Basement Comics is an independent comic book

Comic book

A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...

 publisher owned by Budd Root

Budd Root

Budd Root is an American cartoonist, and creator of the independent comic book Cavewoman, published by Root's company Basement Comics/Amryl Entertainment. Root is one of the premiere contemporary "good girl" artists, with an art style similar to Art Adams.'- Biography :Root was born in Heidelberg,...

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

Cavewoman

Cavewoman is an American comic book published primarily by Basement Comics and additionally by Caliber Comics and Avatar Press. The story follows superhuman Meriem Cooper, a voluptuous barefoot jungle goddess in a snakeskin bikini, who battles dinosaurs...

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

Mount Airy, North Carolina

Mount Airy is a city in Surry County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 10,388.-History:Mount Airy was settled in the 1750s as a stagecoach stop on the road between Winston-Salem and Galax, Virginia. It was named for a nearby plantation...

, and was founded in 1993

1993 in comics

-January:* Doom Patrol #63: " The Empire of Chairs," Grant Morrison's final issue as Doom Patrol writer.-February:* Action Comics, with issue #686, suspends publication following "The Death of Superman."...

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In addition to Root, other creators affiliated with Basement Comics include Frank Cho

Frank Cho

Frank Cho, born Duk Hyun Cho, 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 for Marvel Comics, and Jungle Girl for Dynamite Entertainment...

, Devon Massey, Chad Spilker, James Robert Smith

James Robert Smith

James Robert Smith is an American author. His first novel, The Flock was published August 2, 2006 by Five Star.- External links :*...

, Loston Wallace

Loston Wallace

Loston Wallace is a freelance comic book artist and comics-licensing illustrator, based in North Carolina.- Biography :Wallace attended The Kubert School from 1994-1996...

, 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)