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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, Jamie, when we're away. Sometimes with Jon Glapion, too, when he's there, who inked a ton of the Batman ru...

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. And I can't tell you how excited we both are. We've got some incredible storytelling coming up, I think...

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 coming. So it's got a big cliffhanger. You get to see Mr. Freeze be creepy as f**k. We’re really excite...

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 #9. It has a big cliffhanger at the end that essentially sets the plot of the mega arc we're doing sta...

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 to make the decision in the next couple weeks. It's a lot of last minute college visiting here. But a l...

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 make it for the actual class on time, you have access to it in our vast archives by the next day when w...

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, of our class) Wednesday night, 9:30pm EST . The subject will be telling a personal story in comics acro...

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 big things we have going on this week. First, Absolute Batman #5 comes out Wednesday. Everybody on the t...

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, which is running through our house. So again, apologies for the old man voice. But I wanted to make a pos...

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 itself and did some exploring. We love this region, I love this whole area, it’s one of my favorites in...

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 into the different kinds of storytelling devices people have used for one-shots over the years, from t...

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 have as much fun as we were making it. But the fact that you guys have stuck with us this long, almost f...

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 they lost Juan Soto to the Mets. And our five-year-old Quinn is just making Christmas lists right and le...

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 her husband and girls. And it was like, a kid fest. Kids just running up and down the hallways shootin...

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 to see everybody. And we're just taking it easy this year. It's been a long year. So much to be thankfu...

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 fun talking comic writing with Kelly Thompson. Her work with Hayden on Absolute Wonder Woman was sensati...

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 Batman is out today! Absolute Batman #2 by Nick Dragotta and me and Frank Martin on colors and Clayton Cowl...

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 busiest of my whole life, easily, between finishing the season two Wytches animated series writer's ro...

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 this early as far as I can remember, and to sell out at a quarter million copies, it's just overwhelming....

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 book like this, the worst thing that can happen is nobody cares, so there's no response whatsoever. It...

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 absolutely recommend that you reserve your copy now so you don't miss out. Call your local shop . We've...

Hey guys, it's Scott. It is Friday, September 6th, and you can consider this a true proof-of-life post. I promise we're going to get back to more regular posting and the class, and we're even going to be doing a livestream next week. I'll say more about it soon. Wednesday night with Nick Dragotta about Absolute Batman . But right now I'm just white-knuckling it straight to New York Comic Con. The...

Hey guys, it's Scott. It is Friday, August 2nd, and I am not well rested, but back and situated from San Diego. And I just want to say thanks to everybody who was there, especially the Black Jackett members. The breakfast that we got to have together was honestly one of the biggest highlights of the whole convention. It was such a blast and it makes me so excited to see the community that we've bu...

Hey guys, it's Scott. It is Wednesday, July 17th, and I can't believe this day is finally here. It's a huge one for us. We're announcing DC All In , our big 2024 into 2025 initiative. And it's something that's been over two years, three years even, in the making. And I can't believe it's actually here. I'm terrified and incredibly excited and honored and thrilled and all of it to be a part of this...

Hey guys, it's Scott. It is Tuesday, June 25th, and I cannot believe that June is almost over. It has been a whirlwind here of college visiting and baseball card collecting, baseball game viewing, a lot of parenting, a lot of swimming, but comics as well. We are gearing up for an amazing summer. We've got White Boat going right now, and we've got some big announcements coming very soon. And I can'...