Joe Staton
Joe Staton is an American comics artist and writer. He co-created the Bronze Age Huntress (Helena Wayne), as well as the third Huntress (Helena Bertinelli), Kilowog and the Omega Men for DC Comics. He was the artist of the Dick Tracy comic strip from 2011 to October 2021.
Early life
Joe Staton grew up in Tennessee and graduated from Murray State University in 1970.Career
Staton started his comics career at Charlton Comics in 1971 and gained notability as the artist of the super-hero series E-Man. Staton produced art for various comics published by Charlton, Marvel Comics, and Warren Publishing during the 1970s.Hired initially by Roy Thomas to work for Marvel, Staton was then recruited by Paul Levitz to work on DC Comics' revival of the Justice Society of America in All Star Comics and later Adventure Comics. In these titles he illustrated stories including the origin of the JSA in DC Special #29 and the death of the Earth-Two Batman. Staton also illustrated the solo adventures of two female JSA members created during the JSA revival – drawing Power Girl in Showcase and the Huntress. During that time, Staton additionally drew Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes, the 1970s revival of the Doom Patrol in Showcase, and the Metal Men. In 1979, Staton began a two-and-a-half-year run on Green Lantern, during which he co-created the Omega Men with writer Marv Wolfman.
Staton served as art director for First Comics for three years in the 1980s. He returned to DC Comics afterwards for a second run on Green Lantern and with writer Steve Englehart, oversaw the title's name change to Green Lantern Corps. Staton and Englehart also created the DC weekly crossover series Millennium. Staton was one of the contributors to the DC Challenge limited series in 1986. In addition, he illustrated Guy Gardner, The Huntress, The New Guardians, and Superman & Bugs Bunny.
In the early 1990s, Staton provided the artwork on the Mike Danger Sunday comic strip, written by Max Allan Collins. From the late 90s to the late 2000s, Staton drew DC's Scooby-Doo title for younger readers, as well as the more mature-themed Femme Noir for Ape Entertainment. On January 19, 2011, Tribune Media Services announced that Staton and writer Mike Curtis would replace Dick Locher as the creative team of the Dick Tracy comic strip. The new creative team has worked together on Scooby-Doo, Richie Rich, and Casper the Friendly Ghost and started on March 14, 2011. He pencilled DC Retroactive: Green Lantern – The '80s #1, written by Len Wein, published the same year. Staton also illustrated Charles Santino's graphic novel adaptation of Ayn Rand's Anthem.
Awards
Joe Staton received an Inkpot Award in 1983.Staton and writer Mike Curtis received the Best Syndicated Strip Harvey Award for Dick Tracy in 2013, 2014, and 2015.
AC Comics
Femforce #121Alpha Productions
The Detectives #1 E-Man #1 E-Man Returns #1Ape Entertainment
Ape Entertainment's Cartoonapalooza #2- Femme Noir: The Dark City Diaries #1–4
Apple Press
ElfQuest: Siege at Blue Mountain #1–5 The New Crime Files of Michael Mauser, Private Eye #1Archie Comics
Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine #1–5 Archie's Super Teens #1 Jughead's Double Digest #139–142Bill Spicer
Fantasy Illustrated #2Caliber Press
Dominique: Protect and Serve #1 Negative Burn #18, 20, 33, 49Century Comics For Action Hero
Actor Comics Presents #1CFD Productions
Noir #2Charlton Comics
Charlton Bullseye #4 E-Man #1–10 Ghost Manor #5–6, 10, 13 Ghostly Haunts #28, 32, 35–36 Ghostly Tales #104, 117 Haunted #11–12, 18, 21–22, 26 Haunted Love #1–5 I Love You #91, 110 Love and Romance #6 Love Diary #79, 88 The Many Ghosts of Dr. Graves #30, 36–37, 41, 43, 47 Midnight Tales #1–11, 13–14 Monster Hunters #1 Primus #1–7 Scary Tales #1, 4 Secret Romance #21 The Six Million Dollar Man #1–6 Space 1999 #1–3, 5 Sweethearts #133 Teen-Age Love #87 Teen Confessions #78 Vengeance Squad #1–6 Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch #1, 4–5Charlton Neo
Paul Kupperberg's Secret Romances #2 The Charlton Arrow vol. 2 #1–3Comico
E-Man #1–3 Johnny Quest #2, #11 Maze Agency #6CPL/GANG Publications
The Charlton Bullseye #4CrossGen
Crossovers #7–9Dark Horse
Michael Chabon Presents: The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist #2DC Comics
- List of comics about the September 11 attacks#9-11: The [World's Finest Comic Book Writers & Artists Tell Stories to Remember, Volume Two|9-11: The World's Finest Comic Book Writers & Artists Tell Stories to Remember, Vol. 2] Action Comics #525–526, 531, 535–536 Adventure Comics #445–447 ; #456–478 All-Star Comics #66–74 Batman #334 Batman 80-Page Giant #3 Batman & Superman Adventures: World's Finest #1 Batman and Robin Adventures #17, 21, Annual #2 Batman and Robin Adventures: Sub-Zero #1 Batman Beyond #4–6 Batman Chronicles #15 Batman Family #18–20 Batman: Blackgate #1 Batman: Death of Innocents #1 Batman: Gotham Adventures #29 Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #65–68, Annual #4 Batman: Penguin Triumphant #1 Batman: Shadow of the Bat #14–15, 42, Annual #2 Batman: Two-Face Strikes Twice #1–2 Blackhawk #271 Brave & the Bold #148, 197 DC Challenge #7 DC Comics Presents #9–11, 15–16, 21, 23, 39, 96 DC Retroactive: Green Lantern – The '80s #1 DC Special #29 DC Special Series #10 DC Super Friends #2 DC Super Stars #17 DCU Holiday Bash #3 Doctor Fate #21 Family Man #1–3
- Green Lantern vol. 2 #123–155, 188–205
- Green Lantern vol. 3 #9–13, 18–19, 25 Green Lantern Corps #206–217, 221–222 Green Lantern Corps Quarterly #1 Green Lantern Secret Files #2 Gross Point #2, 4–7, 9–12 Guy Gardner #1–14, 44, Annual #2 Guy Gardner Reborn #1–3 Heroes Against Hunger #1 House of Mystery #300 Huntress #1–19 Karate Kid #1–9 Justice League Adventures #7 Justice League of America #244 Justice League International Special #2 Legion of Superheroes #259–260 The Life Story of the Flash HC Looney Tunes #140 Metal Men #50–56 Millennium #1–8 Mystery in Space #113 New Guardians #1–9 Outsiders #4 Power Company: Skyrocket #1 Power of Shazam #19 Secret Origins #36, 50 Scooby-Doo #3, 5, 10–14, 16–23, 26–39, 41–48, 50, 52–67, 69, 71, 73–75, 77–78, 80–89, 91, 93, 95–100, 102–107, 109, 111–112, 119, 125–126, 143, 158 Showcase #94–96 ; #97–99 ; #100 Showcase '95 #10 Superboy and the Legion of Superheroes #227, 243–249, 252–258 Superman & Bugs Bunny #1–4 Superman Adventures #41, Annual #1 Superman Adventures: Dimension of the Dark Shadows #1 Superman Family #191–194 Super Friends #43, 45 Tales of the Green Lantern Corps #1–3 Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #3–4, 7 Wonder Woman #241; #271–287, 289–290, 294–299 World's Finest Comics #262, 273