Early life and education Roxanne Starr was born in
Paris,
France to German parents, however was raised in the United States after moving to
New York City at the age of two. Her career in art began at age fourteen when she took a summer job as a colorist for a textile design company. She later graduated from the
City College of New York with a degree in Art and minor in Philosophy. Starr took commercial art courses at the
School of Visual Arts, taking two years off to work as a Traffic Editor at
The National Enquirer. Her first job after college was in advertising at a
Madison Avenue agency.
Flaming Carrot Comics In 1980, Starr moved to
Atlanta where she freelanced as a graphic designer. In 1984, soon after Starr started working on
Flaming Carrot, the book was picked up by Canadian-based publisher
Aardvark-Vanaheim. Four years later, Starr became
Flaming Carrot's
editor when it was picked up by
Dark Horse Comics. In 2015, Stable Enterprises Press released
Stable Enterprises' first issue, "Sexy Enterprises", an illustrated novel written by Starr, with art by Timothy Paul.
Sexy Enterprises is ta pseudo-autobiographical parody novel about the comics industry and the many freelance artists with whom Starr has worked. ==References==