From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bud Grace (born c. 1944) is a cartoonist, who has worked on the comic strip Ernie, whose title was later changed to The Piranha Club in the United States. He also drew Babs and Aldo comic strip for King, under the pseudonym Buddy Valentine. Grace was born in Chester, Pennsylvania, grew up in Florida, and currently resides in Oakton, Virginia. Grace has a Ph.D. in physics from Florida State University, and worked as a nuclear physicist at FSU before turning cartoonist 1979. He