Richard Starkings
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Richard Starkings | |
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Born | Richard Alan Starkings 27 January 1962 (age 62) Liverpool, England, UK |
Nationality | British |
Area(s) | Letterer, editor, writer |
Pseudonym(s) | Richard Alan, Zed |
Notable works | Hip Flask Elephantmen |
Awards | Inkpot Award (2015) |
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Richard Starkings (born 27 January 1962) is a British font designer and comic book letterer, editor and writer. He was one of the early pioneers of computer-based comic-book lettering, and is one of the most prolific creators in that industry.
Career
Starkings' lettering style was originally inspired by British comic strip letterers
His work in the Whoniverse has been mostly confined to two periods. He was variously a writer, editor and letterer during the Sixth and early Seventh Doctors' eras in the pages of Doctor Who Magazine. At this time, he also served in the staff position of "picture consultant" for a number of issues. Two decades later, he returned to the newly-created American centre of Whoniverse publishing at IDW Publishing, working on several issues involving the Tenth Doctor.
In the 20th century
Starkings edited Redemption!, Culture Shock!, Nemesis of the Daleks and Follow That TARDIS!. Usually under his pseudonym of Richard Alan or Zed, he wrote or co-wrote Time and Tide, the aforementioned Nemesis of the Daleks and Up Above the Gods. He lettered or co-lettered Frobisher's Story, The Gift, The World Shapers and Up Above the Gods.
In the 21st century
For the BBC Wales era of the Whoniverse, Starkings co-wrote Cold-Blooded War under his own name. It was also a story he lettered, along with The Whispering Gallery and most issues of The Forgotten. He was also one of the letterers on Rift War!
Beginning in 2014, he and Comicraft's Jimmy Betancourt lettered all of Titan Comics' Doctor Who comic book series.
In 1992 Starkings founded
Hip Flask
Originally Starkings had intended that the advertisements for these fonts would feature
In 2001 the character's similarities with an Australian comic book character called
Elephantmen
Elephantmen is an American ongoing monthly comic book published by Image Comics and written by Richard Starkings with art by Moritat and a number of other artists. Issue #1 was released in July 2006.
- Elephantmen, vol. 0: Armed Forces- Collects Elephantmen: War Toys #1-3 Elephantmen: Yvette, Elephantmen #34-35. Softcover: ISBN 978-1-60706-468-8
- Elephantmen, vol. 1: Wounded Animals - Collects Elephantmen #1-7. Softcover: ISBN 1-58240-691-X
- Elephantmen, vol. 2: Fatal Diseases - Collects Elephantmen #8-15 & The Pilot. Softcover: ISBN 1-58240-915-3
- Elephantmen: Damaged Goods - Collects Elephantmen #18-20. Softcover: ISBN 978-1-60706-137-3
- Elephantmen, vol. 3: Dangerous Liaisons - Collects Elephantmen #16-23. Softcover: ISBN 1-60706-250-X
- Elephantmen, vol. 4: Questionable Things - Collects Elephantmen #24-30. Softcover: ISBN 978-1-60706-364-3
- Elephantmen, vol. 5: Devilish Functions - Collects Elephantmen #31-33 and 36-39. Softcover: ISBN 978-1-60706-576-0
- Elephantmen, vol. 6: Earthly Desires - Collects Elephantmen #40-49. Softcover: ISBN 978-1-60706-752-8
- Elephantmen, Mammoth Vol. 1 - Collects Elephantmen: War Toys #1-3 Elephantmen: Yvette, Elephantmen #1-11, #34-35, #57. Softcover: ISBN 978-1-63215-004-2
- Elephantmen, Mammoth Vol. 2 - Collects Elephantmen #12-30. Softcover: ISBN 978-1-63215-881-9
- Elephantmen, Mammoth Vol. 3 - Collects Elephantmen #31-50. Softcover: ISBN 978-1-53430-825-1
- Elephantmen: 2260 vol. 1: Memories of the Future - Collects Elephantmen #51-55. Softcover: ISBN 978-1-60706-959-1
- Elephantmen: 2260 vol. 2: The Red Queen - Collects Elephantmen #58-62. Softcover: ISBN 978-1-63215-251-0
- Elephantmen: 2260 vol. 3: Learning to be Human - Collects Elephantmen #50, 56-57, 64-65. Softcover: ISBN 978-1-63215-533-7
- Elephantmen: 2260 vol. 4: All Coming Evil - Collects Elephantmen #65-69. Softcover: ISBN 978-1-63215-805-5
- Elephantmen: 2260 vol. 5: Up Close and Personal - Collects Elephantmen #70-71, 73-76. Softcover: ISBN 978-1-63215-880-2
- Elephantmen: 2260 vol. 6: The Least, The Lost & The Last - Collects Elephantmen #72, 77-80. Softcover: ISBN 978-1-53430-188-7
- Elephantmen: 2261 vol. 1: The Death of Shorty. Softcover: ISBN 978-0-97667-617-1
References
- Notes
- ^ Brice, Jason. "Sentinels, Not Senators" Archived 7 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Comics Bulletin. accessed 17 October 2011.
- Sources
- Richard Starkings at 2000 AD online
External links
- Blog
- Richard Starkings at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- 2004 interview with MCAD students
- Comic world news interview
- Starking's tips for new letterers
- Interview with Futureal Studio
- comiXology.com's podcast with Richard Starkings on Elephantmen #11 and War Toys