I love Budd Root's stuff, especially many of his covers and pin-up pages, the way he incorporates bits of 1960's pop culture, such as the Beetles, classic Hollywood monsters, and his own versions of DC and Marvel characters into the mix.
While having drawn comics since the early 1990's, Root's still arguably an amateur who has never worked for the major publishers. His work is a delightful blend of a skilled artist who is still a bit of a fanboy, who is thrilled to be working in comics, even if he's not working for the major publishers. And he probably enjoys it more because he hasn't worked for Marvel and DC. It's fun to see his playful "what if" version of well-known characters. Frankenstein gets the treatment pretty often.





+Frankenstein "Hide the frauleins" image