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. 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. 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. He also created a graphic novel called
A God Somewhere with
Peter Snejbjerg providing the art. 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. ==Bibliography==