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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2015 23:04:26 GMT -5
Mark Evanier posted on his blog announcing we had lost another one of the great comic strip artists. Perhaps best known for his work on Annie and the Thundercats cartoons, Starr was a consummate professional. -M |
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Post by Rob Allen on Jul 1, 2015 11:48:44 GMT -5
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Post by shaxper on Jul 1, 2015 12:08:35 GMT -5
One of the first creators' whose name I took note of, largely for the Saturday morning cartoons that often bore his name in the title credits. RIP.
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Post by Farrar on Jul 1, 2015 12:09:36 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Jul 1, 2015 12:13:04 GMT -5
In my mind, i always got him confused with Stan Drake, but he was a helluvan artist:  |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jul 1, 2015 14:42:03 GMT -5
In my mind, i always got him confused with Stan Drake, but he was a helluvan artist:  Now that IS good art. Brenda Starr move over .... I'm always too young for when all the good stuff was originally in print ... |
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Post by Farrar on Jul 1, 2015 17:40:13 GMT -5
In my mind, i always got him confused with Stan Drake, but he was a helluvan artist. Drake's The Heart of Juliet Jones has also been collected by Classic Comics Press. I'm a sucker for that era's photorealistic daily comic strips and have volumes 1-3 of THoJJ. As with Starr's On Stage, it's fascinating to see how the stories progress incrementally; so much is packed into 3 panels (daily) and then the longer Sunday installment. Neal Adams was a great fan of Starr and Drake and is said to have ghosted Juliet Jones at some point (ghosting wasn't uncommon for those daily strips; Gil Kane and Alex Toth are also names that are mentioned as daily strip ghosts). I'm hoping one day Classic Comics Press will publish a collection of Adams's Ben Casey work. |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jul 1, 2015 18:38:51 GMT -5
Starr produced a number of Kelly Green graphic novels in the 1980s that had absolutely gorgeous artwork
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Post by Rob Allen on Jul 1, 2015 19:16:05 GMT -5
Starr produced a number of Kelly Green graphic novels in the 1980s that had absolutely gorgeous artwork According to Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Kelly-Green-The-Complete-Collection/dp/0990412024), Starr was the writer on those and Stan Drake did the art. Which might account for MDG getting the two of them mixed up. |
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Post by benday-dot on Jul 1, 2015 20:27:02 GMT -5
Thanks for bringing this to our attention mrp.
I echo farrar's fondness for the strips of Leonard Starr, especially Mary Perkins. Dave Simm is one of these days (after a successful kickstarter) supposed to do a series paying tribute to the era of photorealism in the comic strip. It's an expansion on his "Death of Alex Raymond" strip that ran in Glamourpuss a few years back. Drake was in the same car accident that killed Raymond. But Simm is supposed to touch on all those guys, I'm sure Leonard Starr not excepted. I look forward to it. And RIP Leonard Starr.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2015 9:39:06 GMT -5
I'm so sorry that I didn't see the connection of Leonard Starr and the Thundercats until now. His work on the Thundercats was superb and that's why I like his work so much. He was a fantastic writer on the Thundercats Cartoons. I watch that cartoon faithfully everyday when I get home from work on 3rd (graveyard) shift many years ago.  |
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Post by hondobrode on Jul 4, 2015 17:02:34 GMT -5
His work is lusciouos
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