Joshua Starnes (born September 2, 1976) is an American animation writer, comic book publisher
film critic
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for
ComingSoon.net
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and president of the
Houston Film Critics Society
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.
Career
Starnes was introduced to film criticism by his father
while a high school student in
Houston, Texas
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and began writing regularly for
ComingSoon.net
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, a subsidiary of
CraveOnline
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, in 2004
where he shares reviewing duties with Edward Douglas and Scott Chitwood.
In 2009 he became vice president
of the
Houston Film Critics Society
The Houston Film Critics Society is a non-profit film critic unincorporated voluntary organization in Houston, Texas, in the United States. The group presents an annual set of film awards for "extraordinary accomplishment in film" in a ceremony h ...
, and in 2012 he became president.
In 2015 he joined
Red 5 Comics
Red 5 is an independent comic book publisher, known for producing a combination of creator-owned and internally developed titles, including their best known title, ''Atomic Robo''. Red 5 was one of the first comics publishers to jump into digital d ...
as co-publisher, expanding its line and partnering with
King Features
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and
Armory Films to develop new properties.
He is the author of the graphic novels ''
Spook
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People
* Spook (nickname), shared by several notable people
* Per Spook (born 1939), Norwegian fashion designer
* a ghostwriter
* a racial slur referring to a black person
* an unde ...
'' with Lisandro Estherren and ''
The Box'' with Raymond Estrada.
He is the co-writer for ''
Kulipari: Dream Walker'', starring Mark Hamill.
References
External links
Joshua Starnes' profileat
IMDb
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Joshua Starnes' profileat
Rotten Tomatoes
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The Houston Film Critics SocietyRed 5 ComicsComingSoon.netVital Thrills
1976 births
Living people
American film critics
Writers from Houston
Writers from North Carolina
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