▁at ▁the ▁dump . ▁When ▁I ▁was ▁a ▁kid , ▁we ' d ▁go ▁to ▁the ▁dump , ▁and ▁I ▁used ▁to ▁wish ▁that ▁I ▁was ▁that ▁gu y . ▁So ▁I ▁decided ▁that ▁that ▁should ▁be ▁Bud dy ." ▁ ▁Other ▁artists ▁who ▁have ▁drawn ▁Bud dy ▁are ▁David ▁C oul son , ▁an ▁illustr ator ▁friend ▁of ▁Bag ge ' s , ▁who ▁drew ▁a ▁Brad le ys ▁story ▁which ▁appeared ▁in ▁We ird o ▁# 1 3 ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 5 , ▁and ▁German ▁artist ▁Gu ido ▁Sie ber , ▁who ▁drew ▁three ▁Bud dy ▁stories ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁for ▁a ▁German ▁version ▁of ▁H ate ▁called ▁Kra ß ▁( K rass ). ▁In ▁this ▁story , ▁Sie ber ▁moved ▁the ▁character ▁from ▁Seattle ▁to ▁Berlin . ▁Jim ▁Bl anch ard ▁was ▁also ▁cred ited ▁as ▁Art ▁Director ▁and ▁was ▁cred ited ▁alongside ▁Bag ge ▁on ▁the ▁title ▁pages ▁on ▁the ▁last ▁ 1 5 ▁issues ▁of ▁H ate . ▁ ▁F ict ional ▁character ▁bi ography ▁ ▁Ne at ▁St uff ▁Bud dy ▁grew ▁up ▁in ▁an ▁un named ▁sub urb ▁of ▁Pass a ic ▁County , ▁New ▁Jersey ▁in ▁a ▁Roman ▁Catholic ▁family . ▁As ▁he ▁became ▁a ▁high ▁school ▁student ▁he ▁had ▁frequent ▁violent ▁disag re ements ▁with ▁his ▁family ▁as ▁he ▁tried ▁to ▁find ▁independence ▁and ▁began ▁to ▁question ▁their ▁values . ▁He ▁spent ▁time ▁with ▁school fri ends ▁Tom ▁and ▁Kevin ▁driving ▁around ▁getting ▁st oned , ▁although ▁he ▁became