Scott Snyder is an American author. He is known for his 2006 short story collection ''Voodoo Heart'', and his comic book writing, including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Wytches'', ''

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,'' and ''Justice League''.

Early life

At the age of nine, Snyder attended a summer camp where one of the counselors read

Stephen King Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high s ...

'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 Denis Hale Johnson (July 1, 1949 – May 24, 2017) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. He is perhaps best known for his debut short story collection, '' Jesus' Son'' (1992). His most successful novel, ''Tree of Smoke'' (2007) ...

Raymond Carver Raymond Clevie Carver Jr. (May 25, 1938 – August 2, 1988) was an American short story writer and poet. He contributed to the revitalization of the American short story during the 1980s. Early life Carver was born in Clatskanie, Oregon, a mi ...

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, Joy Williams, Elizabeth McKracken,

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, and

George Saunders George Saunders (born December 2, 1958) is an American writer of short stories, essays, novellas, children's books, and novels. His writing has appeared in ''The New Yorker'', '' Harper's'', ''McSweeney's'', and '' GQ''. He also contributed a w ...

. In comics, he has named

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and

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as his favorite writers. Snyder graduated from

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in 1998 with a degree in

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, and then worked at

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for about a year. 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. 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."

Career

Prose fiction

His first collection of stories, ''

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'', was published by the Dial Press in June 2006. The collection received starred reviews from ''

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'' and ''

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'', and was a ''

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'' "Hot Debut" of the year. ''

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'' published a positive review by author

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in the Sunday Book Review. Stephen King picked two of the included stories—"Wreck" and "Dumpster Tuesday"—for the 2007 ''

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'' anthology shortlist. ''Voodoo Heart'' was shortlisted for

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in 2006. 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

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, and

Sarah Lawrence College Sarah Lawrence College is a Private university, private liberal arts college in Yonkers, New York. The college models its approach to education after the Supervision system, Oxford/Cambridge system of one-on-one student-faculty tutorials. Sara ...

Comics

In 2009, Snyder began writing for

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. His first foray into the genre was a one-shot focusing on the first

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, part of Marvel's 70th anniversary celebrations. He later wrote the four-issue miniseries, ''

Iron Man Iron Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was co-created by writer and editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby. The charact ...

: Noir'', which debuted in April 2010.

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began publishing ''

'', Snyder's first creator-owned

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, in March 2010. The first five issues feature an original storyline by Stephen King. ''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 ''

'' began with issue No. 871 (Jan. 2011) of that title, which marked the beginning of his exclusive contract with

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. He and

Kyle Higgins Kyle Higgins (born June 12, 1985) is an American comic book writer and film director. He is best known for his work on the ''Batman'' franchise at DC Comics, namely writing the miniseries '' Batman: Gates of Gotham'' and for the ''Nightwing'' and ...

wrote the '' Batman: Gates of Gotham'' miniseries which debuted in May 2011. Beginning in September 2011, Snyder became the writer of both ''

'' and a new ''

'' ongoing series as part of

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, DC Comics' company-wide relaunch of all of its titles. Snyder's Batman series was creating a number of critically and fan-acclaimed stories, and reinventing classic characters for DC’s then-new continuity.Gerding, Stephen (December 23, 2016)
"Greg Capullo Signs New DC Comics Contract"
CBR.com. Snyder later became the co-writer of ''Talon'', a spin-off of the "

Court of Owls The Court of Owls is a criminal organization and secret society appearing in DC Comics continuity as adversaries of the superhero Batman. The Court is described as an organization of the wealthiest and most influential citizens of the city of Got ...

" storyline in ''Batman'', which focused on a rogue Talon from the Court. It was announced at the 2012 New York Comic Con that Snyder would be writing a new

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ongoing series, titled ''

Superman Unchained ''Superman Unchained'' is a 2013–14 comic book miniseries published by DC Comics, and featuring the superhero Superman, as he encounters a powerful new opponent named W.R.A.I.T.H. who may be his match. Originally billed as ongoing, the series ...

'', with art by

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. The series began publication in June 2013. 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

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. The series follows marine biologist Lee Archer, who along with the

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, 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. The same month, DC published a

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sneak preview of ''Superman Unchained'', 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." Snyder was one of the co-writers of the ''

Batman Eternal ''Batman Eternal'' is a year-long weekly limited series published by DC Comics, that began in April 2014. The series featured Batman, his allies, and Gotham City, and was written by Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Ray Fawkes, Kyle Higgins, and ...

'' series which launched in April 2014. The second run of ''Batman Eternal'', retitled as ''Batman & Robin Eternal'' launched on October 7, 2015. During this time, Snyder and Detective Comics collaborate Jock launched the

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series ''Wytches'', the media rights to which were purchased by

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in October 2014. In 2016, Snyder and artist

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collaborated on the ''All-Star Batman'' series as part of the

DC Rebirth DC Rebirth is a 2016 relaunch by the American comic book publisher DC Comics of its entire line of ongoing monthly superhero comic book titles. Using the end of The New 52 initiative in May 2016 as its launching point, DC Rebirth restored the D ...

relaunch. Snyder and

Greg Capullo Gregory Capullo (; born March 30, 1962) is an American comic book artist and penciller, best known for his work on ''Quasar'' (1991–1992), '' X-Force'' (1992–1993), ''Angela'' (1994), ''Spawn'' (1993–2000, 2003–2004) and ''Batman'' (2011� ...

launched the '' Dark Nights: Metal'' limited series in August 2017. Snyder and artist

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created the ''New Challengers'', part of ''The New Age of DC Heroes'' line. Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque crafted "The Fifth Season" chapter in ''Action Comics'' #1000 (June 2018). He co-wrote ''Justice League: No Justice'' with Joshua Williamson and

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, with art by

Francis Manapul Francis Manapul (born August 26, 1979) is a Filipino Canadian comic book artist and writer. Career Manapul is known for his work on ''Witchblade'' and '' The Necromancer'' for Top Cow, working on the former for three years, off and on, returnin ...

. Following that, Snyder re-launched the main ''

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'' series with art from

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and Jorge Jimenez, while Williamson and Tynion wrote the companion series ''Justice League Odyssey'' and ''

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'', respectively. In 2018, Snyder, along with co-writer Tony Patrick and artist

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, launched the mini-series ''Batman and the Signal'', featuring Duke Thomas as Gotham's daylight protector, The Signal. A spin-off limited series from ''Dark Nights: Metal'', ''

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'', was launched by him and Jock in 2019. In 2020, he and Greg Capullo released the DC Black Label miniseries ''Batman: Last Knight on Earth'', described as "the grand finale" of their New 52 run. That same year, the two launched the follow-up to ''Dark Nights: Metal''—'' Dark Nights: Death Metal''. Snyder's Image series ''Nocterra'', drawn by ''Detective Comics'' artist Tony S. Daniel, was launched in March 2021 following a

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campaign for the first issue. A television adaptation is currently in development at

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. In July 2021, Snyder announced an eight-title digital first deal with

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, all to be published through his creator-owned imprint Best Jackett Press. The first three, ''We Have Demons'' with Greg Capullo, ''Clear'' with Francis Manapul, and ''Night of the Ghoul'' with

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, debuted in October 2021.

Personal life

Snyder has a wife named Jeanie and two sons named Jack and Emmett. On March 3, 2019, Snyder announced that they were expecting another child in May. Their child, a son named Quinn, was born on May 4, 2019. He is not related to filmmaker

Zack Snyder Zachary Edward Snyder (born March 1, 1966) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and cinematographer. He made his feature film debut in 2004 with '' Dawn of the Dead'', a remake of the 1978 horror film of the same name. Since t ...

Awards

* 2011

Eisner Award The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, are prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books, sometimes referred to as the comics industry's equivalent of the Academy Awards. They are named in ...

for Best New Series (with

and

Rafael Albuquerque Rafael Albuquerque (born April 12, 1981) is a Brazilians, Brazilian comic book creator primarily for his artwork on titles such as DC Comics' ''Jaime Reyes, Blue Beetle'' and as illustrator and co-creator of ''American Vampire''. Though primarily ...

for ''

'') * 2011

Harvey Award The Harvey Awards are given for achievement in comic books. Named for writer-artist Harvey Kurtzman, the Harvey Awards were founded by Gary Groth in 1988, president of the publisher Fantagraphics, to be the successor to the Kirby Awards that were ...

for Best New Series (with Stephen King and Rafael Albuquerque for ''American Vampire'') * 2012 Eagle Award for Best Writer * 2012 Stan Lee Award for Best Ongoing Series (''

'') * 2012 Stan Lee Award for Best Writer * 2012 Stan Lee Award for Man of the Year * 2014 Eisner Award for Best Limited Series (with Sean Murphy for ''The Wake'') * 2019

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Nominations

* 2011 Eagle Award for Favourite Newcomer Writer * 2011 Eagle Award for Favourite New Comic Book (with Stephen King and Rafael Albuquerque for ''American Vampire'') * 2011

for Most Promising New Talent * 2012

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for Best Graphic Novels & Comics (for ''Batman, Vol. 1: The Court of Owls'') * 2013 Harvey Award for Best Writer (for ''Batman'') * 2014 Eisner Award for Best Writer (for ''Batman'' (DC); ''American Vampire'', ''The Wake'')

Bibliography

Early work

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, 2006, ) *'' Who Can Save Us Now?'': "The Thirteenth Egg" (short prose story illustrated by

Gary Panter Gary Panter (born December 1, 1950) is an American cartoonist, illustrator, painter, designer and part-time musician. Panter's work is representative of the post- underground, new wave comics movement that began with the end of '' Arcade: The Com ...

; 432 pages, Free Press, 2008, ) *

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: **'' Human Torch Comics 70th Anniversary Special'' (with Scott Wegener, one-shot, 2009) collected in ''Timely 70th Anniversary Collection'' (hc, 280 pages, 2010, ) **''

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'' #1: "Testament" (with David López,

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, 2010) collected in ''X-Men: Nation X'' (hc, 360 pages, 2010, ; tpb, 2010, ) **'' Iron Man Noir'' #1–4 (with Manuel García, 2010) collected as ''Iron Man Noir'' (hc, 112 pages, 2010, ; tpb, 2011, )

DC Comics

*''

'': **''American Vampire'' (with

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(#9–11), Danijel Žeželj (#12),

Jordi Bernet Jordi Bernet Cussó (born 14 June 1944) is a Spanish comics artist, best known for the gangster comics series ''Torpedo'' and for American weird western comic book ''Jonah Hex''. Career He was born in Barcelona, the son of a Spanish comic book a ...

(#19–21),

Roger Cruz Roger Cruz (born Rogério da Cruz Kuroda on February 22, 1971, in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian comic book artist. Biography Cruz started his professional career as a letterer for Editora Abril, the Brazilian publishing house, for whom he ...

(#26) and

Riccardo Burchielli Riccardo Burchielli (born 27 February 1975) is an Italian artist known for his work on the DC/Vertigo comic book series ''DMZ'', his first work in the United States. Early life Burchielli was born in Peccioli, near Pisa, Tuscany.

(#27),

, 2010–2013) collected as: *** ''Volume 1'' (collects #1–5, hc, 200 pages, 2010, ; tpb, 2011, ) *** ''Volume 2'' (collects #6–11, hc, 160 pages, 2011, ; tpb, 2012, ) *** ''Volume 3'' (collects #12–18, hc, 288 pages, 2012, ; tpb, 2012, ) **** 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, ; tpb, 2013, ) *** ''Volume 5'' (collects #28–34, hc, 280 pages, 2013, ; tpb, 2014, ) **** Includes the 5-issue spin-off limited series ''American Vampire: The Lord of Nightmares'' (written by Snyder, art by

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, 2012) *** ''Omnibus Volume 1'' (collects #1–27, ''Survival of the Fittest'' #1–5 and ''The Lord of Nightmares'' #1–5, hc, 984 pages, 2018, ) **''American Vampire Volume 6'' (hc, 144 pages, 2014, ; tpb, 2014, ) 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 Jason Aaron (born January 28, 1973) is an American comic book writer, known for his creator-owned series '' Scalped'' and '' Southern Bastards'', as well as his work on Marvel series ''Ghost Rider'', ''Wolverine'', ''PunisherMAX'', ''Thor'', and ' ...

, drawn by

Declan Shalvey Declan Shalvey is an Irish comics artist and writer. He has worked for Marvel Comics, drawing titles like ''Moon Knight'', ''Thunderbolts'' and ''Deadpool''. For Image Comics, he has collaborated with writer Warren Ellis on science fiction ser ...

) ***** "Bleeding Kansas" (written by Rafael Albuquerque, drawn by

Ivo Milazzo Ivo Milazzo (born 20 June 1947) is an Italian comic book artist. Born in Tortona, Milazzo worked mainly for Sergio Bonelli Editore. He debuted in 1971, drawing some ''Tarzan'' stories for the French market. Together with his friend, writer Gianc ...

) ***** "Canadian Vampire" (written by

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, drawn by

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) ***** "Greed" (written and drawn by

Becky Cloonan Becky Cloonan (born 23 June) is an American comic book creator, known for work published by Tokyopop and Vertigo. In 2012 she became the first female artist to draw the main '' Batman'' title for DC Comics.Beck, Laura (February 8, 2013)"Meet the F ...

) ***** "The Producers" (written and drawn by

) ***** "Essence of Life" (written by

Gail Simone Gail Simone (aka Gladys Simonetti) is an American writer best known for her work in comics on DC's ''Birds of Prey'', ''Batgirl'', Dynamite Entertainment's Red Sonja, and for being the longest running female writer on Wonder Woman to date. Other ...

, drawn by

Tula Lotay Tula Lotay is the pen name of Lisa Wood, an English comic book artist. She is known for illustrating '' Supreme: Blue Rose'', written by Warren Ellis for Image Comics, and for founding the Thought Bubble Festival, the UK's largest comics convent ...

) ***** "Last Night" (written and drawn by

Gabriel Bá Gabriel Bá (born 5 June 1976) is a Brazilian comic book artist best known for his work on ''The Umbrella Academy'', ''Casanova'', and '' Daytripper''. He is the twin brother of fellow comic book artist Fábio Moon. Career Gabriel Bá has been ...

and

Fábio Moon Fábio Moon is a Brazilian comic book artist best known for his work on ''Casanova''. He is the twin brother of fellow comic book artist Gabriel Bá. Career Fábio has been writing comics for almost 15 years, and has been published in France, I ...

) ***** "Portland, 1940" (written by

Greg Rucka Gregory Rucka (born November 29, 1969) is an American writer known for the series of novels starring his character Atticus Kodiak, the creator-owned comic book series '' Whiteout'', ''Queen & Country'', '' Stumptown'' and '' Lazarus'', as well a ...

, drawn by

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) **''American Vampire: Second Cycle'' (with Rafael Albuquerque and

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(#5), Vertigo, 2014–2016) collected as: *** ''American Vampire Volume 7'' (collects #1–5, hc, 144 pages, 2015, ; tpb, 2015, ) *** ''American Vampire Volume 8'' (collects #6–11, hc, 168 pages, 2016, ; tpb, 2016, ) **''American Vampire Anthology'' #2: "Opening Shot" (with Rafael Albuquerque) and "Brother's Keeper" (with

Afua Richardson Afua Richardson is an African-Native American artist. She did covers for five issues of Marvel's ''World of Wakanda'' and art for a short story backup in the first issue. Her comic, ''Genius'', with writers Marc Bernardin and Adam Freeman won ...

, Vertigo, 2016) *** Also includes a number of stories from various other creators: **** "Teahouse" (written by Joëlle Jones, drawn by Christopher Mitten) **** "Bride" (written by

Marguerite Bennett Marguerite Bennett (born 1988) is an American comic book writer. She has worked on '' Bombshells'', '' Angela'', ''Josie and the Pussycats'', and her creator-owned books ''InSeXts'' and ''Animosity''. Her work has been recognised for her depicti ...

, drawn by

Mirka Andolfo Mirka Andolfo (born 17 June 1989) is an Italian comics artist from Naples and creator of the comic book ''Sweet Paprika'' which won the Harvey Award for ''Best International Book'' of 2021. Andolfo has worked with numerous major comic book publish ...

) **** "The Bleeding Nun" (written by Clay McLeod Chapman, drawn by

Richard Isanove Richard Isanove (born 1968) is a French artist and painter working in the American comic book industry. Early life Richard Isanove was born in the south of France, studied film and animation at the Ecole nationale superieure des arts decoratifs ...

) **** "The Cut" (written by Steve Orlando, drawn by

Artyom Trakhanov Artyom (russian: Артём) is a male given name common in Russia and other Slavic-speaking countries. The name uses the " ё" letter, which can be transcribed to English as "e" but still has the "yo" sound. The Belarusian spelling is Арцё� ...

) **** "Traveling Companion" (written by

Elliott Kalan Elliott Charles Kalan (born December 3, 1981) is an American comedian. He was the head writer for the Netflix era of the cult series '' Mystery Science Theater 3000'' and a former head writer for ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'', as well as ...

, drawn by

Andrea Mutti Andrea is a given name which is common worldwide for both males and females, cognate to Andreas, Andrey, Andrej and Andrew. Origin of the name The name derives from the Greek language, Greek word ἀνήρ (''anēr''), genitive ἀνδρός ...

) **** "When the Cold Wind Blows" (written by Shawn Aldridge, drawn by

Szymon Kudranski Szymon is a Polish version of the masculine given name Simon. Academics *Szymon Askenazy – a historian and diplomat who served as the first Polish representative at the League of Nations *Szymon Datner – a Polish-Jewish historian and anti-Naz ...

) **** "England's Dreaming" (written by

Kieron Gillen Kieron Michael Gillen (; born 30 September 1975) is a British comic book writer and former video game and music journalist. In comics, Gillen is known for ''Phonogram'' and ''The Wicked + The Divine'', both co-created with artist Jamie McKelvie ...

, drawn by Leila del Duca) **** "Devil's Own Luck" (written by Rafael Albuquerque, drawn by Renato Guedes) **''American Vampire 1976'' #1–10 (with Rafael Albuquerque, DC Black Label, 2020–2021) collected as ''American Vampire 1976'' (hc, 264 pages, 2021, ) *

: **''

'': *** '' Batman: The Black Mirror'' (hc, 288 pages, 2011, ; tpb, 2013, ) 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, ) includes: **** "Batman's Longest Case" (with

, co-feature in #1000, 2019) **** '' Joker: 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular'': "Scars" (with Jock, anthology one-shot, 2020) *** "As Always" (with

Ivan Reis Ivan Reis is a Brazilians, Brazilian comics artist. He is known for his work on comic books such as Dark Horse Comics' ''Ghost (Dark Horse Comics), Ghost'', Marvel Comics' ''Genis-Vell, Captain Marvel'' and ''Vision (Marvel Comics), Avengers Icons ...

, co-feature in #1027, 2020) **'' Batman: Gates of Gotham'' #1–5 (co-written by Snyder and

, art by

Trevor McCarthy Trevor McCarthy is an American comic book artist and illustrator. He is best known for his work on Nightwing the New Order, Nightwing, '' Batman: Gates of Gotham'', Batwoman, Aquaman, and Klarion the Witch Boy, all published through DC Comics a ...

and Derec Donovan + Dustin Nguyen (#4), 2011) collected as ''Batman: Gates of Gotham'' (tpb, 144 pages, 2012, ; hc, 2018, ) **''

'' vol. 2 (with Greg Capullo, Rafael Albuquerque (co-features in #8–11 and 21–24),

Jason Fabok Jason Fabok (born April 14, 1985) is a Canadian comic-book artist. He has worked almost exclusively for DC Comics for the entirety of his career. His work has been featured in acclaimed series such as ''Batman, Detective Comics, Justice League,'' ...

(''Annual'' #1),

(#12), Andy Clarke (co-features in #12, 0, 25), Jock (co-features in #13–16),

(#18),

Alex Maleev Alex Maleev ( Bulgarian: Алекс Малеев) is a Bulgarian comic book illustrator, best known for the Marvel Comics' series '' Daredevil'' (vol. 2) with frequent collaborator Brian Michael Bendis. Career Coming from a fine arts background, ...

(co-features in #18–20),

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(''Annual'' #2), Dustin Nguyen (#28), Matteo Scalera (#34), Jock (#44) and

Yanick Paquette Yanick Paquette is a Canadian comic book artist. He has worked for Antarctic Press, Topps, Marvel, and DC Comics and since 1994. Career In 1996 Paquette drew two miniseries adapted from the TV series '' Space: Above and Beyond'', written by Ro ...

(#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

; ''Annual'' #2 is co-written by Snyder and

; issue #34 is co-written by Snyder and Gerry Duggan; issue #44 is co-written by Snyder and

Brian Azzarello Brian Azzarello (born August 11, 1962 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American comic book writer and screenwriter who first came to prominence with the hardboiled crime series ''100 Bullets'', published by DC Comics' mature-audience imprint Vertigo. ...

, 2011–2016) collected as: *** ''The Court of Owls'' (collects #1–7, hc, 176 pages, 2012, ; tpb, 2013, ) *** '' The City of Owls'' (collects #8–12 and ''Annual'' #1, hc, 208 pages, 2013, ; tpb, 2013, ) *** '' Death of the Family'' (collects #13–17, hc, 176 pages, 2013, ; tpb, 2014, ) *** '' Zero Year: Secret City'' (collects #21–24, hc, 176 pages, 2014, ; tpb, 2014, ) *** ''Zero Year: Dark City'' (collects #25–27 and 29–33, hc, 256 pages, 2014, ; tpb, 2015, ) *** ''Graveyard Shift'' (collects #0, 18–20, 28, 34 and ''Annual'' #2, hc, 224 pages, 2015, ; tpb, 2015, ) *** ''

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'' (collects #35–40, hc, 192 pages, 2015, ; tpb, 2016, ) *** ''Superheavy'' (collects '' DC Sneak Peek: Batman'' digital one-shot and #41–45, hc, 176 pages, 2016, ; tpb, 2016, ) *** ''Bloom'' (collects #46–50, hc, 200 pages, 2016, ; tpb, 2016, ) **** Includes the "Twenty-Seven" short story (art by Sean Gordon Murphy) from ''

'' vol. 2 #27 (2014) *** ''Epilogue'' (includes #51, hc, 144 pages, 2016, ; tpb, 2017, ) **** Also collects the '' Batman: Futures End'' one-shot (co-written by Snyder and Ray Fawkes, art by Aco, 2014) **** Also collects the '' Batman: Rebirth'' one-shot (co-written by Snyder and Tom King, art by Mikel Janín 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, ) *** ''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, ) **''

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'' #0–7 (co-written by Snyder and James Tynion IV, art by

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and Juan José Ryp (#2), 2012–2013) collected as ''Talon: Scourge of the Owls'' (tpb, 192 pages, 2013, ) **''

'' (co-written by Snyder, James Tynion IV, Ray Fawkes, Kyle Higgins,

Tim Seeley Tim Seeley is an American comic book artist and writer known for his work on books such as '' Grayson'', '' Nightwing'', '' G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'', ''G.I. Joe vs. Transformers'' and ''New Exiles''. He is also the co-creator of the Im ...

and John Layman, art by various artists, 2014–2015) collected as: *** ''Volume 1'' (collects #1–21, tpb, 480 pages, 2014, ) *** ''Volume 2'' (collects #22–34, tpb, 448 pages, 2015, ) *** ''Volume 3'' (collects #35–52, tpb, 424 pages, 2015, ) *** ''Omnibus'' (collects #1–52 and ''Batman'' vol. 2 #28, hc, 1,208 pages, 2019, ) **''

Batman and Robin Eternal ''Batman and Robin Eternal'' is a 6-month weekly limited series published by DC Comics, that began in October 2015 and concluded in March 2016. The series featured Batman, Robin, and their allies, and was a follow up series to ''Batman 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, ) *** ''Volume 2'' (collects #14–26, tpb, 336 pages, 2016, ) **''

All-Star Batman DC Rebirth is a 2016 relaunch by the American comic book publisher DC Comics of its entire line of ongoing monthly superhero comic book titles. Using the end of The New 52 initiative in May 2016 as its launching point, DC Rebirth restored the D ...

'' (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 Giuseppe Camuncoli (born March 2, 1975) is an Italian comic book artist best known for his work on the Marvel Comics titles ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' and '' The Superior Spider-Man'' and the DC Comics/Vertigo series ''Hellblazer'' as well as hi ...

(#8) and Rafael Albuquerque (#10–14), 2016–2017) collected as: *** ''My Own Worst Enemy'' (collects #1–5, hc, 160 pages, 2017, ; tpb, 2017, ) *** ''Ends of the Earth'' (collects #6–9, hc, 144 pages, 2017, ; tpb, 2018, ) *** ''The First Ally'' (collects #10–14, hc, 176 pages, 2018, ; tpb, 2018, ) **''

'' 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, ) **'' 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, ; tpb, 2019, ) **'' Batman and the Signal'' #1–3 (co-written by Snyder and Tony Patrick, art by

, 2018) collected as ''Batman and the Signal'' (tpb, 144 pages, 2018, ) **''

'' (hc, 232 pages, 2019, ; tpb, 2021, ) 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 Eduardo Risso (born 23 November 1959) is an Argentine comics artist. In the United States he is best known for his work with writer Brian Azzarello on the Vertigo title '' 100 Bullets'', while in Argentina and Europe he is noted for his collabor ...

, 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, ; tpb, 2021, ) **''

Tales from the Dark Multiverse ''Tales from the Dark Multiverse'' is an American superhero/anthology comic book limited series published by DC Comics, beginning on October 16, 2019. The series takes some of the most famous events in the DC Universe and puts a twist on them. Pl ...

Knightfall "Knightfall" is a 1993–1994 Batman story arc published by DC Comics. It consists of a trilogy of storylines that ran from 1993 to 1994, consisting of "Knightfall", "Knightquest", and "KnightsEnd".On the comic book covers, only the third part ...

'' (co-written by Snyder and Kyle Higgins, art by Javi Fernandez, one-shot, 2019) collected in ''Tales from the Dark Multiverse'' (hc, 448 pages, 2020, ; tpb, 2021, ) **'' 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, ) **'' Batman/Fortnite: Foundation'' (co-written by Snyder,

Christos Gage Christos N. Gage is an American screenwriter and comic book writer. He is known for his work on the TV series ''Daredevil'', '' Hawaii Five-0'', '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', '' Numbers'' and the films '' The Breed'' and '' Teenage Cavem ...

and Donald Mustard, art by

Joshua Hixson Joshua () or Yehoshua ( ''Yəhōšuaʿ'', Tiberian: ''Yŏhōšuaʿ,'' lit. 'Yahweh is salvation') ''Yēšūaʿ''; syr, ܝܫܘܥ ܒܪ ܢܘܢ ''Yəšūʿ bar Nōn''; el, Ἰησοῦς, ar , يُوشَعُ ٱبْنُ نُونٍ '' Yūšaʿ ...

, one-shot, 2021) *

: **'' Flashpoint: Project Superman'' #1–3 (co-written by Snyder and Lowell Francis, art by

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, 2011) collected in ''Flashpoint: The World of Flashpoint Featuring Superman'' (tpb, 320 pages, 2012, ) **''

'' #1–9 (with

and Dustin Nguyen, 2013–2014) collected as ''Superman Unchained'' (hc, 352 pages, 2014, ; tpb, 2016, ) ** ''Action Comics'' #1000: "The Fifth Season" (with Rafael Albuquerque, co-feature, 2018) *''

'' vol. 5 (with Yanick Paquette,

Marco Rudy Marco may refer to: People * Marco (given name), people with the given name Marco * Marco (actor) (born 1977), South Korean model and actor * Georg Marco (1863–1923), Romanian chess player of German origin * Tomás Marco (born 1942), Spanish c ...

, Francesco Francavilla (#10),

Kano Kano may refer to: Places *Kano State, a state in Northern Nigeria * Kano (city), a city in Nigeria, and the capital of Kano State **Kingdom of Kano, a Hausa kingdom between the 10th and 14th centuries **Sultanate of Kano, a Hausa kingdom between ...

(#0) and

Andy Belanger Andy may refer to: People * Andy (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Horace Andy (born 1951), Jamaican roots reggae songwriter and singer born Horace Hinds * Katja Andy (1907–2013), German-American pianist and pi ...

+ Becky Cloonan (''Annual'' #1); ''Annual'' #1 is co-written by Snyder and

Scott Tuft Scott may refer to: Places Canada * Scott, Quebec, municipality in the Nouvelle-Beauce regional municipality in Quebec * Scott, Saskatchewan, a town in the Rural Municipality of Tramping Lake No. 380 * Rural Municipality of Scott No. 98, Saskat ...

, 2011–2013) collected as: **''Raise Them Bones'' (collects #1–7, tpb, 168 pages, 2012, ) **''Family Tree'' (collects #8–11, 0 and ''Annual'' #1, tpb, 160 pages, 2013, ) **''Rotworld: The Green Kingdom'' (collects #12–18, tpb, 208 pages, 2013, ) **''Swamp Thing by Scott Snyder'' (collects #0–18 and ''Annual'' #1, hc, 512 pages, 2015, ) *'' The Wake'' #1–10 (with Sean Gordon Murphy, Vertigo, 2013–2014) collected as ''The Wake'' (hc, 256 pages, 2014, ; tpb, 2015, ) *'' Dark Nights: Metal'': **''Dark Days: The Road to Metal'' (hc, 256 pages, 2018, ; tpb, 2019, ) 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, ; tpb, 2019, ) collects: *** ''Dark Nights: Metal'' #1–6 (with Greg Capullo, 2017–2018) *** ''Batman: Lost'' (co-written by Snyder, James Tynion IV and Joshua Williamson, art by

Doug Mahnke Douglas Mahnke () is an American comic book artist, known for his work and penciller, penciling books including ''The Mask (comics), The Mask'', ''JLA (comic book), JLA'', ''Batman (comic book), Batman'', ''Final Crisis'', and ''Green Lantern (com ...

and Jorge Jiménez, one-shot, 2018) *** ''Dark Knights Rising: The Wild Hunt'' (co-written by Snyder, James Tynion IV, Joshua Williamson and

Grant Morrison Grant Morrison, MBE (born 31 January 1960) is a Scottish comic book writer, screenwriter, and producer. Their work is known for its nonlinear narrative A narrative, story, or tale is any account of a series of related events or experiences, w ...

, art by Howard Porter (artist), Howard Porter, Jorge Jiménez and Doug Mahnke, one-shot, 2018) *Wonder Woman: **''New Talent Showcase, New Talent Showcase 2017'': "The Archive" (with Ibrahim Moustafa (comics), Ibrahim Moustafa, anthology one-shot, 2018) **''Wonder Woman (comic book), Wonder Woman'' #750: "A Brave New World" (with Bryan Hitch, co-feature, 2020) collected in ''Wonder Woman: The Four Horsewomen'' (tpb, 336 pages, 2021, ) *''New Challengers'' #1–6 (co-written by Snyder and Aaron Gillespie (comics), Aaron Gillespie, art by Andy Kubert (#1–2) and V Ken Marion, 2018) collected as ''New Challengers'' (tpb, 144 pages, 2018, ) *

: **''Justice League: No Justice'' (tpb, 144 pages, 2018, ) 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

, Marcus To (#2–3) and Riley Rossmo (#3), 2018) **''Justice League'' vol. 4 (with

(#1, 7, 14–16), Jorge Jiménez, Francis Manapul (#10–11, 35–36), Stephen Segovia (#14–16), Bruno Redondo (#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, ) **** 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, ) **** 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, ) **** 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. **''Year of the Villain, 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, ) *'' 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, ; tpb, 2022, ) **''Dark Nights: Death Metal — The Darkest Knight'' (tpb, 208 page, 2021, ) 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, ) includes: *** ''Dark Nights: Death Metal — The Multiverse Who Laughs'': "Robin King" (co-written by Snyder, James Tynion IV and Joshua Williamson, art by Juan Gedeon, anthology one-shot, 2021) *** ''Dark Nights: Death Metal — Secret Origin'' (co-written by Snyder and Geoff Johns, art by Jerry Ordway, Francis Manapul, Ryan Benjamin (comics), Ryan Benjamin and Paul Pelletier, one-shot, 2021) **''Dark Nights: Death Metal — War of the Multiverses'' (tpb, 176 pages, 2021, ) 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 Travis Moore (comics), Travis Moore, 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 Dexter Soy and Scott Koblish, anthology one-shot, 2021) *''Infinite Frontier'' (framing sequence; co-written by Snyder, James Tynion IV and Joshua Williamson, art by John Timms (comics), John Timms, anthology one-shot, 2021) *''The Conjuring Universe, The Conjuring: The Lover'' #1: "The Ferryman" (with Denys Cowan, co-feature, DC Horror, 2021) collected in ''The Conjuring: The Lover'' (hc, 144 pages, 2022, )

Image Comics

*''Severed (comics), Severed'' #1–7 (co-written by Snyder and Scott Tuft, art by Attila Futaki, 2011–2012) collected as ''Severed'' (hc, 192 pages, 2012, ; tpb, 2013, ) *'' Wytches'' (with Jock): **''Wytches'' #1–6 (2014–2015) collected as ''Wytches'' (tpb, 144 pages, 2015, ) **''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) *''A.D.: After Death'' #1–3 (with Jeff Lemire, 2016–2017) collected as ''A.D.: After Death'' (hc, 256 pages, 2017, ) *''Spawn (comics), Spawn'' #300: "Chapter 2" (with Todd McFarlane, 2019) collected in ''Spawn: The Record-Breaker'' (tpb, 184 pages, 2022, ) *''Undiscovered Country (comics), Undiscovered Country'' (co-written by Snyder and Charles Soule, art by Giuseppe Camuncoli, 2019–ongoing) collected as: **''Destiny'' (collects #1–6, tpb, 176 pages, 2020, ) **''Unity'' (collects #7–12, tpb, 176 pages, 2021, ) **''Possibility'' (collects #13–18, tpb, 176 pages, 2022, ) **''Disunity'' (collects #19–24 and ''Destiny Man Special'', tpb, 176 pages, 2023, ) *''Nocterra'' (with Tony Daniel, 2021–ongoing) collected as: **''Full Throttle Dark'' (collects #1–6, tpb, 168 pages, 2021, ) **''Pedal to the Metal'' (collects #7–11, tpb, 144 pages, 2021, ) *** Includes ''Nocterra: Blacktop Bill Special'' (written by Snyder, art by Denys Cowan, 2022)

Other publishers

*IDW Publishing: **''In the Dark: A Horror Anthology'': "That One That Got Away" (with Nate Powell, 336 pages, 2014, ) **''Love Is Love (comics), Love is Love'': "The Door was Open to Us" (one-page prose story illustrated by Jock, anthology graphic novel, 144 pages, 2016, ) **''Dark Spaces: Wildfire'' #1–5 (with Hayden Sherman, 2022) *Dark Horse Comics: **''Black Hammer (comics), Black Hammer: Visions'' #8 (with David Rubín, anthology, 2021) collected in ''Black Hammer: Visions Volume 2'' (hc, 120 pages, 2022, ) **''We Have Demons'' #1–3 (with Greg Capullo, reprint of Comixology digital series, 2022) collected in ''We Have Demons'' (tpb, 200 pages, 2022, ) **''Night of the Ghoul'' #1–3 (with Francesco Francavilla, reprint of Comixology digital series, 2022) **''Clear (comic book), Clear'' #1–3 (with Francis Manapul, reprint of Comixology digital series, 2023) *''Attack on Titan, Attack on Titan Anthology'': "Under the Surface" (co-written by Snyder and Ray Fawkes, art by Rafael Albuquerque, 256 pages, Kodansha, 2016, ) *''Chain (comics), Chain'' (with Ariela Kristantina, ongoing series intended for publication under Snyder's own Best Jackett Press label — initially announced in 2020) *Comixology (digital series — with collected editions published in print via Dark Horse): **''We Have Demons'' #1–3 (with Greg Capullo, 2021–2022) **''Clear'' #1–6 (with Francis Manapul, 2021–2022) **''Night of the Ghoul'' #1–6 (with Francesco Francavilla, 2021–2022) **''Barnstormers (comics), Barnstormers: A Ballad of Love and Murder'' #1–3 (with Tula Lotay, 2022) **''Dudley Datson and the Forever Machine'' #1–3 (with Jamal Igle, 2022) **''Canary (comics), Canary'' #1–3 (with Dan Panosian, 2022) **''The Book of Evil, Book of Evil'' #1–5 (prose story illustrated by Jock, 2022) **''Duck and Cover (comics), Duck and Cover'' (with Rafael Albuquerque, initially announced in 2021)

References

External links

Scott Snyder
on Twitter *
Scott Snyder
at Mike's Amazing World of Comics

at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators

Interviews

Interview: Scott Snyder and Jeff Lemire Face Their Fears in ''A.D.: After Death''
(2017) {{DEFAULTSORT:Snyder, Scott American comics writers Brown University alumni Columbia University faculty Columbia University School of the Arts alumni Living people New York University faculty Sarah Lawrence College faculty Inkpot Award winners Year of birth missing (living people)