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Richard Starkings

British font designer and letterer
Person human Q3934880

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[19]
Date of birth
January 27, 1962
Place of birth
Liverpool
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[6]
Occupation
letterer, type designer, comics writer
Field of work
comic[7]
Educated at
Bournemouth University, Aireborough Grammar School[8][9]
Award received
Inkpot Award[14]
Notable work
Hip Flask, Elephantmen, Batman: The Killing Joke, Batman: The Long Halloween[10][11][12][13]
Official website
www.hipflask.com[21]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[23]
Described by source
Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum biographical files[22]
Given name
Richard[20]
Influenced by
Posy Simmonds, Carol Lay, Jaime Hernandez[16][17][18]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/San Diego State University[24]
🏷️ Also known as
en Richard Starkings he ריצ'רד סטארקינגס ja リチャード・スターキングス zh 理查德·史塔金斯 zh-hant 理查德·斯塔金斯
🔖 Identifiers · 34
ISNI
0000000071015999
VIAF cluster ID
21498608
Library of Congress authority ID
n2002026493
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
10.16.11RichardStarkingsByLuigiNovi1.jpg ↗
BD Gest' author ID
20009
BIBSYS ID
1698188433060
Babelio author ID
66904
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
16132257s
CONOR.SR ID
27077223
ComiXology creator ID
501
Comic Vine ID
4040-26773
Dark Horse creator ID
29
Show all 34 identifiers +22
Europeana entity
agent/base/74744
Fandom article ID
marvel:Richard_Starkings
Freebase ID
/m/06wwhp
GCD creator ID
11107
Hoopla artist ID
1453248971
IdRef ID
167475061
Marvel Comics creators ID
11k (350–11k, n=4)
NL CR AUT ID
xx0176077
NUKAT ID
n2013063900
National Library of Brazil ID
001013571
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987012501411105171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC202356566
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
274534924
Obálky knih ID
xx0176077
Open Library ID
OL3028138A
Penguin Random House author ID
2152394
Prabook ID
1948452
SNAC ARK ID
w6sr3gpf
SVKKL authority ID
0348884-Starkings-Richard-1962
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJB48rcTpdjGwmJf9rgqcP
X (Twitter) username
RichStarkings
Yale LUX ID
person/e03f3218-a94e-4a24-8c22-9ae9c44d93a8

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🔗 Connections
← Letterer 4
Batman: The Long Halloween, Batman: Hush, Marvels, Batman: Dark Victory
Influenced by 2
Posy Simmonds, Jaime Hernandez
Notable work 2
Batman: The Killing Joke, Batman: The Long Halloween
Occupation 2
type designer, letterer
Award received 1
Inkpot Award
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Educated at 1
Bournemouth University
Given name 1
Richard
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
Liverpool
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Richard Starkings was born on January 27, 1962[1], in Liverpool[2]. He has worked as a letterer[3], type designer[4], and comics writer[5].

FAQs

Where was Richard Starkings born?

Richard Starkings's place of birth was Liverpool[2].

What did Richard Starkings do for work?

Richard Starkings worked as a letterer[3], type designer[4], and comics writer[5].

Where did Richard Starkings go to school?

Richard Starkings was educated at Bournemouth University[8] and Aireborough Grammar School[9].

What awards did Richard Starkings receive?

Honors received include Inkpot Award[14].

Related Entities

Bournemouth University Liverpool United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . gamesradar.com. Retrieved . gamesradar.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . blog.pencils.com. Retrieved . blog.pencils.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . Grand Comics Database. Retrieved . dccomicsnews.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . Grand Comics Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . Grand Comics Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . comic-con.org. Retrieved . comic-con.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . denofgeek.com. Retrieved . denofgeek.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . denofgeek.com. Retrieved . denofgeek.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . denofgeek.com. Retrieved . denofgeek.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . cartoons.osu.edu. cartoons.osu.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · Harmonia Amanda · 2026-11-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    BIBSYS ID → 1698188433060
    National Library of Korea ID → KAC202356566
    National Library of Brazil ID → 001013571
    Field of work → comic
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ BIBSYS ID: 1698188433060, Added with [[User:Bargioni/moreIdentifiers|moreIdentifiers]]"
  2. 4d ago · Harmonia Amanda · 2026-11-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article ID → marvel:Richard_Starkings
    Comic Vine ID → 4040-26773
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Comic Vine ID: 4040-26773, Matched to #mix'n'match [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/313626513|Richard Starkings (#313626513)]] for {{P|5905}}"
  3. 4d ago · Harmonia Amanda · 2026-11-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dark Horse creator ID → 29
    Penguin Random House author ID → 2152394
    CONOR.SR ID → 27077223
    Marvel Comics creators ID → 350, 11373, 11385 +1
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Penguin Random House author ID: 2152394, Matched to #mix'n'match [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/84880282|Richard Starkings (#84880282)]] for {{P|9802}}"
  4. 4d ago · Harmonia Amanda · 2026-11-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Hoopla artist ID → 1453248971
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Hoopla artist ID: 1453248971, Matched to #mix'n'match [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/74999570|Richard Starkings (#74999570)]] for {{P|6868}}"
  5. 4w ago · Harmonia Amanda · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Open Library ID → OL3028138A
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'commons', 'en', 'he', 'it']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Open Library ID: OL3028138A, add P648 claim: OL3028138A"
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