Arigon Starr
Arigon Starr | |
|---|---|
| Occupation(s) | Singer, actor, writer, artist |
| Website | www.arigonstarr.com |
Arigon Starr is a Kickapoo singer, actor, and comic book writer, who is known for her one-woman shows.Starr was born in Pensacola, Florida to her parents Ken and Ruth Wahpecome. Starr is an enrolled member of the Kickapoo-Creek Nation Tribe of Oklahoma. When Starr got older, she relocated to Los Angeles, where she worked at entertainment companies such as Viacom and Showtime Network. Starr eventually left her corporate job to become a full-time musician. She won the NAMA Native American Music Awards for Best Independent Recording in 1999. Additionally, Arigon was named "Songwriter of the Year" by the Native American Music Awards and received a nomination for "Best Country CD" from Canada's Aboriginal Peoples Choice Awards [1][2]
She is the first Native American woman to have her own record label: "Wacky Productions." Starr created four albums under this label.
Contents
1 Discography
2 Super Indian
3 Bibliography
4 References
5 External links
Discography
- Meet the Diva, 2006
Wind Up[3]
- Backflip, 2002
- The Red Road - Original Cast Recording, 2006
Super Indian
The idea of Super Indian, Starr's first comic, started in Brisbane, Australia at an Indigenous Theatre Workshop where she thought of an idea of a Native American superhero. In 2007, Arigon wrote a ten-part radio comedy series for the Native Radio Theater Project and Native Voices at the Autry. The show was directed by William Dufris, in productions of Joseph A. Dandurand, and on Aboriginal Voices radio. She then began using all the scripts and prototypes that were used in the radio show to craft the beginnings of the comic.
[4] When Starr first started the comic, she had very little knowledge of behind comic production and had only drawn comics as a child.[5] She worked on the unpublished "Super Indian: Origins", a 23-page comic that closely follows the first episode of the radio series. She and her editor Janet Miner created Rezium Studios where she launched the "Super Indian" as a webcomic in April 2011.Starr posted a webcomic Monday with a few new panels every week. The two and a half stories that were published online eventually made up the first edition of Super Indian.
Starr the created the second volume of Super Indian in 2015.
Super Indian, otherwise known as Hubert Logan was an ordinary Reservation boy until he ate tainted commodity cheese Government cheese infused with Rezium, a secret government food enrichment additive. Known as Super Indian, Hubert fights evil forces who would overtake the Reservation's resources and population. Assisted by his trusty sidekicks Mega Bear and Diogi, they fight crime.
Bibliography
Super Indian, #1-2 (with Janet Miller)
Moonshot: The Indigenous Comics Collection, #1 (with Hope Nicholson and various artists)
Tales of the Mighty Code Talkers #1,(with Janet Miller, INC Comics, and Lee Francis IV)
References
^ Brian Wright-McLeod The Encyclopedia of Native Music: More Than a Century of ... - - 2005 Page 48-"Arigon Starr— (Kickapoo-Creek) Pop/ Rock Lineup: Arigon Starr, lead vocals/guitar; Nick Peters (Luiseno), drums; Gay Wahpecome (Kickapoo-Creek), backup vocals/flute/percussion; Bil Schnobrich, bass. This Los Angeles-based singer- songwriter described her music as Native American alternapop mixed with Indian glam and Native pride. Peppered with sharp humor ... NAMA Award for Best Independent Recording, 1999. "
^ Daniel S. Murphree Native America - 2012 Page 946 "Arigon Starr (Kickapoo), a multitalented playwright, performance artist, musician, songwriter, author, and artist, has received national acclaim for her eclectic one-woman shows. Writer, producer, and filmmaker Sterlin Harjo (Seminole/Creek) ..."
^ Billboard - 15 Jul 2000 - Page 36 ""Wind Up," the independently released album from Kickapoo vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist Arigon Starr, is another conspicuous example of excellence among female Native American artists. While her compelling original material ..."
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^ Millon, Robert (1 September 2013). "Con Men Interviews: Arigon Starr - Creator of Super Indian". The Con Men.
External links
- Official website bio
- http://superindiancomics.com/
