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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. And it was sort of fixed, but I was supposed to go back. I didn’t have time to go back and ultimately, I...

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 record button where it records your voice and then can play it back in all kinds of demented, crazy, dist...

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 do some stuff, so Jeanie and he are coming out in a day or so and we’re gonna go around and just try an...

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 Comics Writing 101 class the other night on cliffhangers . I really love teaching this course and the fa...

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 very very proud of him and very excited to have him home for a little bit. Anyway, a few things—first and...

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, I’ve ever done in it. It’s all about making your first issue reader friendly. And I’m essentially go...

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 five Robins. We’ll not say who, because we want you guys to see in the issues. But they’re in their mechs,...

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 Saturday and Sunday. The crowds at the con are said to be big . The lines I can imagine will be very long. So...

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 event, not just on the page, but also outside on the coordination it takes, the triangulation with the...

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 age. So I have just been trying to sleep off the trip. But really quick housekeeping. Today is a huge day...

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 this evening. He starts halfway through, he took a gap semester. He’s going to school up in Boston, so...

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 crazy year this has been. We were just starting the Absolute Universe at the beginning of this year and...

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 standalone. You can read them both or you could read them separately. Kelly and Hayden’s issue is fantastic....

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 didn’t want you guys to miss out on the live class, even though you get all of the classes recorded in...

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 class. We will reschedule it for two weeks from now, right before Thanksgiving, because that’s when we have...

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 really excited for you guys to see it. Jock just knocked it out of the park, and Frank’s colors are unbeli...

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 guys a little bit here, give you a bit more about than we could talk about at the convention. And most o...

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 foremost, DC K.O. #1. The first issue of our big fall event, the first of five. This is our knockdown drag-out...

[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 core team, and it's a huge one for us, this issue. It's a really brutal one. It was easily the hardest to...

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 of three big things: First, the last day to order K.O. #1 is Monday. If you don't order it by Monday a...

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 only brother Greg Capullo. It'll be live at 9.30pm EST on Thursday night , and again, if you can't make...

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 groundskeeping. We have Absolute Batman #11, drawn by the incredible Clay Mann, written by me, but with a lot o...

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 years ago for a great selection): But a bit of quick housekeeping. I'm going to do a longer post on Monda...

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 I go. But I'm really, really excited to see you. If you're in the Black Jacket Club, we have our breakf...

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 about building arcs, building story arcs in your comic . Six issue arcs, 12 issue arcs, 18 issue arcs,...