In the early 1980s, on staff at Capital Comics, he was editor-in-chief and art director for such publications as Nexus, Badger and Whisper until the company ceased operation in 1984.
For the next five years he supervised and/or contributed to the design of titles including Watchmen and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, as well as editing the DC-produced official sequel to the ITC TV series The Prisoner, Shattered Visage.
[citation needed] The company’s client list included HBO, Fine Line Features, Xerox, Children’s Television Workshop and others.
The first issue of the 1999 Vertigo horror anthology Flinch features his story "Rocketman" with art by Jim Lee, collected in book form in 2015.
He also wrote the Eisner-nominated Best Short Story[citation needed] "Electric China Death" for Gangland #4, with pencilling and coloring by Mark Chiarello, collected in book form in 2000.