He was the editor of
Tango, a
comics anthology series which was published irregularly from 1997 to 2009. He also runs
Cardigan Comics, the publishing company which publishes
Tango. As a comic artist, Caleo contributes to
Tango, as well as producing a
webcomic called "I Knew Him". Collaborating with Erica Wagner and Elizabeth MacFarlane, Caleo began the Publishing enterprise 'Twelve Panels Press', which translated and published Jan Bauer's graphic novel 'The Salty River' in 2015. He is also the author of the comics
Yell Ole!, later called
False Impressionists (Bernard Caleo and Brendan Tolley, Imaginate, 1993-),
Café Ghetto (Bernard Caleo and John Murphy, Santa Madonna Publications, 1998–2000), and ''Caleo & Khandekar's homage to Hergé : the element of surprise
(Bernard Caleo and Khandekar, Polluxman, 1996). In 2009, Caleo contributed comic work to the Melbourne incarnation of Super Heroes and Schlemiels: Jews and Comic Art'' which appeared at the
Jewish Museum of Australia in Melbourne. The play
The Great Game by Katherine Connolly, in which Caleo portrayed Frederick Baranaby, 'the strongest man in the British Empire' played in Melbourne at La Mama Theatre in 2014. He played English scientist Michael Faraday for
Faraday’s Candle, a one-man show for
CSIRO in 2011/12. In 2008, Caleo and collaborator Bruce Woolley wrote and performed
Miracleman, a stage adaptation of the
Alan Moore Marvelman comic series. ==Film==