CCU alumna wins publishing medal

Brandon Snider’s 1999 book “The Dark Knight Manual” won a gold medal from the Independent Publisher Book Awards for Pop Culture/Leisure. He lives in New York City and writes comic books. He worked for Marc Jacobs, but is now pursuing his acting career.

"The Dark Knight Manual" was reviewied or mentioned in Entertainment Weekly, Time, Forbes and Wired. The book also won an Independent Publisher Book Awards for Pop Culture/Leisure.

Snider also wrote for and appeared on Comedy Central's hit show, "Inside Amy Schumer."

In the past year, Snider has appeared in commercials for DirecTV and AFLAC; his  short story "Hot Tub" will be appearing in the comic book Regular Show #3, based on the hit Cartoon Network animated series; and he has book projects coming out in the next six months that feature characters from "Adventure Time," another hit Cartoon Network series, the Transformers and Annoying Orange.