{{Short description|American film critic (born 1976)}} {{Infobox person |name=Joshua Starnes |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1976|9|2}} |birth_place=United States |occupation=Film critic }}
'''Joshua Starnes''' (born September 2, 1976){{citation needed|date=July 2016}} is an American animation writer, comic book publisher film critic for ComingSoon.net<ref name="hc120222"/> and president of the Houston Film Critics Society.<ref name="hfcs1"/>
==Career== Starnes was introduced to film criticism by his father<ref name="hc120222"/> while a high school student in Houston, Texas and began writing regularly for ComingSoon.net, a subsidiary of CraveOnline, in 2004<ref name="hc120222"/> where he shares reviewing duties with Edward Douglas and Scott Chitwood.<ref name="hc130101"/> In 2009 he became vice president<ref name="hc120103"/> of the Houston Film Critics Society, and in 2012 he became president.
In 2015 he joined Red 5 Comics as co-publisher, expanding its line and partnering with King Features<ref name="r5cb200724"/> and Armory Films<ref name="r5d190327"/> to develop new properties.<ref name="r5v211126"/><ref name="r5d180215"/> He is the author of the graphic novels ''Spook'' with Lisandro Estherren and ''The Box'' with Raymond Estrada.
He is the co-writer for ''Kulipari: Dream Walker'', starring Mark Hamill.
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="hc120222">{{cite news |first=Don |last=Maines |work=Houston Chronicle |title=Film critic finds perks with pen |url=http://www.chron.com/default/article/Film-critic-finds-perks-with-pen-3347077.php |date=February 22, 2012 |accessdate=February 22, 2012}}</ref> <ref name="hc130101">{{cite news |first=Don |last=Maines |work=Houston Chronicle |title=Cypress hobbyist evolves to film critic |url=http://www.chron.com/news/article/Cypress-hobbyist-evolves-to-film-critic-1691204.php |date=March 1, 2011 |accessdate=March 1, 2011}}</ref> <ref name="hc120103">{{cite news |first=Don |last=Maines |work=Houston Chronicle |title=Local film critics have their say |url=http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/heights-news/article/Local-film-critics-have-their-say-2438895.php |date=January 1, 2012 |accessdate=January 1, 2012}}</ref> <ref name="hfcs1">{{cite web |publisher=Houston Film Critics Society |title=Home |url=http://www.houstonfilmcritics.com/ |accessdate=December 16, 2010}}</ref> <ref name="r5v211126">{{cite news |first=Patrick |last=Frater |work=Variety |title='Mystery Brothers' Quentin Lee's Asian American Comic Book to Be Published by Red 5 |url=https://variety.com/2021/digital/asia/mystery-brothers-quentin-lee-asian-american-comic-book-1235120136/ |accessdate=July 17, 2022}}</ref> <ref name="r5d190327">{{cite news |first=Geoff |last=Boucher |work=Deadline |title='The Dark Age': 'Mudbound' Producers Team With 'Knightfall' Co-Creator On Sci-Fi Comic Book |url=https://deadline.com/2019/03/the-dark-age-mudbound-producers-team-with-knightfall-co-creator-on-sci-fi-comic-book-1202583804/ |accessdate=July 17, 2022}}</ref> <ref name="r5d180215">{{cite news |first=Mike |last=Fleming |work=Deadline |title=Jung Byung-Gil To Direct Gerard Butler In 'Afterburn' |url=https://deadline.com/2018/02/jung-byung-gil-to-direct-gerard-butler-in-afterburn-1202288973/ |accessdate=July 17, 2022}}</ref> <ref name="r5cb200724">{{cite news |first=Matthew |last=Aguilar |work=ComicBook.com |title=Get Your First Look at Mandrake The Magician: Mandrake's Legacy |url=https://comicbook.com/comics/news/mandrake-the-magician-mandrakes-legacy-interview-preview-art/ |accessdate=July 17, 2022}}</ref> }}
==External links== *[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8100885/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr3 Joshua Starnes' profile] at IMDb *[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/critic/joshua-starnes Joshua Starnes' profile] at Rotten Tomatoes *[http://www.houstonfilmcritics.org The Houston Film Critics Society] *[http://www.red5comics.com Red 5 Comics] *[http://www.comingsoon.net ComingSoon.net] *[http://www.vitalthrills.com Vital Thrills]
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