Starnes was introduced to film criticism by his father while a high school student in
Houston, Texas and began writing regularly for
ComingSoon.net, a subsidiary of
CraveOnline, 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, and in 2012 he became president. In 2015 he joined
Red 5 Comics as co-publisher, expanding its line and partnering with
King Features and
Armory Films to develop new properties. 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==