{"id":480254,"date":"2022-08-01T23:00:27","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T20:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/without-batman-scott-snyder-has-a-stress-free-comic-con\/"},"modified":"2022-08-01T23:00:27","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T20:00:27","slug":"without-batman-scott-snyder-has-a-stress-free-comic-con","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/without-batman-scott-snyder-has-a-stress-free-comic-con\/","title":{"rendered":"#Without Batman, Scott Snyder Has a Stress-Free Comic-Con"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a22c51ed6961\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a22c51ed6961\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/without-batman-scott-snyder-has-a-stress-free-comic-con\/#%E2%80%9CWithout_Batman_Scott_Snyder_Has_a_Stress-Free_Comic-Con%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Without Batman, Scott Snyder Has a Stress-Free Comic-Con&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWithout_Batman_Scott_Snyder_Has_a_Stress-Free_Comic-Con%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Without Batman, Scott Snyder Has a Stress-Free Comic-Con&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<pre><code>     &lt;span class=\"mx-1\"&gt;We chat with Scott Snyder about returning to Comic-Con with a new set of ComiXology Originals and why they trump Dark Knight popularity.&lt;\/span&gt;\n&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;div id=\"\"&gt;\n\n\n\n                &lt;figure class=\"sf-entry-featured-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> \"&gt;\n            &lt;img width=\"800\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Scott-Snyder-Comixology.jpg\" class=\"articlethumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"Scott Snyder Comixology\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Scott-Snyder-Comixology.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Scott-Snyder-Comixology-768x413.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/&gt;                                    &lt;p&gt;\n                    &lt;span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\"&gt;ComiXology&lt;\/span&gt;\n\n                        &lt;\/figure&gt;\n\n    &lt;!-- START BYLINE --&gt;\n    &lt;div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center my-4 text-center medium dark-gray\"&gt;\n        By\u00a0Brad Gullickson\u00a0\u00b7 Published on August 1st, 2022 \n        &lt;\/div&gt;\n    &lt;!-- END BYLINE --&gt;\n\n    &lt;em&gt;Welcome to Comic-Con Returns, our column celebrating San Diego\u2019s mightiest comic convention and its revival after three long desolate years. In this entry, we chat with former Batman writer Scott Snyder about Comic-Con and how it has never been easier to navigate as a creator.&lt;\/em&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<hr\/>\n<p>When hunting for a list featuring the best Batman comics, inevitably, you\u2019ll find that most contain specific so-called classics. Books like <em>The Dark Knight Returns<\/em>, <em>Year<\/em>: <em>One<\/em>, <em>The Killing Joke<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Arkham Asylum<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>The Long Halloween<\/em>. If the lists are a little more esoteric, you\u2019ll find <em>Gotham by Gaslight<\/em>, <em>JLA<\/em>: <em>Tower of Babel<\/em>, and <em>Batman<\/em>: <em>Ego<\/em>. If Robert Pattinson makes a list, you\u2019ll find deliciously weirdo choices like <em>Batman<\/em>: <em>Shaman<\/em>. If I\u2019m putting the list together, as an even bigger weirdo, you\u2019ll find the utterly obscure <em>Batman<\/em>: <em>Blink<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Undoubtedly, those lists also contain <strong><em>The Court of Owls<\/em><\/strong>, the seven-issue storyline written by <strong>Scott Snyder<\/strong>\u00a0and illustrated by <strong>Greg Capullo<\/strong>. The story centers on a previously unknown entity, a secret society who have pulled Gotham\u2019s strings, Batman included, for a few hundred years.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the other comics on these lists, <em>The Court of Owls<\/em> is the only one published this century. Snyder and Capullo launched DC Comics\u2019 New 52, the publisher\u2019s infamous line-wide retcon that dared to reboot the universe\u2019s characters, returning them to their starting positions as fresh-faced heroes. Initially, the rebranding caused tremendous concern and division amongst the fans, but even the most venomous detractors couldn\u2019t deny <em>The Court of Owls<\/em>\u2018 <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eal.<\/p>\n<p>Since its first publication, Snyder and Capullo\u2019s initial Batman narrative has only risen in the ranks of fan favorites. Mere minutes after <em>The Batman<\/em>\u2018s release, folks were plotting sequels, and <em>The Court of Owls<\/em> frequently popped into such conversations. When <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LWZgoR4rvzg\">Vanity Fair asked <em>The Batman<\/em> cast<\/a> to sort through some fan theories, Pual Dano chastized Jeffrey Wright for missing out on Snyder and Capullo\u2019s masterpiece, \u201cBro, you gotta read <em>The Court of Owls<\/em>\u2026the first issue is insanely good and [any use of that plot] would be messed up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scott Snyder followed <em>The Court of Owls<\/em> with an all-time epic run on the solo Batman title, taking his success there and expanding it with spin-offs, <em>Dark Nights<\/em>: <em>Metal<\/em>, <em>Dark Nights<\/em>: <em>Death Metal<\/em>, and even a magnificent turn on <em>Justice League<\/em>. While at the height of his <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>, Snyder left DC Comics. Not permanently, mind you, but the creator saw an opportunity to go wild with his own projects.<\/p>\n<p>Last October, Snyder teamed his Best Jackett Press with the digital-first publisher ComiXology (now owned by Amazon). Together they published three new titles; <strong><em>We<\/em><em>\u00a0Have Demons<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>Clear<\/em><\/strong>, and <strong><em>Night of the Ghoul<\/em><\/strong>. Each book was co-created with classic Scott Snyder collaborators: Greg Capullo, <strong>Francis Manapul<\/strong>, and <strong>Francesco Francavilla<\/strong>. Each book slapped its reader across the face, announcing a bold new direction for the rock star writer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cScottober\u201d is happening again, this time in July. Snyder entered <strong>San Diego Comic<\/strong>\u2013<strong>Con International<\/strong> this year with three more titles: <strong><em>Canary<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>Barnstormers<\/em><\/strong>, and <strong><em>Dudley Datson and the Forever Machine<\/em><\/strong>. The first book is a darkly demented Western following a crack-shot Marshall during the Gold Rush\u2019s final days, wondrously illustrated by <strong>Dan Panosian<\/strong>. <em>Barnstormers<\/em> is set in the years immediately following the Great War, where daredevil pilots earn their living offering reckless joyrides for those that can afford it. Plus, some steampunk terror thrown in the mix, all captured with glamourous flair by artist <strong>Tula Lotay<\/strong>. And <em>Dudley Datson and the Forever Machine<\/em> is unlike anything Snyder has done before, an all-ages sci-fi adventure, illustrated by<strong> Jamal Igle<\/strong> and <strong>Juan Castro<\/strong>,\u00a0about a young inventor uncovering a vast conspiracy involving the perpetual motion machine.<\/p>\n<p>These creator-owned sagas\u00a0are exactly what you want someone like Scott Snyder tackling. They\u2019re wildly disparate tales smashing genres and tones with confident abandon. Snyder operates with a stacked audience behind him. He\u2019s not sure all of them will join him with each title, but I\u2019m willing to bet that most will, and in the process, he\u2019ll score several new readers as well.<\/p>\n<p>You might think hanging your career on multiple untested properties would propel the writer into Comic-Con with an anxious energy. Snyder, however, relays that he\u2019s never felt as relaxed walking into a convention as he does this year. He\u2019s feeling good, really damn good.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI used to have a ton of anxiety,\u201d he explains, \u201cbecause when I was there for DC, there were all kinds of high-stakes obligations, where you have to go on a panel and sell everybody. You\u2019re going to announce <em>Metal<\/em> and you\u2019re going to sell everybody on it. Then, you\u2019re going to meet the international retailers. And, as a pro, one of the secrets of a con like San Diego is you end up doing a lot of behind-the-scenes business dealings. You\u2019re there to convince booksellers and retailers and fans, everybody, about the stuff that you\u2019re doing at that company. There\u2019s a lot of running around from place to place. There\u2019s a log of meetings and all that. Going on my own, like this, where it\u2019s just me meeting my co-creators \u2013 and I have panels and signings, but it\u2019s not the same high-stakes stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Working on <em>Batman<\/em> or\u00a0<em>Justice League<\/em> is as much a nightmare as it is a dream. When Snyder was on those titles, all eyes were on him. Not just the readers, who always had their knives out ready to carve up his stories, but the publisher. Every Batman plot was a battle waged, each victory a preamble for another war.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the reason I don\u2019t feel too stressed,\u201d Snyder continues, \u201cis that when I was at DC, for a long time, and every year I was there, I would fight for these carve-outs to be able to do indie stuff on the side. I would never use them. I would fight for weeks to get a carve-out and then the amount of energy it takes to convince people internally on a political level, all the editors, and the editor-in-chief and everybody, that what you want to do on a book is worth trying, talking to all the other creators, talking to fans, trying to get them on your side in some way or other about it, while still not changing anything. I mean, all that was just so consuming, and then going to a con like San Diego? It felt so high stakes because they would present it with the art, and the company was watching, and the quarter depended on it sometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Removed from the DC Comics booth (a booth absent from the show floor this year, a first in a very long time), Scott Snyder could actually hang with the fans. He pulled back from panels and press requirements, scheduling more signings than before.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cComing out of that matrix,\u201d says Snyder, \u201cI\u2019m doing more work than I\u2019ve ever done in my life, but I\u2019m so less stressed and less tired because the energy all goes to approaching co-creators that I\u2019m friends with and that I\u2019ve wanted to work with, or I have worked with before, and just figuring out what we want to do together. None of these stories are pitches I gave to anybody else. They were seeds that I brought to these creators.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Snyder is most excited about the new folks coming over to his books. While ComiXology\u2019s merging with Amazon has caused several app glitches for consumers, creating a lot of online noise, the creator is mostly pleased with where everything is going. ComiXology has opened a portal for fresh eyes to find his work; their response is thrilling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe thing to understand,\u201d says Snyder, \u201cis that yes, for the dyed-in-the-wool comic reader using ComiXology, I understand the integration with Kindle, and that stuff is maybe not as appealing as it was before. But as somebody creating there, what you see is that the way that it\u2019s now melded with Amazon is bringing a lot more comics into the algorithmic search of people looking for things that don\u2019t necessarily go to comics first. So, it\u2019s drawing in a lot of people from the Amazon readership into comics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ComiXology titles are not trapped in digital, either. Snyder\u2019s other partner in this endeavor is Dark Horse Comics, <em>Hellboy<\/em>\u2018s publisher and the company that\u2019s reclaimed the <em>Star Wars<\/em> license. A few months after <em>We Have Demons<\/em>\u2018 initial run, they printed physical copies of all three issues and will eventually collect them in a trade paperback.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were worried,\u201d Snyder continues, \u201cwhat if we come out digitally and then we don\u2019t sell them in shop? Meaning, what if we\u2019re hurting stores? But <em>We Had Demons<\/em> sold 90,000 for the first issue. It proved that if you differentiate print and digital, there is a really good way of doing it. We might not have cracked it. I\u2019m sure somebody will do it better than I can soon, but at least seeing it as a prototype and realizing there\u2019s a path there makes me excited for one possible lane to drive in the future in comics that I believe in and my co-creators do too. You can browse digitally and then physically buy what you want on your shelf. One doesn\u2019t necessarily have to hurt the other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scott Snyder is living his best Comic-Con life, betting on himself and seeing it rewarded with fan and critical praise. He\u2019s not necessarily done with Batman, and he\u2019s certainly not done with DC Comics and can even see himself working in the Marvel Comics universe someday. But can the big two comic companies offer him the rewards he\u2019s receiving with his ComiXology originals? Probably not.<\/p>\n<p>When creators reach an audience as large as the one Snyder has constructed, we want them pushing the envelope, never settling on the proven product. He\u2019s using the gift he\u2019s been given, striving to deliver stories he\u2019s never told before, attracting audiences who don\u2019t party with the Wednesday warrior\/direct market crowd. He\u2019s fighting for comics and we need more soldiers like him.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong><em>Canary, Barnstormers, and Dudley Datson and the Forever Machine<\/em> are <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/kindle-dbs\/hz\/bookshelf\/cu?gclid=Cj0KCQjwio6XBhCMARIsAC0u9aGSIU2Byatska5SS5A_Km6eyPJ825UbL7rs6vAyk-qfFVGHgUNdEEYaAmexEALw_wcB&amp;ref=cmx_mtg_pd_go_nbr&amp;shoppingPortalEnabled=true&amp;pageCode=cuStandard\">now available<\/a> through ComiXology<em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<pre><code>    Related Topics: Batman, Comic-Con\n    &lt;!-- AUTHOR BOX --&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<div class=\"gray-bg p-4 border small mb-5\">\n<div class=\"row align-items-center text-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/brad.jpg\" class=\"circle img-fluid\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md\">\n            Brad Gullickson is a Weekly Columnist for Film School Rejects and Senior Curator for One Perfect Shot. 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