Roxanne Starr

Roxanne Starr is an American graphic designer and comic book letterer.

Biography

Early life and education Roxanne Starr was born in Paris, France to German parents, however was raised in the United States after moving to New York City at the age of two. Her career in art began at age fourteen when she took a summer job as a colorist for a textile design company. She later graduated from the City College of New York with a degree in Art and minor in Philosophy. Starr took commercial art courses at the School of Visual Arts, taking two years off to work as a Traffic Editor at The National Enquirer. Her first job after college was in advertising at a Madison Avenue agency.

Flaming Carrot Comics In 1980, Starr moved to Atlanta where she freelanced as a graphic designer.

In 1984, soon after Starr started working on Flaming Carrot, the book was picked up by Canadian-based publisher Aardvark-Vanaheim. Four years later, Starr became Flaming Carrot'''s editor when it was picked up by Dark Horse Comics. In 2015, Stable Enterprises Press released Stable Enterprises' first issue, "Sexy Enterprises", an illustrated novel written by Starr, with art by Timothy Paul. Sexy Enterprises'' is ta pseudo-autobiographical parody novel about the comics industry and the many freelance artists with whom Starr has worked.