▁com ic ▁book ▁writers ▁as ▁a ▁massive ▁resource ▁for ▁com ic ▁book ▁writers ▁to ▁network , ▁research ▁stories , ▁read ▁news ▁and ▁columns , ▁and ▁find ▁script ▁samples . ▁ ▁The ▁et ym ology ▁of ▁the ▁title , ▁Sc rypt ic ▁( pr on ounced ▁sk rip - t ik ), ▁is ▁the ▁combination ▁of ▁the ▁words ▁SC RIPT ▁( for ▁writing ) ▁and ▁C RY PT IC ▁( for ▁secret ); ▁so ▁the ▁title ▁literally ▁transl ates ▁to : ▁SE CRE T ▁W R IT ING . ▁ ▁Sc rypt ic ▁was ▁created ▁in ▁June ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁by ▁five ▁writers , ▁J ef fer y ▁Stevens on , ▁Jim ▁Ke pl inger ▁( Sh adow H awk , ▁Gen ie ), ▁Kevin ▁Mel rose , ▁Dan ▁Taylor , ▁and ▁led ▁by ▁Ryan ▁Scott ▁Ott ney ▁( The ▁Leg end ▁of ▁Is is , ▁B ik ini ▁Band its ). ▁ ▁Other ▁contrib utors ▁to ▁the ▁site ▁have ▁included ▁D rew ▁Melbourne ▁( Arch En em ies ), ▁Neil ▁Kle id , ▁Br ant ▁F ow ler , ▁and ▁many ▁others . ▁ ▁In ▁October ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁Sc rypt ic ▁Studios ▁announced ▁a ▁deal ▁with ▁Write ▁Brothers , ▁Inc ▁in ▁which ▁Sc rypt ic ▁would ▁officially ▁end or se ▁and ▁support ▁Write ▁Brothers ' ▁products , ▁and ▁in ▁exchange ▁Write ▁Brothers ▁would ▁promote ▁Sc rypt ic ▁as ▁their ▁official ▁com ic ▁book ▁resource . ▁This ▁deal ▁was ▁a ▁direct ▁move ▁on ▁the ▁part ▁of ▁Write ▁Brothers