Leonard Starr was a comic strip artist and writer, best known for his work as the story editor and head writer for the animated series Thundercats.
The action adventure series, inspired by Starr’s drawings, ran from 1985 to 1989 and followed the story of a team of humanoid supercats fighting evil. Starr worked on the series with television producers Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin from 1985 to 1987. His other work in television included animated episodes of Festival of Family Classics, The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie and Silverhawks.
He was also responsible for creating the comic strip “Mary Perkins on Stage,” which debuted as “On Stage,” though it ran in some newspapers as “Mary Perkins,” before being called “Mary Perkins on Stage.” The strip, which ran from 1957 to 1979, earned Starr the National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben award and the strip itself won the National Cartoonists Society’s comic strip award in 1960 and 1963.
Leonard Starr was a comic strip artist and writer, best known for his work as the story editor and head writer for the animated series Thundercats.
The action adventure series, inspired by Starr’s drawings, ran from 1985 to 1989 and followed the story of a team of humanoid supercats fighting evil. Starr worked on the series with television producers Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin from 1985 to 1987. His other work in television included animated episodes of Festival of Family Classics, The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie and Silverhawks.
He was also responsible for creating the comic strip “Mary Perkins on Stage,” which debuted as “On Stage,” though it ran in some newspapers as “Mary Perkins,” before being called “Mary Perkins on Stage.” The strip, which ran from 1957 to 1979, earned Starr the National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben award and the strip itself won the National Cartoonists Society’s comic strip award in 1960 and 1963.
“Perkins” ended when Starr revived the classic strip “Little Orphan Annie” in 1979, which he oversaw until 2000, when he retired. He earned the National Cartoonists Society’s comic strip award for “Annie” in 1983 and 1984. Over the course of his career, Starr contributed to Timely (now Marvel) Comics, Fawcett Comics and DC Comics, among others.
Starr died June 30, 2015. He was 89.
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