▁with ▁Val erie ▁Rus so , ▁an ▁upper ▁middle ▁class ▁femin ist , ▁and ▁then ▁with ▁the ▁ne uro t ic ▁and ▁trouble d ▁Lisa ▁Le aven worth , ▁who ▁later ▁becomes ▁his ▁wife ▁and ▁the ▁mother ▁of ▁his ▁son . ▁ ▁Public ation ▁history ▁and ▁development ▁Bud dy ▁Brad ley ▁first ▁appeared ▁with ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁Brad le ys ▁in ▁Bag ge ' s ▁short - l ived ▁early ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁publication ▁with ▁John ▁Hol m st rom ▁and ▁J . ▁D . ▁King , ▁Com ical ▁F unn ies . ▁ ▁The ▁Brad le ys ▁family ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁Bag ge ' s ▁own , ▁with ▁Bud dy ▁being ▁the ▁character ▁he ▁most ▁identified ▁with . ▁He ▁recogn ised ▁" what ▁a ▁great ▁vehicle ▁the ▁Brad ley ' s ▁oldest ▁son , ▁Bud dy , ▁served ▁as ▁a ▁way ▁of ▁re - t elling ▁stories ▁from ▁my ▁own ▁distant - ▁and ▁all ▁too ▁v ivid ▁- ▁past ." ▁ ▁Bag ge ▁has ▁said ▁Bud dy ' s ▁life ▁sh adows ▁events ▁in ▁his ▁own ▁but ▁Bud dy ▁is ▁ten ▁years ▁younger ▁than ▁Bag ge . ▁This , ▁according ▁to ▁Bag ge , ▁" cre ates ▁just ▁the ▁right ▁amount ▁of ▁time ▁and ▁distance ▁between ▁myself ▁and ▁my ▁own ▁experiences ▁where ▁I ▁can ▁laugh ▁at ▁my ▁problems ▁and ▁wo es ▁rather ▁than ▁cry ▁and ▁w ail ▁about ▁them ". ▁Bud dy ▁appeared ▁with ▁Brad le ys ▁again ▁in ▁Ne at ▁St uff ▁from ▁ 1 9 8