Brad Rader graduated from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA, as an illustration major. From there he went on to work in the animation industry as a layout and storyboard artist on such TV series as Rainbow Brite, The Littles, The Real Ghostbusters, Alf, Alftails, The Simpsons, Batman, Biker Mice From Mars, Gargoyles, Men In Black, Tarzan, Atlantis, Xmen: Evolution and Stripperella.

He has directed on such TV series as Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys, HBO’s Spawn (for which he won an Emmy® in 1999), Godzilla, and The Roswell Conspiracies. He has illustrated comic books such as Batman Adventures, Gotham Adventures and Catwoman for DC Comics, The Mark for Dark Horse Comics, and Fused for Image Comics.

Brad has been doing gay erotic artwork since 1984, appearing in Drummer, In Touch For Men, First Hand and Chiron Rising. In 2003 he started his own publishing company, Flaming Artist Publications, and began publishing his own homoerotic comic magazine, True Adult Fantasy, the second issue of which was released in February, 2004.