book Day sneak preview of Superman Unchained,[9] an ongoing series written by Snyder and illustrated by Jim Lee, which was later published on June 12, 2013, and intended to coincide with the feature film Man of Steel, which opened two days later. Snyder explained his approach to the series: "The way to approach a character as iconic as him is you just come at it from a standpoint of what you love the most about the character, and then write a story that explores that, tear it down and build it back up."[30]
Snyder was one of the co-writers of the Batman Eternal series which launched in April 2014.[31] The second run of Batman Eternal, retitled as Batman & Robin Eternal launched on October 7, 2015.[32][33] In 2016, Snyder and artist John Romita Jr. collaborated on the All-Star Batman series as part of the DC Rebirth relaunch.[34][35]
Snyder and Capullo launched the Dark Nights: Metal limited series in August 2017.[36][37] Snyder and artist Andy Kubert created the New Challengers, part of The New Age of DC Heroes line.[38][39] Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque crafted "The Fifth Season" chapter in Action Comics #1000 (June 2018).[40]
He co-wrote Justice League: No Justice with Joshua Williamson and James Tynion IV, with art by Francis Manapul.[41] Following that, Snyder re-launched the main Justice League series with art from Jim Cheung and Jorge Jimenez, while Williamson and Tynion wrote the companion series Justice League Odyssey and Justice League Dark, respectively.[42]
Personal life[]
Snyder has a wife[27] named Jeanie and two sons named Jack and Emmett.[43] On March 3, 2019, Snyder announced that they were expecting another child in May.[44] Their child, a son named Quinn, was born on May 4, 2019.[45]
Awards[]
- 2011 Eisner Award for Best New Series (with Stephen King and Rafael Albuquerque for American Vampire)[46]
- 2011 Harvey Award for Best New Series (with Stephen King and Rafael Albuquerque for American Vampire)[47]
- 2012 Eagle Award for Best Writer[48]
- 2012 Stan Lee Award for Best Ongoing Series (Detective Comics)[49]
- 2012 Stan Lee Award for Best Writer[50]
- 2012 Stan Lee Award for Man of the Year[50]
- 2014 Eisner Award for Best Limited Series (with Sean Murphy for The Wake)[51]
- 2019 Inkpot Award[52][53]
Nominations[]
- 2011 Eagle Award for Favourite Newcomer Writer[54]
- 2011 Eagle Award for Favourite New Comic Book (with Stephen King and Rafael Albuquerque for American Vampire)
- 2011 Harvey Award for Most Promising New Talent[55]
- 2012 Goodreads Choice Awards for Best Graphic Novels & Comics (for Batman, Vol. 1: The Court of Owls)
- 2013 Harvey Award for Best Writer (for Batman)[56]
- 2014 Eisner Award for Best Writer (for Batman (DC); American Vampire, The Wake)[51]
Bibliography[]
Early work[]
- (collection of short prose stories, 288 pages, The Dial Press, 2006, ISBN 0-385-33841-4)
- : "The Thirteenth Egg" (short prose story illustrated by Gary Panter; 432 pages, Free Press, 2008, ISBN 1-4165-6644-9)
- Marvel:
- Human Torch Comics 70th Anniversary Special (with , one-shot, 2009) collected in Timely 70th Anniversary Collection (hc, 280 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-3899-4)
- Nation X #1: "Testament" (with David López, anthology, 2010) collected in X-Men: Nation X (hc, 360 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-3873-0; tpb, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4103-0)
- Iron Man Noir #1–4 (with , 2010) collected as Iron Man Noir (hc, 112 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4727-6; tpb, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-4728-4)
DC Comics[]
- American Vampire:
- American Vampire (with Rafael Albuquerque, (#9–11), Danijel Žeželj (#12), Jordi Bernet (#19–21), Roger Cruz (#26) and Riccardo Burchielli (#27), Vertigo, 2010–2013) collected as:
- Volume 1 (collects #1–5, hc, 200 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2830-5; tpb, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-2974-3)
- Volume 2 (collects #6–11, hc, 160 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-3069-5; tpb, 2012, ISBN 1-4012-3070-9)
- Volume 3 (collects #12–18, hc, 288 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-4012-3333-3; tpb, 2012, ISBN 1-4012-3334-1)
- Includes the 5-issue spin-off limited series American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest (written by Snyder, art by Sean Gordon Murphy, 2011)
- Volume 4 (collects #19–27, hc, 208 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-4012-3718-5; tpb, 2013, ISBN 1-4012-3719-3)
- Volume 5 (collects #28–34, hc, 280 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-4012-3770-3; tpb, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-3771-1)
- Includes the 5-issue spin-off limited series American Vampire: The Lord of Nightmares (written by Snyder, art by Dustin Nguyen, 2012)
- Omnibus Volume 1 (collects #1–27, Survival of the Fittest #1–5 and The Lord of Nightmares #1–5, hc, 984 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-4012-8483-3)
- American Vampire Volume 6 (hc, 144 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-4708-3; tpb, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-4929-9) collects:
- American Vampire: The Long Road to Hell (written and drawn by Rafael Albuquerque from a plot by Snyder and Albuquerque, one-shot, Vertigo, 2013)
- American Vampire Anthology #1: "The Man Comes Around" (with Rafael Albuquerque, Vertigo, 2013)
- Also includes a number of stories from various other creators:
- "Lost Colony" (written by Jason Aaron, drawn by Declan Shalvey)
- "Bleeding Kansas" (written by Rafael Albuquerque, drawn by Ivo Milazzo)
- "Canadian Vampire" (written by Jeff Lemire, drawn by )
- "Greed" (written and drawn by Becky Cloonan)
- "The Producers" (written and drawn by Francesco Francavilla)
- "Essence of Life" (written by Gail Simone, drawn by Tula Lotay)
- "Last Night" (written and drawn by Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon)
- "Portland, 1940" (written by Greg Rucka, drawn by John Paul Leon)
- Also includes a number of stories from various other creators:
- American Vampire: Second Cycle (with Rafael Albuquerque and (#5), Vertigo, 2014–2016) collected as:
- American Vampire Volume 7 (collects #1–5, hc, 144 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-4012-4882-9; tpb, 2015, ISBN 1-4012-5432-2)
- American Vampire Volume 8 (collects #6–11, hc, 168 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-4012-5433-0; tpb, 2016, ISBN 1-4012-6258-9)
- American Vampire Anthology #2: "Opening Shot" (with Rafael Albuquerque) and "Brother's Keeper" (with Afua Richardson, Vertigo, 2016)
- Also includes a number of stories from various other creators:
- "Teahouse" (written by Joëlle Jones, drawn by )
- "Bride" (written by Marguerite Bennett, drawn by )
- "The Bleeding Nun" (written by Clay McLeod Chapman, drawn by Richard Isanove)
- "The Cut" (written by Steve Orlando, drawn by )
- "Traveling Companion" (written by Elliott Kalan, drawn by )
- "When the Cold Wind Blows" (written by , drawn by )
- "England's Dreaming" (written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by )
- "Devil's Own Luck" (written by Rafael Albuquerque, drawn by )
- Also includes a number of stories from various other creators:
- American Vampire 1976 #1–10 (with Rafael Albuquerque, DC Black Label, 2020–2021) collected as American Vampire 1976 (hc, 264 pages, 2021, ISBN 1-7795-1267-8)
- American Vampire (with Rafael Albuquerque, (#9–11), Danijel Žeželj (#12), Jordi Bernet (#19–21), Roger Cruz (#26) and Riccardo Burchielli (#27), Vertigo, 2010–2013) collected as:
- Batman:
- Detective Comics:
- Batman: The Black Mirror (hc, 288 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-3206-X; tpb, 2013, ISBN 1-4012-3207-8) collects:
- "The Black Mirror" (with Jock, in #871–873, 2011)
- "Skeleton Cases" (with Francesco Francavilla, in #871–872 and 874, 2011)
- "Lost Boys" (with Francesco Francavilla, in #875, 2011)
- "Hungry City" (with Jock, in #876–878, 2011)
- "Skeleton Key" (with Francesco Francavilla, in #879, 2011)
- "My Dark Architect" (with Jock, in #880, 2011)
- "The Face in the Glass" (with Jock and Francesco Francavilla, in #881, 2011)
- Batman: 80 Years of the Bat Family (tpb, 400 pages, 2020, ISBN 1-7795-0658-9) includes:
- "Batman's Longest Case" (with Greg Capullo, co-feature in #1000, 2019)
- Joker: 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular: "Scars" (with Jock, anthology one-shot, 2020)
- "As Always" (with Ivan Reis, co-feature in #1027, 2020)
- Batman: The Black Mirror (hc, 288 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-3206-X; tpb, 2013, ISBN 1-4012-3207-8) collects:
- Batman: Gates of Gotham #1–5 (co-written by Snyder and Kyle Higgins, art by Trevor McCarthy and + Dustin Nguyen (#4), 2011) collected as Batman: Gates of Gotham (tpb, 144 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-4012-3341-4; hc, 2018, ISBN 1-4012-8420-5)
- Batman vol. 2 (with Greg Capullo, Rafael Albuquerque (co-features in #8–11 and 21–24), Jason Fabok (Annual #1), Becky Cloonan (#12), Andy Clarke (co-features in #12, 0, 25), Jock (co-features in #13–16), Andy Kubert (#18), Alex Maleev (co-features in #18–20), (Annual #2), Dustin Nguyen (#28), (#34), Jock (#44) and Yanick Paquette (#49–50); co-features in #8–12, 0, 13–16 and 18–25 as well as issues #28, 49–50 and Annual #1 are co-written by Snyder and James Tynion IV; Annual #2 is co-written by Snyder and Marguerite Bennett; issue #34 is co-written by Snyder and Gerry Duggan; issue #44 is co-written by Snyder and Brian Azzarello, 2011–2016) collected as:
- The Court of Owls (collects #1–7, hc, 176 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-4012-3541-7; tpb, 2013, ISBN 1-4012-3542-5)
- The City of Owls (collects #8–12 and Annual #1, hc, 208 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-4012-3777-0; tpb, 2013, ISBN 93-5111-661-1)
- Death of the Family (collects #13–17, hc, 176 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-4012-4234-0; tpb, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-4602-8)
- Zero Year: Secret City (collects #21–24, hc, 176 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-4508-0; tpb, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-4933-7)
- Zero Year: Dark City (collects #25–27 and 29–33, hc, 256 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-4885-3; tpb, 2015, ISBN 1-4012-5335-0)
- Graveyard Shift (collects #0, 18–20, 28, 34 and Annual #2, hc, 224 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-4012-5230-3; tpb, 2015, ISBN 1-4012-5753-4)
- Endgame (collects #35–40, hc, 192 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-4012-5689-9; tpb, 2016, ISBN 1-4012-6116-7)
- Superheavy (collects DC Sneak Peek: Batman digital one-shot and #41–45, hc, 176 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-4012-5969-3; tpb, 2016, ISBN 1-4012-6630-4)
- Bloom (collects #46–50, hc, 200 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-4012-6462-X; tpb, 2016, ISBN 1-4012-6922-2)
- Includes the "Twenty-Seven" short story (art by Sean Gordon Murphy) from Detective Comics vol. 2 #27 (2014)
- Epilogue (includes #51, hc, 144 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-4012-6773-4; tpb, 2017, ISBN 1-4012-6832-3)
- Also collects the Batman: Futures End one-shot (co-written by Snyder and Ray Fawkes, art by , 2014)
- Also collects the Batman: Rebirth one-shot (co-written by Snyder and Tom King, art by and David Finch, 2016)
- Batman by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo Omnibus Volume 1 (collects #0–33, 23.2 and Annual #1–2, hc, 900 pages, 2019, ISBN 1-4012-9884-2)
- Batman by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo Omnibus Volume 2 (collects #34–52, Annual #3–4, Batman: Last Knight on Earth #1–3 and all short stories and one-shots, hc, 928 pages, 2021, ISBN 1-779-51326-7)
- Talon #0–7 (co-written by Snyder and James Tynion IV, art by and Juan José Ryp (#2), 2012–2013) collected as Talon: Scourge of the Owls (tpb, 192 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-4012-3887-4)
- Batman Eternal (co-written by Snyder, James Tynion IV, Ray Fawkes, Kyle Higgins, Tim Seeley and John Layman, art by various artists, 2014–2015) collected as:
- Volume 1 (collects #1–21, tpb, 480 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-5173-0)
- Volume 2 (collects #22–34, tpb, 448 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-4012-5231-1)
- Volume 3 (collects #35–52, tpb, 424 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-4012-5752-6)
- Omnibus (collects #1–52 and Batman vol. 2 #28, hc, 1,208 pages, 2019, ISBN 1-4012-9417-0)
- Batman and Robin Eternal (written and drawn by various creators from a plot by Snyder and James Tynion IV, 2015–2016) collected as:
- Volume 1 (collects #1–13, tpb, 272 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-4012-5967-7)
- Volume 2 (collects #14–26, tpb, 336 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-4012-6248-1)
- All-Star Batman (with John Romita, Jr. (#1–5), Declan Shalvey (co-features in #1–4), Francesco Francavilla (co-features in #6–9), Jock (#6, 9), Tula Lotay (#7), Giuseppe Camuncoli (#8) and Rafael Albuquerque (#10–14), 2016–2017) collected as:
- My Own Worst Enemy (collects #1–5, hc, 160 pages, 2017, ISBN 1-4012-6978-8; tpb, 2017, ISBN 1-4012-7442-0)
- Ends of the Earth (collects #6–9, hc, 144 pages, 2017, ISBN 1-4012-7443-9; tpb, 2018, ISBN 1-4012-7789-6)
- The First Ally (collects #10–14, hc, 176 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-4012-7726-8; tpb, 2018, ISBN 1-4012-8430-2)
- Batman vol. 3 Annual #1: "Silent Night" (co-written by Snyder and Ray Fawkes, art by Declan Shalvey, 2016) collected in Batman: I am Bane (tpb, 176 pages, 2017, ISBN 1-4012-7131-6)
- Batman/The Shadow #1–6 (co-written by Snyder and Steve Orlando, art by Riley Rossmo, 2017) collected as Batman/The Shadow: The Murder Geniuses (hc, 168 pages, 2017, ISBN 1-4012-7527-3; tpb, 2019, ISBN 1-4012-8561-9)
- Batman and the Signal #1–3 (co-written by Snyder and , art by Cully Hamner, 2018) collected as Batman and the Signal (tpb, 144 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-4012-7967-8)
- The Batman Who Laughs (hc, 232 pages, 2019, ISBN 1-4012-9403-0; tpb, 2021, ISBN 1-7795-0446-2) collects:
- The Batman Who Laughs #1–7 (with Jock, 2019)
- The Batman Who Laughs: The Grim Knight (co-written by Snyder and James Tynion IV, art by Eduardo Risso, one-shot, 2019)
- Batman: Last Knight on Earth #1–3 (with Greg Capullo, DC Black Label, 2019–2020) collected as Batman: Last Knight on Earth (hc, 184 pages, 2020, ISBN 1-40129-496-0; tpb, 2021, ISBN 1-779-51318-6)
- Tales from the Dark Multiverse: Knightfall (co-written by Snyder and Kyle Higgins, art by , one-shot, 2019) collected in Tales from the Dark Multiverse (hc, 448 pages, 2020, ISBN 1-7795-0137-4; tpb, 2021, ISBN 1-7795-0815-8)
- Batman: Black and White vol. 3 #6: "A Thousand Words" (with John Romita, Jr., anthology, 2021) collected in Batman: Black and White (hc, 312 pages, 2021, ISBN 1-7795-1196-5)
- Detective Comics:
- Superman:
- Flashpoint: Project Superman #1–3 (co-written by Snyder and , art by Gene Ha, 2011) collected in Flashpoint: The World of Flashpoint Featuring Superman (tpb, 320 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-4012-3434-8)
- Superman Unchained #1–9 (with Jim Lee and Dustin Nguyen, 2013–2014) collected as Superman Unchained (hc, 352 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-4522-6; tpb, 2016, ISBN 1-4012-5093-9)
- Action Comics #1000: "The Fifth Season" (with Rafael Albuquerque, co-feature, 2018)
- Swamp Thing vol. 5 (with Yanick Paquette, , Francesco Francavilla (#10), Kano (#0) and + Becky Cloonan (Annual #1); Annual #1 is co-written by Snyder and , 2011–2013) collected as:
- Raise Them Bones (collects #1–7, tpb, 168 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-4012-3462-3)
- Family Tree (collects #8–11, 0 and Annual #1, tpb, 160 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-4012-3843-2)
- Rotworld: The Green Kingdom (collects #12–18, tpb, 208 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-4012-4264-2)
- Swamp Thing by Scott Snyder (collects #0–18 and Annual #1, hc, 512 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-4012-5870-0)
- #1–10 (with Sean Gordon Murphy, Vertigo, 2013–2014) collected as The Wake (hc, 256 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-4523-4; tpb, 2015, ISBN 1-4012-5491-8)
- Dark Nights: Metal:
- Dark Days: The Road to Metal (hc, 256 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-4012-7819-1; tpb, 2019, ISBN 1-4012-8762-X) includes:
- Dark Days: The Forge (co-written by Snyder and James Tynion IV, art by Jim Lee, Andy Kubert and John Romita, Jr., one-shot, 2017)
- Dark Days: The Casting (co-written by Snyder and James Tynion IV, art by Jim Lee, Andy Kubert and John Romita, Jr., one-shot, 2017)
- Dark Nights: Metal (hc, 216 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-4012-7732-2; tpb, 2019, ISBN 1-40128-858-8) collects:
- Dark Nights: Metal #1–6 (with Greg Capullo, 2017–2018)
- Batman: Lost (co-written by Snyder, James Tynion IV and , art by Doug Mahnke, Yanick Paquette and , one-shot, 2018)
- Dark Knights Rising: The Wild Hunt (co-written by Snyder, James Tynion IV, Joshua Williamson and Grant Morrison, art by Howard Porter, Jorge Jiménez and Doug Mahnke, one-shot, 2018)
- Dark Days: The Road to Metal (hc, 256 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-4012-7819-1; tpb, 2019, ISBN 1-4012-8762-X) includes:
- Wonder Woman:
- New Talent Showcase 2017: "The Archive" (with , anthology one-shot, 2018)
- Wonder Woman #750: "A Brave New World" (with Bryan Hitch, co-feature, 2020) collected in Wonder Woman: The Four Horsewomen (tpb, 336 pages, 2021, ISBN 1-7795-0910-3)
- New Challengers #1–6 (co-written by Snyder and , art by Andy Kubert (#1–2) and , 2018) collected as New Challengers (tpb, 144 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-4012-8344-6)
- Justice League:
- Justice League: No Justice (tpb, 144 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-40128-334-9) collects:
- DC Nation: "No Justice: Prelude" (co-written by Snyder, James Tynion IV and Joshua Williamson, art by Jorge Jiménez, anthology one-shot, 2018)
- Justice League: No Justice #1–4 (co-written by Snyder, James Tynion IV and Joshua Williamson, art by Francis Manapul, Marcus To (#2–3) and Riley Rossmo (#3), 2018)
- Justice League vol. 4 (with Jim Cheung (#1, 7, 14–16), Jorge Jiménez, Francis Manapul (#10–11, 35–36), (#14–16), (#29, 33–34) and Howard Porter (#32, 34, 36), 2018–2020) collected as:
- Justice League by Scott Snyder Book One (includes #1–4, 6–7 and 9–11, hc, 384 pages, 2019, ISBN 1-4012-9521-5)
- Also collects Justice League vol. 4 #5, 8 and 12–13 (written by James Tynion IV, drawn by various artists, 2018–2019)
- Also collects Justice League/Aquaman: Drowned Earth Special (written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Howard Porter, 2018)
- Also collects Aquaman/Justice League: Drowned Earth Special (written by Snyder, art by Francis Manapul and Howard Porter, 2019)
- Justice League by Scott Snyder Book Two (includes #14–17, 19–21, 23–25 and Annual #1, hc, 376 pages, 2020, ISBN 1-7795-0584-1)
- Issues #14–16 and Annual #1 are scripted by James Tynion IV from a plot by Snyder and James Tynion IV.
- Also collects Justice League vol. 4 #18 and 22 (written by James Tynion IV, drawn by various artists, 2019)
- Justice League by Scott Snyder Book Three (includes #29–39, hc, 336 pages, 2021, ISBN 1-7795-1493-X)
- Also collects Justice League vol. 4 #26–28 (written by James Tynion IV, drawn by various artists, 2019)
- Issues #29–35 are scripted by James Tynion IV from a plot by Snyder and James Tynion IV.
- Justice League by Scott Snyder Book One (includes #1–4, 6–7 and 9–11, hc, 384 pages, 2019, ISBN 1-4012-9521-5)
- DC's Year of the Villain: "Chapter 1: Doom" (with Jim Cheung, anthology one-shot, 2019) collected in Year of the Villain: Hell Arisen (tpb, 144 pages, 2020, ISBN 1-7795-0242-7)
- Justice League: No Justice (tpb, 144 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-40128-334-9) collects:
- Dark Nights: Death Metal:
- Dark Nights: Death Metal #1–7 (with Greg Capullo, 2020–2021) collected as Dark Nights: Death Metal (hc, 200 pages, 2021, ISBN 1-7795-0794-1; tpb, 2022, ISBN 1-7795-1511-1)
- Dark Nights: Death Metal — The Darkest Knight (tpb, 208 page, 2021, ISBN 1-779-50792-5) includes:
- Dark Nights: Death Metal — Legends of the Dark Knights: "The Darkest Knight" (co-written by Snyder, James Tynion IV and Joshua Williamson, art by Tony Daniel, anthology one-shot, 2020)
- Dark Nights: Death Metal Guidebook: "The Fall of Earth" (co-written by Snyder, James Tynion IV and Joshua Williamson, art by Doug Mahnke, anthology one-shot, 2020)
- Dark Nights: Death Metal — Trinity Crisis (with Francis Manapul, one-shot, 2020)
- Dark Nights: Death Metal — The Multiverse Who Laughs (tpb, 208 pages, 2021, ISBN 1-7795-0793-3) includes:
- Dark Nights: Death Metal — The Multiverse Who Laughs: "Robin King" (co-written by Snyder, James Tynion IV and Joshua Williamson, art by , anthology one-shot, 2021)
- Dark Nights: Death Metal — Secret Origin (co-written by Snyder and Geoff Johns, art by Jerry Ordway, Francis Manapul, and Paul Pelletier, one-shot, 2021)
- Dark Nights: Death Metal — War of the Multiverses (tpb, 176 pages, 2021, ISBN 1-779-51006-3) includes:
- Dark Nights: Death Metal — The Last Stories of the DC Universe: "The Titans" (co-written by Snyder, James Tynion IV and Joshua Williamson, art by , anthology one-shot, 2021)
- Dark Nights: Death Metal — The Last 52: War of the Multiverses: "Wonder Woman" (co-written by Snyder and Joshua Williamson, art by and Scott Koblish, anthology one-shot, 2021)
- Infinite Frontier (framing sequence; co-written by Snyder, James Tynion IV and Joshua Williamson, art by , anthology one-shot, 2021)
- The Conjuring: The Lover #1: "The Ferryman" (with Denys Cowan, co-feature, , 2021) collected in The Conjuring: The Lover (hc, 144 pages, 2022, ISBN 1-7795-1508-1)
Image Comics[]
- #1–7 (co-written by Snyder and Scott Tuft, art by , 2011–2012) collected as Severed (hc, 192 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-6070-6529-0; tpb, 2013, ISBN 1-6070-6715-3)
- Wytches (with Jock):
- Wytches #1–6 (2014–2015) collected as Wytches (tpb, 144 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-63215-380-7)
- Image Plus vol. 2 #1–12: "Bad Egg" (co-feature, 2017–2018)
- Wytches: Bad Egg Halloween Special (collection of all episodes from Image Plus with the concluding thirteenth chapter, 2018)
- #1–3 (with Jeff Lemire, 2016–2017) collected as A.D.: After Death (hc, 256 pages, 2017, ISBN 1-6321-5868-X)
- (co-written by Snyder and Charles Soule, art by Giuseppe Camuncoli, 2019–ongoing) collected as:
- Destiny (collects #1–6, tpb, 176 pages, 2020, ISBN 1-53431-599-3)
- Unity (collects #7–12, tpb, 176 pages, 2021, ISBN 1-53431-840-2)
- Spawn #300: "Chapter 2" (with Todd McFarlane, 2019)
- (with Tony Daniel, 2021–ongoing) collected as:
- Full Throttle (collects #1–6, tpb, 168 pages, 2021, ISBN 1-5343-1994-8)
Other publishers[]
- IDW Publishing:
- : "That One That Got Away" (with Nate Powell, 336 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-6137-7934-8)
- Love is Love: "The Door was Open to Us" (one-page prose story illustrated by Jock, anthology graphic novel, 144 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-6314-0939-5)
- Attack on Titan Anthology: "Under the Surface" (co-written by Snyder and Ray Fawkes, art by Rafael Albuquerque, 256 pages, Kodansha, 2016, ISBN 1-6323-6258-9)
- (with , ongoing series intended for publication under Snyder's own label — initially announced in 2020)[57]
- Black Hammer: Visions #8 (with , anthology, Dark Horse, 2021) collected in Black Hammer: Visions Volume 2 (hc, 120 pages, 2022, ISBN 1-506-72551-1)
- Comixology (digital series — with collected editions published in print via Dark Horse):
- (with Tula Lotay, announced in 2021)[58]
- (prose story illustrated by Jock, announced in 2021)[58]
- (with Dan Panosian, announced in 2021)[58]
- (with Francis Manapul, announced in 2021)[58]
- (with Rafael Albuquerque, announced in 2021)[58]
- (with Jamal Igle, announced in 2021)[58]
- (with Francesco Francavilla, announced in 2021)[58]
- (with Greg Capullo, announced in 2021)[58]
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'I worked at Disney World as a janitor at Magic Kingdom. I worked my way up to a character,' Snyder told the crowd. 'I was Eeyore, Buzz Lightyear and Pluto. I was completely brainwashed. I was so happy.'
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Other auspicious debuts include Scott Snyder's Voodoo Heart (The Dial Press) with its imaginative and authentic stories.
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In a creative writing class that Scott Snyder teaches at NYU, "The Monster Under Your Story," students discuss the intersections of literary fiction, genre fiction, and comics.
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This is the philosophy of Scott Snyder, Columbia professor and author of the critically acclaimed short story collection Voodoo Heart.
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The first five double-sized issues consisted of two stories, illustrated by Rafael Albuquerque. Scott Snyder wrote each issue's lead feature, and Stephen King wrote the back-up tales.
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Superstar writer Scott Snyder began his tenure on the Batman titles alongside popular artist Jock in this issue.
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This new comic ... introduces a new "anti-hero on the run" to the DCU. Calvin Rose, the only Talon to escape from the control of the Court of Owls, will be traveling all around the DCU as he is hunted by his former masters. While the story spins out of the Court of Owls storyline that is running through the first year of Snyder's Batman, the title character is a brand new one.
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Batman & Robin Eternal is described as a sequel to the previous weekly Batman Eternal, and will run for six months beginning on October 7.
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Batman & Robin Eternal is scheduled to debut on Wednesday, October 7 and will ship weekly for six months.
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DC has just released All-Star Batman, a dark road-trip story in the American midwest. The superhero-horror comic, created by beloved DC heavyweights Scott Snyder and John Romita Jr., is the freshest and scariest Batman story since 1988's The Cult.
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Dark Nights: Metal is a new six-part mini-series event that begins in August and takes things cosmic,
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The final book in the line, New Challengers, debuts in December and will be written by Snyder with art by Andy Kubertt.
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Of the all awesome series announced, we’re most excited about New Challengers by Snyder and legendary artist Andy Kubert.
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Scott Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque's “The Fifth Season” is a higher-thinking look at Superman and Lex Luthor’s relationship.
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Justice League: No Justice, which was co-written by Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, and Joshua Williamson with art by Francis Manapul.
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- ^ Snyder, Scott (May 4, 2019). "World, meet Quinn! Born on free comic book day AND May the 4th, his claim to the nerd iron throne is formidable. Mom is doing great. And thank you for all the love shown to our family. Truly. Love you all back. He has my eyebrows! Middle name is Elvis Happy day pic.twitter.com/FrzJspTciL". @Ssnyder1835. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
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