Romero's studio website Artie.com received more than one billion hits in a 20-month period in 2005-2006.
At San Diego Comicon in 1979, Artie Romero spilled beer on Monkey Punch's pants. (Japanese manga artist Kazuhiko Kato).
Romero was briefly suspended from Mitchell High School in Colorado Springs, Colorado in January, 1969 for selling copies of his first comic book, Platinum Toad #1, in the hallways of the school.
Romero was adopted by his stepfather in 1962, and his last name was changed from Thomas to Romero on his birth certificate. At that point the "Junior" in his name was dropped.