Missed It: Starlen Baxter, 1960-2008



Gary Reed draws attention to the passing of the writer, artist and publisher Starlen Baxter, who apparently committed suicide on June 8. Baxter was a publisher and I believe occasional creator at Nerve Magazine, a late-period underground/early alternative that featured talent such as Bill Widener, John Howard and Heather McAdams. Baxter then went on to do work with Caliber's various imprints and Dark Horse Comics. The Columbus project was done for Dark Horse in partnership with the underground legend Jack Jackson. Baxter's suicide came two years to the date of Jackson's own self-inflicted death. Among the Lexington, Kentucky area-based creator's better-known projects were Mack the Knife, Suppressed: A History of Violence in America and Channel X.

Baxter was found dead in his car, and his funeral was held three days after his passing. An old friend and brief working partner remembers him here. I believe this may be a photo gallery maintained by Baxter, and this indicates he moved back to Kentucky in 2007 to take care of ailing parents.
 
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