Snyder has garnered acclaim from critics and fans for his work, such as his run on theNew 52 version ofBatman that debuted in 2011,[2][3] and has won numerous industry awards, including threeEisner Awards,[4][5] aHarvey Award,[6] and a 2012Eagle Award for Best Writer.[7]
Snyder graduated fromBrown University in 1998 with a degree increative writing, and then worked atWalt Disney World for about a year.[9] 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.[10] 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."[9]
Stephen King picked two of the included stories—"Wreck" and "Dumpster Tuesday"—for the 2007The Best American Short Stories anthology shortlist.Voodoo Heart was shortlisted forThe Story Prize in 2006.[14]
In 2008, Snyder wrote a short story calledThe Thirteenth Egg for the anthologyWho Can Save Us Now? Brand-New Superheroes and Their Amazing (Short) Stories.
In 2009, Snyder began writing forMarvel Comics. His first foray into the superhero genre was a one-shot focusing on the firstHuman Torch, part of Marvel's 70th anniversary celebrations. He later wrote the four-issue miniseries,Iron Man: Noir, which debuted in April 2010.[15]
Vertigo began publishingAmerican Vampire,[19] Snyder's first creator-ownedongoing series, in March 2010.[20] The first five issues feature an original storyline by Stephen King.[21][22]American Vampire won the 2011 Eisner Award for Best New Series,[4] as well as the 2011 Harvey Award for Best New Series.[6]
Beginning in September 2011, Snyder became the writer of bothBatman[26][27] and a newSwamp Thing ongoing series as part ofThe New 52, DC Comics' company-wide relaunch of all of its titles.[28][29][30] Snyder'sBatman series reinivisioned the classic character for the New 52's rebootedcontinuity, garnering acclaim from critics and fans.[2][3] Snyder later became the co-writer ofTalon, a spin-off of the "Court of Owls" storyline inBatman, which focused on a rogue Talon from the Court.[31][32]
It was announced at the 2012 New York Comic Con[33] that Snyder would be writing a newSuperman ongoing series, titledSuperman Unchained, with art byJim Lee. The series began publication in June 2013.[34]
Snyder left theSwamp Thing series as of issue #18 (May 2013) and began writingThe Wake, a 10-issue, ocean-based horror miniseries drawn by Snyder'sAmerican Vampire: Survival Of The Fittest collaboratorSean Murphy.[15] The series follows marine biologist Lee Archer, who along with theDepartment 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.[35][36][37]
The same month, DC published aFree Comic Book Day sneak preview ofSuperman Unchained,[15] 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 filmMan 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."[38]
Snyder was one of the co-writers of theBatman Eternal series which launched in April 2014.[39] The second run ofBatman Eternal, retitled asBatman & Robin Eternal launched on October 7, 2015.[40][41] During this time, Snyder and Detective Comics collaborate Jock launched theImage Comics seriesWytches,[42] the media rights to which were purchased byBrad Pitt'sPlan B Entertainment in October 2014.[43] In 2016, Snyder and artistJohn Romita Jr. collaborated on theAll-Star Batman series as part of theDC Rebirth relaunch.[44][45]
Snyder co-wroteJustice League: No Justice with Joshua Williamson andJames Tynion IV, with art byFrancis Manapul.[51] Following that, Snyder re-launched the mainJustice League series with art fromJim Cheung and Jorge Jimenez, while Williamson and Tynion wrote the companion seriesJustice League Odyssey andJustice League Dark, respectively.[52]
In 2018, Snyder, along with co-writer Tony Patrick and artistCully Hamner, launched the mini-seriesBatman and the Signal, featuringDuke Thomas as Gotham's daylight protector, The Signal.[53] A spin-off limited series fromDark Nights: Metal,The Batman Who Laughs, was launched by him and Jock in 2019.[54] In 2020, he and Greg Capullo released the DC Black Label miniseriesBatman: Last Knight on Earth, described as "the grand finale" of their New 52 run.[55] That same year, the two launched the follow-up toDark Nights: Metal—Dark Nights: Death Metal.[56]
Snyder's Image seriesNocterra, drawn byDetective Comics artistTony S. Daniel, was launched in March 2021[57] following aKickstarter campaign for the first issue.[58] A television adaptation is currently in development atNetflix.[59]
In July 2021, Snyder announced an eight-title digital first deal withcomiXology Originals, all to be published through his creator-owned imprint Best Jackett Press, with the books set to receive print versions viaDark Horse Comics.[60] The first three,We Have Demons with Greg Capullo,Clear with Francis Manapul, andNight of the Ghoul withFrancesco Francavilla, debuted in October 2021.[61] In October 2022,Deadline reported that a film adaptation ofNight of the Ghoul was in development at 20th Century Studios.[62]
Snyder was among a group of creators with whom fellow comics writerNick Spencer formed a deal in August 2021 with the subscription-based newsletter platformSubstack to publishcreator-owned comics stories, essays, and instructional guides on that platform. Snyder indicated that he would offer a virtual writing class to aspiring writers through his published posts and instructional live videos.[63]
An animated television series adaptation ofWytches was announced by Amazon Prime Video in February 2023,[64] with Snyder serving as co-showrunner.[65]
DC revealed in July 2024 that Snyder would return to the company to spearheadDC All In,[66] an initiative that would introduce theAbsolute Universe characters and titles, includingAbsolute Superman written byJason Aaron and drawn by Rafa Sandoval,Absolute Wonder Woman written byKelly Thompson and drawn by Hayden Sherman, andAbsolute Batman written by Snyder and drawn by Nick Dragotta.[67] Snyder was also announced as the co-writer, alongside Joshua Williamson, ofDC All In Special #1, an oversized one-shot flipbook with art by Daniel Sampere and Wes Craig that will kick off the initiative.[68] In September 2025, Snyder and Dragrottas'Absolute Batman title reached #5 ontheNew York Times Best Seller list.[69]
It was announced in January 2025 thatDark Spaces: Dungeon, a 5 issue horror miniseries, written by Snyder and drawn by Hayden Sherman, which was published in 2023-2024, would be getting a film adaptation from Spooky Pictures, producers ofBarbarian andLate Night with the Devil.[70]
Snyder has a wife[35] named Jeanie and two sons.[71] On March 3, 2019, Snyder announced that they were expecting another child in May.[72] Their child, a son, was born on May 4, 2019.[73]
"Devil's Own Luck" (written by Rafael Albuquerque, drawn byRenato Guedes)
American Vampire 1976 #1–10 (with Rafael Albuquerque,DC Black Label, 2020–2021) collected asAmerican Vampire 1976 (hc, 264 pages, 2021,ISBN1-77951-267-8)
American Vampire Omnibus Volume 1 (American Vampire #1-27,American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest #1-6, andAmerican Vampire: Lord of Nightmares #1-5, hc, 984 pages, 2022,ISBN1-4012-9884-2)
American Vampire Omnibus Volume 2 (collectsAmerican Vampire #28-34,American Vampire: The Long Road to Hell #1,American Vampire: Anthology #1-2,American Vampire: Second Cycle #1-11, andAmerican Vampire 1976 #1-10, hc, 928 pages, 2022,ISBN1-4012-9884-2)
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),Wes Craig (Annual #2), Dustin Nguyen (#28),Matteo Scalera (#34), Jock (#44) andYanick Paquette (#49–50); co-features in #8–12, 0, 13–16 and 18–25 as well as issues #28, 49–50 andAnnual #1 are co-written by Snyder andJames Tynion IV;Annual #2 is co-written by Snyder andMarguerite Bennett; issue #34 is co-written by Snyder andGerry Duggan; issue #44 is co-written by Snyder andBrian Azzarello, 2011–2016) collected as:
Batman by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo Omnibus Volume 1 (collects #0–33, 23.2 andAnnual #1–2, hc, 900 pages, 2019,ISBN1-4012-9884-2)
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,ISBN1-77951-326-7)
Batman Eternal (co-written by Snyder, James Tynion IV, Ray Fawkes, Kyle Higgins,Tim Seeley andJohn Layman, art by various artists, 2014–2015) collected as:
All-Star Batman (withJohn 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:
Dark Knights Rising: The Wild Hunt (co-written by Snyder, James Tynion IV, Joshua Williamson andGrant Morrison, art byHoward Porter, Jorge Jiménez and Doug Mahnke, one-shot, 2018)
Dark Nights: Metal Omnibus (collects #1–6, Dark Days: The Forge #1,Dark Days: The Casting #1,Batman: Lost #1,Dark Knights Rising: The Wild Hunt #1, and all short stories and one-shots, hc, 760 pages, 2023,ISBN1-77951-703-3)
Justice League: No Justice #1–4 (co-written with James Tynion IV and Joshua Williamson, art byFrancis Manapul,Marcus To (#2–3) and Riley Rossmo (#3), 2018). Collected as.
Justice League: No Justice (tpb, 144 pages, 2018,ISBN1-4012-8334-9) collects:
Justice League vol. 4 #1–39 (withJim Cheung (#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 in Trade Paperbacks
Justice League Volume 1: The Totality (collects #1–7, 144 pages, November 2018)
Justice League Volume 2: The Graveyard of the Guards (collects #8–12, Justice League/Aquaman: Drowned Earth #1 & Aquaman/Justice League: Drowned Earth #1, 208 pages, May 2019)
Justice League Volume 3: Hawkworld (collects #13–18, and annual #1, 184 pages, July 2019)
Justice League Volume 4: The Sixth Dimension (collects #19–28, 256 pages, November 2019)
Justice League Volume 5: Justice/Doom War (collects #29–39, 272 pages, June 2020)
Collected as Oversized Hardcovers.
Justice League by Scott Snyder Book One (includes #1–4, 6–7 and 9–11, hc, 384 pages, 2019,ISBN1-4012-9521-5)
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 #1 (written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Howard Porter, 2018)
Also collects Aquaman/Justice League: Drowned Earth #1 (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,ISBN1-77950-584-1)
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,ISBN1-77951-493-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.
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,ISBN1-77950-242-7)
Absolute Dark Nights: Death Metal (hc, 288 pages, 2023,ISBN1-77952-156-1)
Dark Nights: Death Metal — The Darkest Knight (tpb, 208 page, 2021,ISBN1-77950-792-5) includes:
Dark Nights: Death Metal — Legends of the Dark Knights: "The Darkest Knight" (co-written by Snyder, James Tynion IV and Joshua Williamson, art byTony 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,ISBN1-77950-793-3) includes:
Dark Nights: Death Metal — The Multiverse Who Laughs: "Robin King" (co-written by Snyder, James Tynion IV and Joshua Williamson, art byJuan Gedeon, anthology one-shot, 2021)
Dark Nights: Death Metal — War of the Multiverses (tpb, 176 pages, 2021,ISBN1-77951-006-3) 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 byTravis 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 byDexter Soy andScott Koblish, anthology one-shot, 2021)
Infinite Frontier (framing sequence; co-written by Snyder, James Tynion IV and Joshua Williamson, art byJohn Timms, anthology one-shot, 2021) collected in.
Includes Nocterra: Val Special (written by Snyder, art by Francis Manapul, 2022) and Nocterra: Nemesis Special (written by Snyder, art byLiam Sharp, 2023)
Attack on Titan Anthology: "Under the Surface" (co-written by Snyder and Ray Fawkes, art by Rafael Albuquerque) collected inAttack on Titan Anthology (tpb, 256 pages, 2016,ISBN1-63236-258-9)
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: A Ballad of Love and Murder #1–5 (with Tula Lotay, 2022–2023)
Dudley Datson and the Forever Machine #1–5 (with Jamal Igle, 2022–2023)
Canary #1–6 (with Dan Panosian, 2022–2023)
Book of Evil #1–4 (prose story illustrated by Jock, 2022–2023)[86]
Duck and Cover #1–4 (with Rafael Albuquerque, 2023–2024)[87]
By a Thread #1–4 (co-written by Snyder and Jack Snyder, art by Valeria Favoccia, 2023–2024)
By a Thread Season 2 #1–4 (co-written by Snyder and Jack Snyder, art by Valeria Favoccia, 2025)
Chain (with Ariela Kristantina, ongoing series intended for publication under Snyder's ownBest Jackett Press label — initially announced in 2020)[88]
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^abBorondy, Matt (July 10, 2006)."Scott Snyder".Identity Theory. Archived fromthe original on March 16, 2012. RetrievedApril 1, 2012.
^Jones, Seth (July 18, 2012)."CCI: A Toast to Scott Snyder".Comic Book Resources.Archived from the original on September 4, 2017.'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.'
^Watson, Sasha (September 27, 2010)."A Literary Imagination Goes Graphic".Publishers Weekly.Archived from the original on November 29, 2010. RetrievedApril 1, 2012.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.
^Cowsill, Alan; Dolan, Hannah (2010). "2000s".DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. London, United Kingdom:Dorling Kindersley. p. 340.ISBN978-0-7566-6742-9.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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Manning, Matthew K.; Dougall, Alastair (2014). "2010s".Batman: A Visual History. London, United Kingdom:Dorling Kindersley. p. 316.ISBN978-1-4654-2456-3.Superstar writer Scott Snyder began his tenure on the Batman titles alongside popular artist Jock in this issue.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Manning "2010s" in Dougall, p. 330: "This zero issue began a new ongoing series starring Calvin Rose, a Talon who escaped from the corrupt life of the Court of Owls."
^Rogers, Vaneta (June 8, 2012)."DC Adds Four to New 52, Including DiDio'sPhantom Stranger".Newsarama. Archived fromthe original on June 11, 2012. RetrievedJune 10, 2012.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.
^Gaudette, Emily (August 11, 2016)."InAll-Star, Batman Has 'A Target on Him, Nowhere to Go'". Inverse.com.Archived from the original on September 18, 2016.DC has just releasedAll-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'sThe Cult.
