Budd Root was born on an army base in Heidelberg , Germany in 1958 (the same year Famous Monsters of Filmland was born); it was a good year for monsters. There were four major influences in his life. First, the aforementioned mag plus a few others like Eerie and Creepy. Second, he had a loving grandfather (Gramp) who was a master story teller specializing in the fantastic and heroic and one who Budd pays homage to in every comic he does. Thirdly, the Beatles made a huge impact on the young Budd. And lastly, in a little corner store in Brockton , Massachusetts stumbled across an art form that, with a little imagination, could involve all other influences and much, much more – comic books!

Budd enjoyed Batman & Superman comics and books where soldiers battled dinosaurs. Later on, he would gaze upon comics and magazines featuring the pure fantasy of Forrest J Ackerman, Kirby, Frazetta, Toth and Williamson. Novels from Robert R. Howard and Edgar Rice Burroughs were also among the countless creators Budd discovered that would come back to some way influence and shape his work today.

Even though the turbulent times of high school and growing up in the 70s, Budd maintained his love for the art, even if he did put it on the back burner as the trials and tribulations of being a teen took all of his time. But, the love was never lost, and during his time as a proud member of the United States Marine Corps (where the USMC Graphics Department often called upon his artistic talents for drawing stints on various projects there), seeing the first Superman movie on the big screen and once again discovering the wonder of comics like the X-Men and Incredible Hulk, his love was rekindled for good this time!

Budd has now been a professional artist for almost twenty years, working in various fields of art.  Budd saw his first comic book art published in the comic ‘James Gang’ in the early 1990s.  Budd began his own title in 1993.  CAVEWOMAN has been continually published for almost 15 years now, making it one of the longest running Independent titles in recent memory.

Budd lives in North Carolina now with his two wonderful children and by far his most powerful and precious influence of all, and the one person who made his career in comics possible – his lovely wife Leslie.