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'''Richard Starkings''' — who has often written under the name '''Richard Alan''' — is an [[Eisner Award|Eisner]]-nominated comic [[letterer]], with work stretching at least back to the [[12th January]] [[1985]] issue of the UK ''Transformers'' title. He was a staple of the Marvel UK family of artists during its heyday in the late 1980s. His first big break in the American comic industry came with 1988's ''[[wikipedia:Batman: The Killing Joke|Batman: The Killing Joke]]'', and he continues, as of [[2011]], to work regularly for American publishers.  In the late [[20th century|20th]] and early [[21st century|21st centuries]], he has been one of the busiest letterers in the American comic book industry.

==''Doctor Who''-related work==

His work in the [[Doctor Who universe|DWU]] has been mostly confined to two periods.  He was variously a writer, editor and letterer during the [[Sixth Doctor|Sixth]] and early [[Seventh Doctor]]s eras in the pages of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''.  During this period, he also served in the staff position of "picture consultant" for a number of issues.  Two decades later, he returned to the newly-created American centre of DWU publishing at [[IDW Publishing]], working on several issues involving the [[Tenth Doctor]].

===In the 20th century===

Starkings edited [[DWM]]: ''[[Redemption]]'', ''[[Culture Shock]]'', ''[[Nemesis of the Daleks]]'' and ''[[Follow that TARDIS!]]''  Usually under his "Richard Alan" pseudonym, he wrote or co-wrote [[DWM]]: ''[[Time and Tide]]'', the aforementioned ''Nemesis of the Daleks'', and ''[[Up Above the Gods]]'', the prelude to ''[[Emperor of the Daleks]]''.  He lettered or co-lettered [[DWM]]: ''[[Frobisher's Story]]'', ''[[The Gift (comic strip)|The Gift]]'', ''[[The World Shapers]]'', and ''Up Above the Gods''. 

For the [[BBC Wales]] era of the DWU, Starkings co-wrote [[IDW]]: ''[[Cold-Blooded War]]'' under his own name.  It was also a story he lettered, along with ''[[The Whispering Gallery]]'' and most issues of ''[[The Forgotten]]''.  He was also one of the letterers on  [[TWM]]: ''[[Rift War!]]'' 

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