John Arcudi is an American comic book writer, best known for his work on The Mask and B.P.R.D., and his creator-owned series Major Bummer and Rumble.
Writer[]
Arcudi's first B.P.R.D. work was the short story Born Again, published as part of Hellboy Premiere Edition in March 2004. Arcudi has served as writer for a large number of B.P.R.D. stories, as well as a number of other related titles, almost always with Mike Mignola as co-writer.
B.P.R.D.[]
Arcudi has been the regular writer for the B.P.R.D. line since the 2004 story The Dead and will finish his run in September 2016. He has written the following stories:
The Plague of Frogs cycle[]
- B.P.R.D.: Born Again
- B.P.R.D.: The Dead
- B.P.R.D.: The Black Flame
- B.P.R.D.: The Universal Machine
- B.P.R.D.: Garden of Souls
- B.P.R.D.: Killing Ground
- B.P.R.D.: Revival
- B.P.R.D.: War on Frogs
- B.P.R.D.: Out of Reach
- B.P.R.D.: The Warning
- B.P.R.D.: The Black Goddess
- B.P.R.D.: King of Fear
The Hell on Earth cycle[]
- B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth—New World
- B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth—Gods
- B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth—Seattle
- B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth—Monsters
- B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth—Russia
- B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth—An Unmarked Grave
- B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth—The Long Death
- B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth—The Devil's Engine
- B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth—The Return of the Master
- B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth—A Cold Day in Hell
- B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth—Wasteland
- B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth—Lake of Fire
- B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth—The Reign of the Black Flame
- B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth—The Devil's Wings
- B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth—The Broken Equation
- B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth—Grind
- B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth—Flesh and Stone
- B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth—Nowhere, Nothing, Never
- B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth—Modern Prometheus
- B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth—End of Days
Lobster Johnson[]
Arcudi has been the regular writer for the Lobster Johnson series since the 2012 story The Burning Hand. He has written the following stories:
- Lobster Johnson: The Burning Hand
- Lobster Johnson: The Prayer of Neferu
- Lobster Johnson: Caput Mortuum
- Lobster Johnson: Satan Smells a Rat
- Lobster Johnson: A Scent of Lotus
- Lobster Johnson: Get the Lobster
- Lobster Johnson: A Chain Forged in Life
- Lobster Johnson: The Glass Mantis
- Lobster Johnson: The Forgotten Man
- Lobster Johnson: Garden of Bones
- Lobster Johnson: The Pirate's Ghost
- Lobster Johnson: Mangekyō
Other series[]
Arcudi has also written:
- Witchfinder: Lost and Gone Forever
- Abe Sapien: The Haunted Boy
- Abe Sapien: The Abyssal Plain
- Abe Sapien: The Devil Does Not Jest
- Abe Sapien: The New Race of Man
- Sledgehammer 44
- Sledgehammer 44: Lightning War
- Abe Sapien: Subconscious
- Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1952
- Crimson Lotus
- Abe Sapien: Star of the B.P.R.D. (out of continuity)