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Scott Snyder Biography

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, and Swamp Thing.

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I got fascinated by the idea that our universe itself is comprised mostly of dark matter and dark energy. Things that we can't perceive at all, and we've only discovered that relatively recently. So it's almost as if our universe is the foam on the ocean of things that we can't see, or know, or perceive, and yet we feel the affects of those things right and left.

Dark, Energy, Foam, Ocean

If I know what something's about, and I can always have that touchstone, I feel like I can reach for really ridiculous humor and also go really dark in terms of the things I'm afraid of.

Dark, Humor, Know, Like, Ridiculous, Term

I always, always got to be the last man standing.

Last Man Standing, Lasts, Man, Men, Standing

Having that North Star for every story [about Batman] is really key for me. It allows me to go farther and farther off the reservation.

Batman, Key, Keys, Stars, Stories, Story

There's nothing comparative to Damien [the current Robin] or any of the other characters. I love those characters. And this isn't, "This is better than that. " I think a couple of people misread what we had said in the first issue about that stuff.

Character, Comparative, Couple, Robin, Think, Thinking

KGBeast starts chasing our heroes in a big way, and you get the return of an old character from the mythology that I think people will be really excited to see.

Character, Hero, Heroes, Starts, Thinking, Way

Bruce sees in this character - who fought all the way through "Superheavy" when his parents were missing, and now is determined to fight even though his parents are telling him he's worth nothing - the essence of Batman.

Character, Essence, Fighting, Fought, Superheavy, Way

[Duke] is the same way that Harper Row is a character who doesn't want to know who you are beneath the mask, and that makes her interesting. She'll show up and help Batman, but she never wants to know if he's Bruce Wayne.

Batman, Beneath, Character, Interesting, Same, Want

That's what everyone thinks--they think being a cop is about punishing people for doing wrong. But that's not true. You know it isn't. It's about believing in people, believing in the good. In the will of people to do what's right despite their own instincts.

Believe, Cop, People, Thinking, Wrong

I love The End of the Batman story. I have my original copy, the hardcover, at my house from when I was a kid, whenever that was,'88 or '89. It was very influential to me because it was so explicit in touching on the notion that Batman might be mad and that he might belong in the mad house.

Hardcover, House, Kid, Kids, Love, Mad

"The Cursed Wheel" is the heart of the whole year on All-Star. All-Star is a series that's largely compartmentalized so that every artist can reinvent a villain and have Batman go up against the villain in a way that's pretty singular.

Against, Artist, Heart, Singular, Stars, Whole

Sometimes, all it takes is a few words to change your life.

Change, Changing Your Life, Few Words, Life, Sometimes, Words

I had to fight for wingdings. Batman needs to curse sometimes!

Batman, Curse, Fighting, Needs, Sometimes

I really wanted to make sure that if we set Duke up, that he's set up the right way and he's his own hero for the right reasons.

Dukes, Hero, Make, Right, Way

It's one of the worst nightmare situations we could create for a young character, having the people who are supposed to believe in you keep telling you you're nothing.

Believe, Character, Having, People, Supposed, Worst Nightmares

Does it matter how long they were together that night? To lovers, an hour can last a century. But even for lovers, every hour ends.

Ends, Hour, Long, Matter, Night, Together

What Batman is saying is that, "I want to try something new that's more about this era and this moment. " And I do think that it speaks to a modern take [as opposed] to a 90s take or a 2000s take being maybe the older program about having a sidekick.

Batman, Older, Sidekicks, Take, Thinking, Trying

On this global stage, Superman is someone that we can all look up to and he's almost kind of ultimately American.

Global, Kind, Look, Look Up, Looks, Ultimately

Batman is the one you go to for answers and Clark Kent is the one you go to to really do the right thing. He stands as a shining example of what to do in any situation.

Answers, Batman, Example, Right, Shining

This one's like that because it's about these things that I think weigh heavily on me in terms of my own failings and the things that I worry about and my personal demons. Is the sum of my personal demons greater than the things that I like about myself? Is this moment - because it's a particulary high tension, scary moment for all of us in terms of the global climate - going to bring out the best or the worst in us?

Demons, Failings, Scary, Think, Thinking, Worry

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