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Our Best Jackett
by Scott Snyder
All Things Scott Snyder: In & On My Own Words bestjackettpress.substack.com
Episodes
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Newsletter #240: A Quick Guide to My NYCC 2026!
[Apologies for the audio quality this time around, we're on the go right now and will be back at full speed next time!] Hey guys, it's Scott. It is October 7th and New York Comic Con is upon us. I am not there today, so I will be watching the Yankee game with my kids, hoping they don't get...
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Newsletter #239: Creator-Owned vs. Licensed
Hey guys, it’s Scott. It is Wednesday, September 9th at the time of recording, but you're reading this on Thursday, September 10th. Sorry, the chaos of three kids back to school, one in college, one in high school, and one in second grade is more of a tornado than I think I expected. And I’m...
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Newsletter #238: Best Summer Ever
Hey guys, it’s Scott. It is Thursday, August 20th. I can’t believe it’s been a month. I’m so, so sorry. I keep trying to find time and find like, the perfect moment to do it and it’s just been a crazy end of the summer with three boys of all different ages doing very different things. Our oldest…
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Newsletter #237: Celebrating Five Years of BJP w/ Absolute Batman the Animated Series & Frank Miller!
Hey guys, it’s Scott. And I’m so, so sorry it’s been so long since I’ve done one of these. It is Tuesday, July 14th. There’s so much that’s happened since the last post, and now I promise I’ll make sure that we do this more regularly because I want to connect with you and update you on everything...
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Newsletter #236: Anatomy of a Scene - Absolute Batman #21
Hey guys, it’s Scott. It is Friday, June 19th. Sorry I haven’t done a post in a little while. I’ve been meaning to do this class on cold opens, but full disclosure, I had a bit of a health thing. Not really serious, but I cracked a tooth a while ago at a movie with my kid, with our 15-year-old.…
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Newsletter #235: Last Call for the Eisners!
Hey guys, it’s Scott. It is Wednesday, June 3rd. Forgive whatever weird background noise you hear. I made the classic parent mistake of getting my kid a stuffed animal. I was in Vegas and I got Quinn our seven-year-old a cactus, a stuffed cactus that dances. And I did not realize that it has a...
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Newsletter #234: Appreciation for Absolute Green Arrow!
Hey guys, it’s Scott. It is Wednesday, May 20th. Big day for the Absolute Universe. I’m out in California. I’m actually standing in LAX right now. I’m here to sign some books and do some DC stuff, but mostly because it’s our middle son’s 15th birthday and he really wanted to come out to L.A. and…
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Newsletter #233: Absolute Batman at the Eisners!
Hey guys, it’s Scott. It is Friday, May 15th. I think it’s the 15th. Sorry, it’s been a very long week. Good week, but a long week. And I just wanted to do a very quick post saying thank you a bunch of times to you guys for many things. First, thank you so much to everybody who showed up to our...
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Newsletter #232: The Cliffhanger
Hey guys, it’s Scott. It is Friday, May 8th and I am in a hotel in Boston across from Fenway (enemy territory) picking up our oldest from the end of his first semester in college. I’m very excited to see him and see how he did. Hopefully he did not have too much fun but just enough. But we’re…
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Comic Writing Class on Reader Friendliness TOMORROW NIGHT!
Hey guys, it’s Scott. So, three really, really quick things: * Tomorrow, Absolute Batman #19 comes out. I hope you guys will check it out. Please, no spoilers if you see it. * We’re going to do a class at 9:30 EST tomorrow night, Comic Writing 101. It’s one of the most important lessons, I think,...
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Newsletter #231: Absolute Robins
Hey guys, it’s Scott. It is Thursday, April 9th. And I just wanted to say thank you guys so much for all of the response and support and excitement and curiosity over Absolute Batman #20. We finally revealed the true cover behind the R just the other day and it shows our concept of Robin, all…
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Newsletter #230: Dread the Scarecrow
Hey guys, it’s Scott. It is Friday, March 20th. God, I almost skipped two months there. And I am working today, but I am headed down to Orlando for MegaCon tonight. Jock and Greg and Sean Murphy and a bunch of other friends are going to be there. I’m going to be signing pretty much all day…
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Newsletter #229: Announcement - Building Comic Book Events with Joshua Williamson
Hey guys, it’s Scott. It is Monday, March 16th. Really quick, first, Wednesday we are going to be doing a class. It’s going to be about doing big comic events and the special guest will be Joshua Williamson. Really excited about it. It will be talking a lot about what it takes to do a big comic...
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Newsletter #228: We Are All DC
Hey guys, it’s Scott. It is Wednesday, March 4th. It has been forever since I have done one of these and I am so sorry. I’m going to get back on track, but I’ve been traveling for the last three weeks pretty much and I am old. I have forgotten how much jet lag takes its toll on my body at this…
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Newsletter #226: The Math of Selling Books
Hey guys, it’s Scott. It is Wednesday, January 14th and I’m in a very weird headspace. Forgive me, I haven’t been around very much. I was even going to post that I’m sorry to all the people I haven’t gotten back to in the last couple weeks, but we’re actually taking our oldest son Jack to college...
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Newsletter #255: 2025 - A Year in Review
Hey guys, Scott. It is Wednesday, December 31st, the last day of 2025. And I wanted to do a really quick post just talking about some of the things I really loved in the comic world this year, giving a tiny bit of advice, and really, above all, just giving thanks. I mean, I can’t get over what a...
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Newsletter #225: A Triple Dose of Absolute Batman
Hey guys, it’s Scott. And I just wanted to do a super quick video reminding you of three things. Sorry, it’s a snow day here. First, Monday is the Final Order Cut-Off for Absolute Batman #16. This is our guest star issue of Absolute Wonder Woman. It’s a two-part crossover, but each one is...
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Newsletter #224: This One Goes Out to All the Teachers
Hey guys, it’s Scott. It is Monday, November 24th. Happy (almost) Thanksgiving! I know we were going to do a class this week, but we had a better option. First of all, a lot of people emailed us and said they weren’t going to be around because it is the Wednesday night before Thanksgiving. So we...
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Newsletter #223: Ask Me Anything TONIGHT!
Hey guys, it’s Scott. It is Wednesday, November 12th, and I just wanted to make a quick adjustment, quick course correction. I forgot that my amazing assistant, Tyler, is going to the incredible convention Thought Bubble tomorrow, Thursday, over in England. So tonight is off the table for a…
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Newsletter #222: The Big Moments
Hey guys, It is Friday, November 7th, and before we get started, just quick bits of housekeeping. This coming Monday is the very last day to order Absolute Batman #15. It’s our big Joker issue with Alfred going into what the Joker of the Absolute Universe is all about. Really scary stuff, I’m...
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Newsletter #221: Taking NYCC to the Next Level!
Hey guys, it’s Scott. It is Tuesday, October 21st, and it’s been forever since I did a post. I’m so sorry. But it’s been wild over here and crazy. We had New York Comic Con, which will be the big subject of this post. And we announced a bunch of stuff for DC that I really want to unpack for you...
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Our Best Jackett E220: Comics in the Post-Cinematic Universe
Hey guys, it’s Scott. It is Friday, October 3rd. We are one week away from New York Comic Con. I can’t believe it. The leaves are changing, the spooky season is here, and we have an insane week coming up. So, on October 8th, Wednesday, we have two massive comic books coming out. First and…
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Newsletter #219: Remember the Price Point
[NOTE: This was recorded last week before the very public events in Utah occured] Hey guys, it's Scott. It is Wednesday, September 10th, new comic book day, and it's a really big one for us. We have Absolute Batman #12 out now. It's me and Nick Dragotta and Frank Martin and Clayton Cowles, the…
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Newsletter #218: Last Chance to Get KO'd!
Hey guys, it's Scott. It is Wednesday, September 3rd. We are in the midst of back to school nuttiness over at our house. But we are also in the final days before DC K.O. #1 goes to print. So it is double craziness when it comes to work. And so I just wanted to do a really quick post reminding you...
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Newsletter #217: Reunited w/ Greg Capullo
Hey guys, it's Scott. It is Wednesday, August 27th, my God. So, just a really quick post. I wasn't sure if we could pull it together, but we are pulling it together. It's going to be fun. We're going to do a class tomorrow night. It's about collaborating with artists, and it's with the one and…
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Newsletter #216: School's Back in Session!
Hey guys, it's Scott. It is Tuesday, August 19th, and I know it's been a while, but it's been a crazy, crazy couple weeks. So I thought I'd do a post and catch everybody up on everything coming soon and what's been going on on this side of the fence and everything. So first, quick bit of...
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Newsletter #215: Back for Some Housekeeping!
Hey guys, it's Scott. It's been a while. It is Friday, August 15th, the day before the anniversary of Elvis's death. It is Elvis Week. You should listen to some Elvis—The Sun Sessions, Back in Memphis, some great albums out there. I'll make a playlist for Tyler (check out our post from three…
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Newsletter #214: San Diego Prep
Hey guys, it's Scott. It is Tuesday, July 22nd, two days before San Diego Comic-Con. The Beast, the big one. I will be there Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. I'm taking a very late flight tomorrow night to try and spend as much time with my family and get as much work done as I can before…
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Newsletter #213: Hooray for ALA!
Hey guys, it's Scott. It is Monday, June 30th, and I am back from Philly with my family. We had a great time down there, but before we start, just one bit of housekeeping. We are going to be doing a class this week! It's a little bit of short notice, but I'm really excited about the subject. It's...
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Newsletter #212: Pitying the Fool
Hey guys, it's Scott. It is Tuesday, June 3rd (but you’ll be hearing this on Wednesday, June 4th), and I'm back from Fan Expo Dallas. It was a great, great trip. I got to hang out with brother Greg Capullo for the whole weekend. We always go out to dinner just like, us and his wonderful wife,...
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Newsletter #211: Pre-Dallas Proof of Life!
Hey guys, it's Scott. It is… I don't even know what day it is. I know it's Friday, but I just got back at five in the morning from a red-eye from Burbank where I was at the DC offices with Joshua Williamson for a couple of days. We're taking a look at the plans for the end of 2025 and into 2026....
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Newsletter #210: Absolute Batman Vol. 2 - Abomination
Hey guys, it's Scott. It is Wednesday, May 14th. And I just wanted to do a very quick post about four big things we have happening right now. So the first one, we have Absolute Batman #8 out in stores today. This is the second part of our Mr. Freeze arc. It's the finale and it sets up everything...
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Newsletter #209: In Napoli
Hey guys, it's Scott. It is Friday, May 9th. So a couple quick things just before we start, some housekeeping. Absolute Batman #8 comes out this coming Wednesday. It's the conclusion to our mini arc about Mr. Freeze. It's with the incredible Marcos Martín and it sets up everything coming in issue...
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Newsletter #208: The Fundamentals
Hey guys, it's Scott. It is Friday, April 18th. I'm sorry it's been a couple weeks since I've done one of these. We've just been in college decision chaos. But good chaos, as our oldest, Jack, who's 18, is coming down to his final decision on what school he's going to go to for college. He's got…
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Newsletter #205: What Makes Comics Sell?
Hey guys, it's Scott. It is Monday, March 10th, and I hope you had a great weekend. I'm really excited for this week. We're going to be doing a Comic Writing 101 class this Wednesday night at 9:30pm EST. It'll be live and then if you're a paid subscriber, you have access to that. Or if you can't...
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Newsletter #204: Marching Back to Class!
Hey guys, it's Scott. It is Friday, March 7th, and I wanted to do just a very quick lightning fast post announcing that we're going to have a class next week! I'm really excited, we'll be doing a Comic Writing 101 (I guess it's 103 by this point because we're in our third or fourth year, really…
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Newsletter #203: Mark Waid's Comic Writing 101
Hey guys, it's Scott. It is Monday, February 10th and forgive my voice. I'm not sick anymore, I was just down in Orlando for MegaCon and I did a ton of talking all weekend. So I am home, I am healthy in the deep, deep snow of New York. But I wanted to do a really quick post and just mention two…
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Newsletter #202: Absolutely Sick
Hey guys, it's Scott. It is Friday, January 31st. Forgive my voice or any coughing. I got all better at the end of last week and then I had to take a quick work trip and the traveling did me in. I'm old and apparently my body has like, no defenses whatsoever anymore. So I have a bit of a cold,...
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Newsletter #201: Up in the Air
Hey guys, it's Scott. And forgive me for talking low, but I am in an airport. Jeanie and I are on our way back from New Mexico. She surprised me for my birthday with a weekend away, just the two of us, so we went to Santa Fe and drove around and saw some of the amazing towns outside of Santa Fe...
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12/18/24 Absolute Comic Writing 101 (One-Shots) Archive
Hey guys, it’s Scott. Thanks for talking One-Shots with me! This class was a little shaggy, but a ton of fun, capping off a great day of signings like brother James’ with Joshua Hixson at 4th World in Smithtown: And my own signing at Red Shirt Comics in Port Jefferson! It was so, so great getting...
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Newsletter #200: Two Hundred Best Jacketts
Hey guys, it's Scott. It is Monday, December 16th, and this is our 200th newsletter! Two hundred, my God, I can't believe it. When we started this, we weren't sure how long we could keep it going. We didn't know if you guys would show up. We didn't know if it would grow, shrink, if anyone would...
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Newsletter #199: Wear the Black Jackett!
Hey guys, it's Scott. It is Thursday, December 12th. So close to Christmas, our house is just a chaos of pre-holiday madness. Our 17 year-old Jack is in the fever of finishing applying to colleges, which is wild. Our 13 year-old is obsessed with what moves the Yankees are going to make now that...
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Newsletter #198: Absolute Batman: Year One
Hey guys, it's Scott. It is Monday, December 2nd. And I hope you had a fantastic Thanksgiving and holiday weekend. Ours was really relaxed. We didn't do too much. We went into New York City and visited my parents who still live in my high school apartment. And my sister came up from Maryland with...
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Newsletter #197: We Are Family
Hey guys, it's Scott. It is Wednesday, November 27th, the day before Thanksgiving. I can't believe Thanksgiving is upon us. I have to go pick up all of our side dishes at Whole Foods in a bit. We're going to my parents in the city for Thanksgiving. My sister's coming up from Maryland. Can't wait…
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11/15/24 Absolute Comic Writing 101 (Reinventing Superheroes feat. Kelly Thompson) Archive
Hey guys, it’s Scott. And it was such a blast doing this again! Getting to see some familiar names in the chat alongside a bunch of new ones is what keeps this whole thing going. Thank you all for stopping by! The class went longer than I thought it would, but that’s only because it was so much…
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Newsletter #195: A Second Issue Sell-Out!
Hey guys, it's Scott. It is Wednesday, November 13th. Forgive my voice, I have a cold. I got it from my five-year-old who is a Petri dish, but a wonderful Petri dish. But today I just wanted to do a reminder because we have a few really big things this week. First, the most obvious, Absolute…
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Newsletter #194: A Return to Form!
Hey guys, it's Scott. It is Tuesday, October 29th. I can't believe it's so long since I've done a post. I promise this will not happen again. But as many of you know who have met with me or saw me at conventions or just follow me in general on social media, this last month and a half has been the...
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Newsletter #193: Absolute Batman Sells, Absolute Wonder Woman Excels!
Hey guys, it's Scott. It is Friday, September 27th. I can't believe it's almost October, but I also can't believe the news that came from DC yesterday to the Absolute Batman team, which is that you guys sold out the first issue already at the distributor level! I've never had an issue sell out…
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Newsletter #192: A Self-Promotion How-To
Hey guys, it's Scott. It is Tuesday, September 17th, and all the orders for Absolute Batman #1 are in. I have no idea what they are. I won't know for a day or two, but I am tired and relieved and so grateful above all to you guys for all of the support, the energy, the conversation. When you do a...
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Last Day to Pre-Order ABSOLUTE BATMAN #1!
Hey, guys, it's Scott. And a very, very last message, I promise, to remind you that this is the very last day to order Absolute Batman. After today, there's no more ordering it. You'll have to take your chances on the day of release on October 9th. But because it's likely to sell out, I would...
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