The jam-packed WonderCon room cheered as the panelists – Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV – took the stage, where Snyder thanked the audience for their support ever since his run on Detective Comics.
Snyder talked a bit about his angle for Detective Comics, how he viewed Gotham City as a place that would mold itself to challenge its heroes in new ways. Though he did have more stories for Dick Grayson as Batman, DC decided to bring Bruce back as Batman with the launch of the New 52 in September 2011 and Snyder opted to concoct the Court of Owls story as a new way to challenge Bruce. Interestingly, the Court of Owls story was planned before Snyder even knew about the New 52.
Snyder described the contentious relationship between he and Batman artist Greg Capullo – Snyder wanted to work with full scripts and Capullo did not – but eventually the troubled relationship blossomed to a true friendship. Snyder described himself as Capullo's comic book wife. "He definitely rides the Harley and I take the sidecar." Snyder described the true passion that Capullo has for Batman and for the fans, describing how he pumps out two pages a day and never takes a day off, even on vacation or when a family member is in the hospital. Snyder also said that he and Capullo are in the process of negotiating new contracts for staying on Batman as far as issue #48 or #49.
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