James P. "Jim" Starlin (born October 9, 1949, in Detroit, Michigan) is an American comic book writer and artist, who has worked for Marvel Comics, DC Comics and others since the early 1970s. He is better known for "cosmic" tales and space opera and as the creator of the villain Thanos.
After writing and drawing stories for a number of amateur fan publications, Starlin got his break into comics working for Roy Thomas and John Romita at Marvel Comi...
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James P. "Jim" Starlin (born October 9, 1949, in Detroit, Michigan) is an American comic book writer and artist, who has worked for Marvel Comics, DC Comics and others since the early 1970s. He is better known for "cosmic" tales and space opera and as the creator of the villain Thanos.
After writing and drawing stories for a number of amateur fan publications, Starlin got his break into comics working for Roy Thomas and John Romita at Marvel Comics in 1972.
Starlin was part of the generation of artists and writers who already grew up as fans of Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Gil Kane, Neal Adams, and Jim Steranko, and came into the field hoping to build on Marvel Comics' decade of success. His work was heavily influenced by the art of Kirby, Steve Ditko and Gil Kane (especially in terms of anatomy and character posing). At the Ditko-focused panel at the 2008 Comic-Con International he said, "Everything I learned about storytelling was [due to] him or Kirby. [Ditko] did the best...
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