Basement Comics is an independent

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owned by

Budd Root Budd Root (born 1958 in Heidelberg, Germany) is an American cartoonist, and creator of the independent comic book ''Cavewoman'', published by Root's company Basement Comics Basement Comics is an independent comic book publisher owned by Budd R ...

. Basement Comics is best known for publishing the popular good-girl title ''

Cavewoman The caveman is a stock character representative of primitive humans in the Paleolithic. The popularization of the type dates to the early 20th century, when Neanderthals were influentially described as "simian" or " ape-like" by Marcellin B ...

'' (and all its associated specials, annuals, and one-shots). A division of Amryl Entertainment, Basement Comics is based in

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, and was founded in 1993. In addition to Root, other creators affiliated with Basement Comics include

Frank Cho Frank Cho, born Duk Hyun Cho, (born 1971) is a Korean-American comic strip and comic book writer and illustrator, known for his series '' Liberty Meadows'', as well as for books such as ''Shanna the She-Devil'', '' Mighty Avengers'' and '' Hulk'' ...

, Devon Massey, Chad Spilker, James Robert Smith,

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, and Dave Columbo.

Titles

; Cavewoman titles * ''Cavewoman'' (1993) * ''Cavewoman: Meets Explorers'' (1997) * ''Cavewoman: Missing Link'' (1997) * ''Jungle Tales of Cavewoman'' (1998) * ''Cavewoman: Pangean Sea Prelude'' (1999) * ''Cavewoman: Pangean Sea'' (2000) * ''Cavewoman One-Shot Special'' (2000) * ''Cavewoman: Intervention'' (2001) * ''Cavewoman: Meriem's Gallery'' (2001) * ''Klyde & Meriem'' (2001) * ''Cavewoman: Prehistoric Pinups'' (2001) * ''Cavewoman: Raptor'' (2002) * ''Cavewoman: He Said, She Said'' (2003) * ''Cavewoman: The Movie'' (2003) * ''Cavewoman: Reloaded'' (2005) ; Other titles * ''Tigress'' (1998) * ''Basement/Amryl Jam Book'' (2002) * ''Savage Planet'' (2002) * ''Budd's Beauties & Beasts'' (2005) * ''Island of the Tiki Goddess'' (2007)

References

* * Carter, R.J
"Interview: Budd Root: Rooting Around the Basement with Cavewoman", The Trades (Jan. 1, 2002).

External links

* {{official website, http://www.basementcomics.com Comic book publishing companies of the United States Companies based in North Carolina Publishing companies established in 1993