Guide to the Leonard Starr Papers, 1959-1996 SPEC.CGA.STA Finding aid prepared by Haley Simpson Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
1858 Neil Avenue Columbus, OH, 43210
December 2017 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2018-02-27T14:54-0500 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Leonard Starr Papers SPEC.CGA.STA Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 1.9 Cubic feet 2 Boxes Bulk, 1983-1988 1959-1996 The Leonard Starr papers contains sketchbooks of Winnie Winkle, Little Orphan Annie, On Stage, Kelly Green, Cannonball Carmody, and Thundercats works. Also included are figure sketches by Starr. 2 Boxes: (1) 12" x 15" x 10" Carton and (1) 19" x 25" x 2.5" Flat Box English Starr, Leonard Arrangement of Materials

This small collection is arranged by title of sketchbook or comic strip and format.

 Acquisitions Information

CGA.STA.2016: Bobbie Starr, 2016

 Preferred Citation

[identification of item],[Box Number/Folder Number], Leonard Starr Papers, SPEC.CGA.STA, Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, Ohio State University

 Access to Materials

Materials in this collection are available for use, but may be used in the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum reading room only. Audio/visual materials and computer media may need a use copy produced before access is allowed. To request material in this finding aid, please contact the Reading Room at 614-292-0538 or email cartoons@osu.edu.

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 Processing Information

Haley Simpson, Decemeber 2017

 Biographical Note

Leonard Starr was a cartoonist, comic book artist, and advertising artist best known for the newspaper comic strip On Stage and for reviving the comic Little Orphan Annie. He was born on October 28, 1925 in New York City, New York and studied at Pratt Institute. He contributed to early comics at Funnies Inc. before continuing on to do early work forTimely/Marvel comics including Human Torch and Sub-Mariner. He created the comic strip Mary Perkins, On Stage, later abbreviated to On Stage, in 1957 for the Chicago-Tribune-New York News Syndicate. Starr later revived the comic Little Orphan Annie, renamed Annie, in 1979 and continued to create original work for the comic strip until his retirement in 2000. He died on June 30, 2015.

 Scope and Contents

This collection contains 11 sketchbooks of the various comic strip titles b y Leonard Starr. Also included in this collection are figure sketches by the artist and a portrait of his wife Betty by the cartoonist Abner Dean.

 Comic books, strips, etc Winnie Winkle Storyboard Sketchbooks STA 1 1 June 30, 1986-May 29, 1988 Winnie Winkle Storyboard Sketchbooks STA 1 2 February 16, 1987-January 22, 1988 Winnie Winkle Storyboard Sketchbooks STA 1 3 Jaunuary 23, 1988- December 23, 1990 Winnie Winkle Storyboard Sketchbooks STA 1 4 December 24, 1990- November 15, 1992 Winnie Winkle Storyboard Sketchbooks STA 1 5 October 17, 1994- June 21, 1996 Thundercats Characters and Scene Sketches STA 1 7 Undated Annie Stroyboards Sketchbook STA 1 6 September 17- June 29 Kelly Green Storyboards Books 1 + 2 STA 1 8 Undated Kelly Green Storyboards Books 4 + 5 STA 1 9 Undated Cannonball Carmody Storyboard Sketchbooks STA 1 10 Undated Cannonball Carmody Storyboard Sketchbooks STA 1 11 Undated Mary Perkins on Stage Character Sketches STA 2 1 Undated Cannonball Carmody and Mary Perkins on Stage Character Sketches STA 2 2 Undated Sketches and Rough Drafts STA 2 3 Undated 10 Pages of Sketches STA 2 4 Undated Loose Figure Sketches STA 2 5 Undated Portrait of Leonard Starr's Wife Betty by Noted Cartoonist, Abner Dean STA 2 6 1959 Character Proofs and Sketches for Little Orphan Annie STA 2 7 ca 1980