[1] A year later, Starkings (now based in Los Angeles) was asked to letter issues of Marvel's premier title Uncanny X-Men.
[1] Unable to meet the deadlines of then-editor Bob Harras, he considered faster methods of lettering, and turned to computers.
[2] Although meeting resistance in some quarters (most famously from Harras at Marvel), the higher-paychecks offered by Image allowed some letterers to produce less work, further snow-balling the demand for Starkings' services.
[2] For a name Starkings recalled a friend's carpentry business being called "Proudcraft", and the two settled on Comicraft.
[2] Overcoming the reluctance of the comics industry with such titles as Ghost Rider 2099, Astro City and Generation X, although unable to challenge the legendary Todd Klein for the "Lettering" title, Starkings and Comicraft nevertheless managed to win an Eisner Award in 1994, for "Best Publication Design" for Busiek and Ross' Marvels.