Scott Snyder, Author . Dial Press $24 (278p) ISBN 978-0-385-33841-7
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Reviewed by Francine Prose
Reading Scott Snyder's accomplished first story collection, Voodoo Heart
, is a little like watching a magician pull rabbits out of a hat. No matter how many times you've seen the trick performed, you
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Scott Snyder, Rafael Albuquerque, and Mateus Santolouco. DC/Vertigo, $24.99 (160p) ISBN 978-1-4012-3069-2
A bloody reinterpretation of American history animates this ultraviolent horror comic. The wide-open gambling and prostitution that accompany construction of Boulder Dam in 1936 are corrupting the town of Las Vegas, Nev.; feeding on human...
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Scott Snyder, Scott Tuft, and Attila Futaki. Image, $24.99 (200p) ISBN 978-1-60706-529-6
For those who believe that violence and gore are the principal hallmarks of an engaging graphic horror story, Tuft and Snyder (Batman; American Vampire) make the case that exemplary storytelling is essential as well. Severed follows the story of...
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Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, and Jonathan Glapion. DC Comics, $24.99 (176p) ISBN 978-1-4012-3541-3
With this volume, anticipation for DC’s The New 52 reboot of their superhero universe, should be firmly replaced with a deep and abiding appreciation for what Snyder, Capullo, and Glapion have done with Gotham’s caped crusader. The initial story arc
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Scott Snyder, Stephen King, and Raphael Albuquerque, DC/Vertigo, $24.99 (192p) ISBN 978-1-4012-2830-9
Early 20th-century America is a fitting setting for this horror drama about confronting old traditions. Two linked stories follow a woman and a man. Snyder's tale centers on Pearl Jones, an aspiring actress in 1925 Los Angeles. When Pearl chases...
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Kodansha. Kodansha, $29.99 (256p) ISBN 978-1-63236-258-2
Hajime Isayama’s Attack on Titan, a grim sci-fi saga set in a world ravaged by man-eating giants, is currently the biggest manga in the U.S. There’s no clearer sign of its success than the level of talent from the Western comics industry lined up...
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Scott Snyder et al. DC, $24.99 (192p) ISBN 978-1-4012-6978-4
Not to be confused with the infamous Frank Miller and Jim Lee project, this new series from Snyder (Batman, American Vampire) showcases different all-star artists and a new direction for both the Dark Knight and the duplicitous Two-Face. Romita (Kick
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Scott Snyder and Jock. Image, $9.99 trade paper (144p) ISBN 978-1-63215-380-7
This monster-fighter origin story masquerades as a damsel-in-distress tale. Wytches follows the Rook family as they move to a small town in the wake of several family tragedies, only to find something much worse in the New Hampshire woods. Writer...
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Scott Snyder and Sean Gordon Murphy. DC/Vertigo, $24.99 (256p) ISBN 978-1-4012-4523-8
The apocalypse gets a watery spin in this breathless graphic novel from writer Snyder (Batman: The Court of Owls, American Vampire) and illustrator Murphy (Joe the Barbarian). Marine biologist Lee Archer, reluctantly working alongside her enemies in
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Scott Snyder and Jeff Lemire. Image, $24.99 (256p) ISBN 978-1-63215-868-0
Superhero mavens Snyder (Batman) and Lemire (the Essex Trilogy, Sweet Tooth) team for a challenging and thought-provoking speculative work set 825 years after a cure for death is found. The mix of graphic novel and illustrated text captures...
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Scott Snyder and Hayden Sherman. IDW, $14.99 trade paper (160p) ISBN 978-1-68405-961-4
“Ignition. Flashover. Max heat. Decay,” opens this taut, suspenseful thriller scripted by Batman regular Snyder. Firefighter Ruby Ma Ning—“Ma” to her friends—and her team, Crew 513, have become intimately familiar with the stages of wildfire’s life...
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Scott Snyder, Tim Seeley et al. DC, $39.99 (480p) ISBN 978-1-4012-5173-4
The art is unpredictable in this collection of the first 21 issues of DC’s weekly Batman Eternal series. The effect may be less intense in the individual weekly issues, but the collision of all this varied talent in a single edition is jarring....
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Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, et al. DC, $29.99 ISBN 978-1-4012-5877-1
With most writers seemingly having run out of ways for the Joker to be more than a grinning foil for the resolutely unhappy Batman, this cornucopia of new Joker-related tales goes hell-bent for leather, leaving no cackle or fiendish plot off the...
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