Budiansky's first published work was Superrunt ... a comic strip collaboration with Charles "Sparky" Alzamora. This was published in the University at Buffalo newspaper The Spectrum while he was a student there.

Budiansky is responsible for much of the writing of the original Marvel Transformer comic, and conceived the names of most of the original Transformers, including Decepticon leader Megatron, Autobot medic Ratchet, and Decepticon Ravage. He also wrote the vast majority of the descriptive "tech spec" biographies printed on the Transformers toy packages that Hasbro produced in the 1980s, giving each figure unique personality quirks.

After a long hiatus from the Transformers mythos, Budiansky scripted a new adaptation of the original 1986 The Movie for IDW Publishing in honor of the film's 20th anniversary.

Budiansky is also an accomplished penciller, his art defining the final years of the Johnny Blaze/Zarathos interpretation of the Ghost Rider, including drawing the majority of Ghost Rider covers from 1978 to 1983.

From 1983 till 1996, Budiansky was on staff at Marvel as an editor. During this period, Budiansky oversaw such titles as Fantastic Four and Daredevil.

Honors

At BotCon 2010, Hasbro named Budiansky as one of the first four human inductees in the Transformers Hall of Fame for his contributions in creating the franchise.

Budiansky married Angela Goldman in August 1991. They have two children, Emma and David.

As writer

• The Avengers #204, 205, 207 & 208
• Captain Britain #38 & 39 (UK)
• Ghost Rider #77 - 81
• Marvel Adventures #13
• Marvel Super Special #25
• Sleepwalker #1 - 33 (1991—1994)
• Spider-Man Comics Weekly #231 (UK)
• The Transformers #22 - 28; 33 - 40; 51 - 56; 66 - 73; 174 & 175 (UK)
• Transformers Universe #1 - 4
• The Transformers #1 - 15; 17 - 32; 35 - 42; 44 - 55
• The Animated Movie #1 - 4
• The Transformers: Generations #1 - 3; 4 - 10 & 12
• The Transformers: Headmasters #1 - 4
• Uncanny Origins #7 & 13
• What If? #34
• X-Men And Captain Universe #1

As inker

• Captain Britain #36 (UK)
• Essential Marvel Two-In-One trade paperback volume 3
• Marvel Two-In-One Annual #4
• What If? #34

As colorist

• The Punisher #36 & 42
• Sleepwalker #1 - 3

As letterer

• Spider-Man Adventures #10