Cunningham created the comic book series The Men in Black. This comic series spawned the 1997 film Men in Black, as well as its 2002 sequel (Men in Black II) and the animated television program The Series.

Cunningham has also worked with John Hudgens on several popular and award-winning Star Wars parodies.

He currently resides in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Comics

Comics work includes:

• The Men in Black (with Sandy Carruthers, 3-issue mini-series, Aircel Comics, January-March 1990, trade paperback, June 1990, ISBN 0944735606)
• Alien Nation: The Skin Trade (with Leonard Kirk, 4-issue mini-series, Malibu Comics, March-June 1991)
• The Men in Black Book II (with Sandy Carruthers, 3-issue mini-series, Aircel Comics, May-July 1991)
• Alien Nation: The Public Enemy (with Sandy Carruthers, 3-issue mini-series, Malibu Comics, December 1991 - March 1992)
• Men In Black: Far Cry (with Dietrich Smith, one-shot, Marvel Comics, August 1997)
• Men in Black: Movie Adaptation (with Rod Whigham, one-shot, Marvel Comics, October 1997)
• Men In Black: Retribution (with Rod Whigham, one-shot, Marvel Comics, December 1997)

Short films

Star Wars parodies with John Hudgens include:

• Crazy Watto (2000)
• Darth Vader's Psychic Hotline (April 2002)
• The Jedi Hunter (August 2002)
• Sith Apprentice (March 2005)