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Scott Snyder (born 1976) is a comic book author, best known for his Creator/VertigoComics indie series ''ComicBook/AmericanVampire'' and his run on ComicBook/{{Batman}}. Snyder cut his teeth with his short story ''Voodoo Heart'' before doing his first comic work with {{Creator/Marvel}} in ''ComicBook/IronMan: [[ComicBook/MarvelNoir Noir]]''. He eventually joined Vertigo and in collaboration with Creator/StephenKing wrote the [[http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/07/23/comic-con-eisner-award-winners-2011/ Eisner Award-winning]] ''ComicBook/AmericanVampire''. He went on to write 11 issues of ''ComicBook/DetectiveComics'' to critical acclaim.
He wrote the ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' main title for the duration of the ComicBook/New52 relaunch, including the critically acclaimed arcs ''ComicBook/NightOfTheOwls'', ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily'', ''ComicBook/BatmanZeroYear'', and ''ComicBook/BatmanEndgame''. He also wrote the first 18 issues of the New 52 ''ComicBook/SwampThing'', which was similarly acclaimed, and ''ComicBook/SupermanUnchained'', one of the most positively received Superman stories of the New 52. In 2017, he returned alongside Greg Capullo to write the quite dark 2017 CrisisCrossover ''ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal'', and went on to write the ''[[ComicBook/JusticeLeague2018 Justice League]]'' main title that headlined the current ''ComicBook/DCUniverse'' initiative, which deals with the fallout and consequences of ''Metal''. He, alongside Greg Capullo once more, later wrote the Creator/DCBlackLabel three-issue miniseries ''ComicBook/BatmanLastKnightOnEarth'', which serves as an effective "finale" to his Batman run. In 2020, he and Greg Capullo teamed up once again to create ''ComicBook/DarkNightsDeathMetal'', the culmination of [[ComicBook/JusticeLeague2018 his current]] [[ComicBook/DCYearOfTheVillain saga]].
He has no family ties to DC films director Creator/ZackSnyder, albeit Zack mentions Scott's work as some influence to his films in the ''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse''. Scott mentions this works vice-versa with the scale and tone of his comics invoking Zack's style.
'''Selected bibliography:'''
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* ''ComicBook/AmericanVampire''
* ''ComicBook/{{Barnstormers}}''
* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}''
** ''ComicBook/BatmanGatesOfGotham''
** ''ComicBook/BatmanTheBlackMirror''
** ''ComicBook/Batman2011''
*** ''ComicBook/NightOfTheOwls''
*** ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily''
*** ''ComicBook/BatmanZeroYear''
*** ''ComicBook/BatmanEternal''
*** ''ComicBook/BatmanEndgame''
*** ''ComicBook/BatmanAndRobinEternal''
** ''ComicBook/AllStarBatman''
** ''ComicBook/BatmanTheShadow''
** ''ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal''
** ''ComicBook/BatmanLastKnightOnEarth''
** ''ComicBook/DarkNightsDeathMetal''
* ''ComicBook/BookOfEvil''
* ''ComicBook/{{Canary}}''
* ''ComicBook/{{Clear}}''
* ''ComicBook/DuckAndCover''
* ''ComicBook/DudleyDatsonAndTheForeverMachine''
* ''ComicBook/IronManNoir''
* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica''
** ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueNoJustice''
** ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague2018'' (with Creator/JamesTynionIV)
* ''ComicBook/NightOfTheGhoul''
* ''ComicBook/{{Nocterra}}''
* ''ComicBook/{{Severed}}''
* ''ComicBook/SupermanUnchained''
* ''ComicBook/SwampThing''
** ''ComicBook/{{Rotworld}}''
* ''ComicBook/TheWake''
* ''ComicBook/{{Wytches}}''
* ''ComicBook/UndiscoveredCountry'' (with Creator/CharlesSoule)
* ''Literature/VoodooHeart'' -- prose; short story collection
* ''ComicBook/WeHaveDemons''
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!!Tropes associated with Scott Snyder's work:
* DarkerAndEdgier: While modern Joker was never a lighthearted character, Scott took the darkness and dialed it up a few notches. We get things like Joker running around his severed, rotting face crudely attached in ''Death of the Family'' and Joker being built up as a [[spoiler:fake]] HumanoidAbomination in ''Endgame''.
* LighterAndSofter: His take on Batman, in spite of his ''Batman'' run being noteworthy for its darkness. Batman is noticeably far more quippy and willing to have fun with his crimefighting compared to more traditional stoic portrayals that precede Snyder's writing.
* ProductionPosse: He has partnered with artist Greg Capullo on several ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' projects, including ''ComicBook/Batman2011'' and ''ComicBook/BatmanLastKnightOnEarth'', as well as the indie book ''ComicBook/WeHaveDemons''.
* ReverseCerebusSyndrome: From his Batman run to works like ''Dark Nights'', Snyder's DC tenure has noticeably shifted from dark and psychological to epic, cosmic, quippy, and running purely on RuleOfCool.
* SignatureStyle: [[AnimalMotifs Bird]] and architecture motifs. [[FangsAreEvil Fangs]] as well.
** He also has a tendency for his characters to spout LittleKnownFacts. It reached a point where in ''ComicBook/BatmanZeroYear'', the Riddler talks about so many of these that Batman tells him to [[SelfDeprecation shut up]].
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