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Jim Starlin : biography

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James P. "Jim" Starlin (born October 9) Note: Birth date is listed as October 19 at is an American comic book writer and artist. With a career dating back to the early 1970s, he is best known for "cosmic" tales and space opera; for revamping the Marvel Comics characters Captain Marvel and Adam Warlock; and for creating or co-creating the Marvel characters Thanos, Drax the Destroyer, Gamora and Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu.

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Awards

  • 1973: Won the "Outstanding New Talent" Shazam Award, tied with Walt Simonson
  • 1974: Nominated for the "Superior Achievement by an Individual" Shazam Award
  • 1977: Nominated for the "Favourite Comicbook Artist" Eagle Award
  • 1978:
    • Won the "Favourite Single Story" Eagle Award, for Avengers Annual #7: The Final Threat
    • Won the "Favourite Continued Story" Eagle Award, for Avengers Annual #7 / Marvel Two-in-One Annual #2
    • Nominated for the "Favourite Artist" Eagle Award
    • Nominated for "Best Comic" British Fantasy Award, for Avengers Annual #7: The Final Threat
  • 1979: Nominated for "Best Comic" British Fantasy Award, for Among the Great Divide (Rampaging Hulk #7), with Steve Gerber & Bob Wiacek
  • 1986:
    • Won the "Best Long Story" Haxtur Award, for Dreadstar
    • Received the Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award, jointly with Bernie Wrightson
  • 1992:
    • Won the "Best Script" Haxtur Award, for Silver Surfer #1-5
    • Nominated for the "Best Long Story" Haxtur Award, for Silver Surfer #1-5, with Ron Lim
  • 1993:
    • Nominated for the "Best Script" Haxtur Award, for Deeply Buried Secrets (Silver Surfer #12)
    • Nominated for the "Best Short Story" Haxtur Award, for Deeply Buried Secrets (Silver Surfer #12), with Ron Lim
  • 1995:
    • Nominated for the "Best Short Story" Haxtur Award, for Daredevil/Black Widow: Abattoir, with Joe Chiodo
    • Nominated for the "Best Cover" Haxtur Award, for Breed #6
  • 2005: Received the "Author That We Loved" Haxtur Award

Biography

Early career

After writing and drawing stories for a number of fan publications, Jim Starlin got his break into comics in 1972, working for Roy Thomas and John Romita at Marvel Comics. Brought in by fellow artist Rich Buckler,"Gangway, World! Madcap Marvel Marches Merrily On!" (Marvel Bullpen Bulletins page in Sgt Fury and his Howling Commandos #104 and other Marvel Comics cover-dated November 1972) Starlin was part of the generation of artists and writers who grew up as fans of Silver Age Marvel Comics. At a Steve Ditko-focused panel at the 2008 Comic-Con International, Starlin said, "Everything I learned about storytelling was [due to] him or Kirby. [Ditko] did the best layouts."Starlin, in

Starlin’s first job for Marvel was as a finisher on pages of The Amazing Spider-Man. at the Grand Comics Database He then drew three issues of Iron Man, that introduced the character’s Thanos and Drax the Destroyer. He was then given the chance to draw an issue (#25) of the "cosmic" title Captain Marvel.Sanderson "1970s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 159: "In March [1973], the first of artist Jim Starlin’s many sagas of the Marvel heroes’ wars against Thanos began." Starlin took over as plotter the following issue, and began developing an elaborate story arc centered on the villainous Thanos, and spread across a number of Marvel titles. Starlin left Captain Marvel one issue after concluding his Thanos saga.

Concurrently in the mid-1970s, Starlin contributed a cache of stories to the independently published science-fiction anthology Star Reach. Here he developed his ideas of God, death, and infinity, free of the restrictions of mainstream comics publishers’ self-censorship arm, the Comics Code Authority. Starlin also drew "The Secret of Skull River", inked by frequent collaborator Al Milgrom, for Savage Tales #5 (July 1974).