Arvid Nelson

Nelson started writing comics while at Dartmouth College, where he also converted to the Baháʼí Faith.{{cite web |first=Edward |last=Carey |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=18089 |title=Nelson talks Rex Mundi and Religion |publisher=Comic Book Resources |date=September 17, 2008 |accessdate=2009-05-30}} After graduating in 1999 he became a production assistant on a Woody Allen film, but it was while working on a documentary about The Paris Review that he visited Paris and started picking up influences that would lead to his creating Rex Mundi.{{cite web |first=David |last=Press |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17297 |title=Arvid Nelson talks "Rex Mundi" |publisher=Comic Book Resources |date=July 18, 2008 |accessdate=2009-05-30}} It was planned as a 38 issue series and ends with issue #19.{{cite web |first=Shaun |last=Manning |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=19223 |title=Arvid Nelson on Rex Mundi's Final Arc |publisher=Comic Book Resources |date=December 18, 2008 |accessdate=2009-05-30| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090415225012/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=19223| archivedate= 15 April 2009 | url-status= live}} He has also created spin-off stories, like "Hill of Martyrs" which started in Rex Mundi #14 and continued online.{{cite web |first=Shaun |last=Manning |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17493 |title=CCI: The "Rex Mundi"-Wide Web |publisher=Comic Book Resources |date=July 29, 2008 |accessdate=2009-05-30}}

Nelson has also worked at Marvel and DC. For the former he wrote a Nightcrawler story in X-Men Unlimited. At DC he wrote a Mr Terrific story in JSA Classified and the first one-shot of The Joker's Asylum series.{{cite web |first=Jeffrey |last=Renaud |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=16911 |title=The Joker's Asylum, Part I: The Joker |publisher=Comic Book Resources |date=June 28, 2008 |accessdate=2009-05-30}}

One major literary influence is Robert E. Howard and Nelson has worked on a Kull limited series at Dark Horse and in May 2009 it was announced that he would be writing Thulsa Doom for Dynamite Entertainment.{{cite web |first=Matt |last=Brady |url=http://www.newsarama.com/comics/050926-Nelson-Doom.html |title=And Doom is His Name: Arvid Nelson on 'Thulsa Doom' |publisher=Newsarama |date=May 26, 2009 |accessdate=2009-05-26| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090529093553/http://www.newsarama.com/comics/050926-Nelson-Doom.html| archivedate= 29 May 2009 | url-status= live}}{{cite web |first=Kiel |last=Phegley |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=21389 |title="Doom" Comes To Dynamite |publisher=Comic Book Resources |date=May 29, 2009 |accessdate=2009-05-29| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090530175935/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=21389| archivedate= 30 May 2009 | url-status= live}}

• Rex Mundi (#1–18, Image Comics, 2002–06, #1–19, Dark Horse Comics, 2006–09) collected as:
• Volume 1: The Guardian of the Temple (collects Rex Mundi (vol. 1) #0–5, Image Comics, {{ISBN|978-1-58240-341-0}}, Dark Horse Comics, {{ISBN|978-1-59307-652-8}})
• Volume 2: The River Underground (collects Rex Mundi (vol. 1) #6–11, Image Comics, {{ISBN|978-1-58240-479-0}}, Dark Horse Comics, {{ISBN|978-1-59307-682-5}})
• Volume 3: The Lost Kings (collects Rex Mundi #12–17, Dark Horse Comics, {{ISBN|978-1-59307-651-1}})
• Volume 4: Crown and Sword (collects Rex Mundi (vol. 1) #18, Rex Mundi (vol. 2) #1–5 and "To Weaver A Lover" in The Dark Horse Book of Monsters, Dark Horse Comics, {{ISBN|978-1-59307-824-9}})
• Volume 5: The Valley at the End of the World (collects Rex Mundi (vol. 2) #6–12, Dark Horse Comics, {{ISBN|978-1-59582-192-8}})
• Volume 6: Gate of God (collects Rex Mundi (vol. 2) #13–19, Dark Horse Comics, {{ISBN|978-1-59582-403-5}})
• X-Men Unlimited (vol. 2) #7 (with pencils by Lewis Larosa and inks by Tom Palmer, Marvel Comics, April 2005)
• killer7 (2006)
• Zero Killer (2007)
• "Mr Horrific" (with Alex Sanchez, in JSA Classified #29–31, DC Comics, 2007)
• The Joker's Asylum: "The Joker" (with Alex Sanchez, one-shot, DC Comics, 2008)
• Kull (with Will Conrad, 5-issue limited series, Dark Horse Comics, 2008–09)
• Thulsa Doom (with artist Lui Antonio, Dynamite Entertainment, 2009)
• Red Sonja (with artist Jackson Herbert, Dynamite Entertainment, 2009–2010, forthcoming)
• Rage: After the Impact (with artists Andrea Mutti, Pierluigi Baldassini, Michael Atiyeh, Dark Horse Comics, 2011)
• Thulsa Doom (with artists Lui Antonio, Dark Horse Comics, 2011)
• Warlord of Mars (with artist Carlos Rafael, Dynamite Entertainment, 2011-2014)
• Red Bull's E-Sport Comic: The Fateful 8 Volume 2 (with artist Yvel Guichet, Dark Horse Comics, 2015)
• The Great Wall (with artist Gian Fernando, Legendary Pictures, 2017)
• Skull Island: The Birth of Kong (with artist Zid, Legendary Pictures, 2017)

• List of Baháʼís
• Baháʼí Faith in fiction

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;Interviews

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080515215635/http://www.comicsbulletin.com/features/120195754111299.htm 'Rex'-N-Effect: An Interview with Arvid Nelson], Comics Bulletin

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