| John Arcudi | |
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 Arcudi at the New York Comic Con in Manhattan, October 10, 2010 | |
| Born | Norwalk, Connecticut |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer |
Notable works | The Mask B.P.R.D. |
John Arcudi is an American comic book writer, best known for his work on The Mask and B.P.R.D. , and his series Major Bummer .
Arcudi grew up in Buffalo, New York. He attended Columbia University as an English major and developed an appreciation for the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs and William Faulkner.[ citation needed ]
Arcudi worked for Malibu Comics upon its founding in 1986, working on its Eternity line. That same year he started writing for comics, making his first sales to Savage Tales and Savage Sword of Conan for Marvel Comics, and becoming a regular contributor to the humor magazine Cracked .[ volume & issue needed ]
Arcudi worked on a number of comic books based on films, including RoboCop , Terminator , Predator , Alien , and The Thing . Two of these graphic works were subsequently adapted as full-length novels published by Bantam Books. Arcudi’s series Barb Wire , featuring bounty hunter and bartendress Barbara Kopetski, was adapted into a film of the same name starring Pamela Anderson.
Arcudi also scripted several stories for Dark Horse Presents , such as the series "The Creep", and the police procedural "Homicide". Arcudi's comics crime fiction also includes several scripts for Batman: The Dark Knight and Batman: Black and White .[ volume & issue needed ]
For Dark Horse Comics, Arcudi worked on developing the second incarnation of the character The Mask first in Mayhem #1–4, and then in a series of books illustrated by Doug Mahnke. Arcudi's work formed the basis of the 1994 feature film starring Jim Carrey. He later also worked on the spin-off television series. Arcudi and later Mahnke teamed up for several projects following The Mask, including the DC Comics series Major Bummer , which focused on a group of ineffectual superheroes.
Arcudi also served as writer on the Wildstorm Productions series Gen13 , illustrated by Gary Frank and Cam Smith, and during a run on DC's Doom Patrol , illustrated by Tan Eng Huat.
Arcudi invented the character Captain Daimio for the series B.P.R.D. , which he writes with Mike Mignola. Arcudi had contributed a "B.P.R.D." story to the Hellboy comic issued in conjunction with the film as a premium from Wizard Entertainment. Arcudi later wrote a number of separate B.P.R.D. series.
Arcudi contributed the Superman story to Wednesday Comics . [1] [2] He also created a graphic novel called A God Somewhere with Peter Snejbjerg providing the art. [3] [4]
Aside from working in the comic media, Arcudi has also worked briefly in animation. He has written two episodes of The Mask: Animated Series , and one episode of the motion comics based on the comic Batman Black and White .[ citation needed ]
| Title | Date | Publisher | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Best of Dark Horse Presents – Volume 1 | November 1989 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1569712085 |
| The Terminator: Tempest | September 1991 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1878574213 |
| Predator: Big Game | August 1992 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1569711668 |
| Aliens: Genocide | December 1992 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1569711231 |
| The Best of Dark Horse Presents – Volume 2 | January 1993 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1569710029 |
| The Mask | May 1993 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1878574503 |
| The Thing from Another World and Climate of Fear | September 1993 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1878574855 |
| Robocop: Prime Suspect | October 1993 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1878574879 |
| The Mask Returns | August 1994 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1569710210 |
| Barb Wire | January 1996 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1569711392 |
| The Mask Strikes Back | June 1996 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1569711682 |
| Aliens: Stronghold | July 1996 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1569711545 |
| Decade | April 1997 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 9781569711798 |
| Gen 13: I Love New York | September 1999 | DC Comics | ISBN 978-1563895432 |
| Scatterbrain | December 2001 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1569714263 |
| Batman: Black & White – Volume 2 | October 2003 | DC Comics | ISBN 978-1563899171 |
| Thunderbolts: How to Lose | November 2003 | Marvel Comics | ISBN 9780785112488 |
| Hellboy: Weird Tales – Volume 1 | December 2003 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1569716229 |
| B.P.R.D. – Volume 4: The Dead | September 2005 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1593073800 |
| B.P.R.D. – Volume 5: The Black Flame | July 2006 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1593075507 |
| B.P.R.D. – Volume 6: The Universal Machine | January 2007 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1593077105 |
| Dwight T. Albatross's The Goon: Noir | July 2007 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1401227470 |
| Aliens Omnibus – Volume 2 | December 2007 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1593078287 |
| B.P.R.D. – Volume 7: Garden of Souls | January 2008 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1593078829 |
| The Terminator Omnibus – Volume 1 | February 2008 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1593079161 |
| Predator Omnibus – Volume 2 | February 2008 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1593077334 |
| B.P.R.D. – Volume 8: Killing Ground | May 2008 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1593079567 |
| The Mask Omnibus – Volume 1 | August 2008 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1593079277 |
| Barb Wire Omnibus | August 2008 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1593079932 |
| MySpace Dark Horse Presents – Volume 1 | September 2008 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1593079987 |
| Aliens Omnibus – Volume 5 | October 2008 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1593079918 |
| MySpace Dark Horse Presents – Volume 2 | January 2009 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1595822482 |
| The Mask Omnibus – Volume 2 | March 2009 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1593079376 |
| B.P.R.D. – Volume 10: The Warning | April 2009 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1595823045 |
| B.P.R.D. – Volume 11: The Black Flame | October 2009 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1595824110 |
| B.P.R.D. – Volume 12: War on Frogs | April 2010 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1595824806 |
| Wednesday Comics | June 2010 | DC Comics | ISBN 978-1593077853 |
| B.P.R.D. – Volume 14: King of Fear | November 2010 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1595825643 |
| B.P.R.D. Plague of Frogs 2 (omnibus) | August 2011 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1595826725 |
| B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth – Volume 1: New World | August 2011 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1595827074 |
| B.P.R.D.: Being Human | November 2011 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1595827562 |
| Witchfinder – Volume 2: Lost and Gone Forever | January 2012 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1595827944 |
| B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth – Volume 2: Gods and Monster | January 2012 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1595828224 |
| B.P.R.D. Plague of Frogs 3 (omnibus) | March 2012 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1595828606 |
| Abe Sapien – Volume 2: The Devil Does Not Jest and Other Stories | April 2012 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1595829252 |
| B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth – Volume 3: Russia | August 2012 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1595829467 |
| B.P.R.D. Plague of Frogs 4 (omnibus) | November 2012 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1595829740 |
| Lobster Johnson – Volume 2: The Burning Hand | November 2012 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1616550318 |
| B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth – Volume 4: The Devil's Engine & The Long Death | December 2012 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1595829818 |
| The Creep | April 2013 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1616550615 |
| B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth – Volume 6: The Return of the Master | August 2013 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1616551933 |
| B.P.R.D.: 1948 | September 2013 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1616551834 |
| Abe Sapien – Volume 3: Dark and Terrible and The New Race of Man | December 2013 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1616552848 |
| B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth – Volume 7: A Cold Day in Hell | January 2014 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1616551995 |
| Lobster Johnson – Volume 3: Satan Smells a Rat | February 2014 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1616552039 |
| B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth – Volume 8: Lake of Fire | April 2014 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1616554026 |
| Sledgehammer 44 – Volume 1 | May 2014 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1616553951 |
| Batman: Black & White – Volume 4 | July 2014 | DC Comics | ISBN 978-1401246433 |
| B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth – Volume 9: The Reign of the Black Flame | September 2014 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1616554712 |
| Hellboy: Weird Tales (omnibus) | November 2014 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1616555108 |
| Lobster Johnson – Volume 4: Get the Lobster! | December 2014 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1616555054 |
| B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth – Volume 10: The Devil's Wings | March 2015 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1616556174 |
| B.P.R.D.: 1946–1948 (omnibus) | June 2015 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1616556464 |
| Rumble – Volume 1: What Color of Darkness? | June 2015 | Image Comics | ISBN 978-1632153838 |
| Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1952 | August 2015 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1616556600 |
| B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth – Volume 11: Flesh and Stone | September 2015 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1616557621 |
| B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth – Volume 12: Metamorphosis | December 2015 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1616557942 |
| B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth – Volume 13: Metamorphosis | December 2015 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1616557942 |
| Rumble – Volume 2: A Woe That Is Madness | February 2016 | Image Comics | ISBN 978-1632156044 |
| B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth – Volume 13: End of Days | May 2016 | Dark Horse Comics | ISBN 978-1616559106 |
Dark Horse Comics is an American comic book, graphic novel, and manga publisher founded in Milwaukie, Oregon by Mike Richardson in 1986. The company was created using funds earned from Richardson's chain of Portland, Oregon comic book shops known as Pegasus Books and founded in 1980.
Hellboy is a fictional character created by writer-artist Mike Mignola. The character first appeared in San Diego Comic-Con Comics #2, and has since appeared in various eponymous miniseries, one-shots and intercompany crossovers. The character has been adapted into three live-action feature films. Two starring Ron Perlman in 2004 and 2008 in the title role, and one in 2019 which starred David Harbour, as well as two straight-to-DVD animated films, and three video games – Asylum Seeker, The Science of Evil, and as a playable character in Injustice 2.
Mike Mignola is an American comics artist and writer best known for creating Hellboy for Dark Horse Comics, part of a shared universe of titles including B.P.R.D., Abe Sapien, Lobster Johnson, Witchfinder and various spinoffs. He has also created other supernatural and paranormal themed titles for Dark Horse including Baltimore, Joe Golem and The Amazing Screw-On Head.
Ryan Sook is an American comic book artist, known for his work on books such as Seven Soldiers: Zatanna, X-Factor and The Spectre. His style has been compared to that of Mike Mignola, Adam Hughes, and Kevin Nowlan.
Douglas Mahnke ( is an American comic book artist, known for his work and penciling books including The Mask, JLA, Batman, Final Crisis, and Green Lantern.
Duncan Fegredo is a British comic book artist.
Kevin Nowlan is an American comics artist who works as a penciler, inker, colorist, and letterer. He has been called "one of the few artists who can be called 'artists's artist'", a master of the various disciplines of comic production, from "design to draftsmanship to dramatics".
Alex Maleev is a Bulgarian comic book illustrator, best known for the Marvel Comics' series Daredevil with frequent collaborator Brian Michael Bendis.
Lobster Johnson is a fictional character featured in the Hellboy and Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense comic books published by Dark Horse Comics. He was created by Mike Mignola.
The Mask is an American comic book series created by Doug Mahnke and John Arcudi and published by Dark Horse Comics. Its artists include Mark Badger, Chris Warner and Keith Williams. The series tells the story of a supernatural mask that grants its wearers nearly limitless power, often at the cost of their sanity. The original trilogy of The Mask, The Mask Returns, and The Mask Strikes Back was published as a limited series, from 1991 to 1995, and has since expanded into various spin-offs and other media. The series is known for its dark tone and graphic violence.
Hellboy: The Chained Coffin and Others is the third trade paperback collection in the Hellboy series created by Mike Mignola, published by Dark Horse Comics on August 5, 1998. The book collects various mini-series, one-shots and back-up features featuring the fictional paranormal detective Hellboy.
B.P.R.D.: Hollow Earth & Other Stories is the first trade paperback collection in the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense (B.P.R.D.) series.
The Right Hand of Doom is the fourth trade paperback collection in the Hellboy series created by Mike Mignola published by Dark Horse Comics on February 4, 2004 which collects various mini-series, one-shots and back-up features featuring fictional paranormal detective Hellboy.
Hellboy: Weird Tales is a Dark Horse Comics bimonthly eight-issue comic book limited series that offered a variety of guest writers and artists the chance to give their own take on the Hellboy characters created by Mike Mignola whilst he was in Prague working on the first Hellboy movie. The issues were published bi-monthly to alternate with a series of B.P.R.D. one-shots and were collected in two trade paperback volumes.
Batman/Hellboy/Starman is a DC Comics/Dark Horse Comics two-issue intercompany crossover comic book miniseries written by James Robinson with art by Mike Mignola published January to February 1999 featuring fictional superheroes Batman, Hellboy and Starman.
Hellboy: The Troll Witch and Others is the seventh trade paperback collection in the Hellboy series and published by Dark Horse Comics on October 3, 2007. It collects various mini-series, one-shots and back-up features featuring fictional paranormal detective Hellboy.
Peter Snejbjerg is a Danish comic book artist. He was educated at the Kolding Kunsthåndværkerskole from 1983 to 1987. Some of his major works include the DC Comics title Starman, and various Vertigo titles. He has also drawn several issues of Dark Horse Comics’ BPRD titles.
The Hellboy Universe is the fictional universe of the Hellboy comic and its various spinoffs, created by Mike Mignola. Its first appearance was in a black-and-white, four-page promotional comic by Mike Mignola with a script by John Byrne published by Dark Horse Comics in San Diego Comic-Con Comics #2, distributed at the San Diego Comic-Con. The Hellboy Universe currently spans over eighty trade paperbacks. It is also sometimes informally called the "Mignolaverse".
Tyler Crook is an American comics artist. He broke into comics in 2011 with Petrograd, written by Philip Gelatt and published by Oni Press, and in 2012 he won the Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award. He is best known for his work on Mike Mignola and John Arcudi's B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth and for Harrow County, which he co-created with Cullen Bunn.
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