1. Stan Drake

    American cartoonist

    Stanley Albert Drake was an American cartoonist best known as the founding artist of the comic strip The Heart of Juliet Jones. Born in Brooklyn, Drake worked in the back of a Dugan's Donut truck for a dollar-a-day salary while he was in high school. At the age of 17, he contributed art to Popular Detective, Popular Sports and other pulps. Entering the comic book field as artist, letterer and writer, he became friends with cartoonist Bob Lubbers, who later suggested he draw newspaper comics. He studied for two years at New York's Art Students League. In the Pacific theater during World War II, he did public relations work for Stars and Stripes. Returning to civilian life, he went into advertising, eventually heading a studio of 12 illustrators. Wikipedia

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  2. en.wikipedia.org

    Stanley Albert Drake (November 9, 1921 - March 10, 1997) was an American cartoonist best known as the founding artist of the comic strip The Heart of Juliet Jones.. Born in Brooklyn, Drake worked in the back of a Dugan's Donut truck for a dollar-a-day salary while he was in high school.At the age of 17, he contributed art to Popular Detective, Popular Sports and other pulps.
  3. nationalcartoonists.com

    Around 1950 Stan Drake left Johnstone & Cushing to form his own art studio, Drake-Kittelsen, with a lettering man named Harry Kittelsen. During this period Stan Drake continued drawing advertising spots and strips - and even did story illustrations for what was at that time a popular men's adventure magazine called Blue Book.
  4. en.wikipedia.org

    The Heart of Juliet Jones is an American comic strip series created by Elliott Caplin and drawn by Stan Drake, beginning on March 9, 1953. [1] [2] The strip was distributed by King Features Syndicate.[1]The strip was a soap opera, following the prototype set by Mary Worth but elevated by Drake's exceptional artwork. The strip's first storylines were based on a treatment by writer Margaret ...
  5. library.syracuse.edu

    The Stan Drake Papers consists primarily of original cartoons. There are 1,740 original daily cartoons, 297 original Sunday cartoons and 1 proof sheet (6 daily strips) from the newspaper story strip The Heart of Juliet Jones (1957-1963, 1965-1967). Daily cartoon: traces of graphite, blue pencil, opaque white, zipatone, pen and ink on ...
  6. pulpfest.com

    Stan Drake was honored by the National Cartoonists Society three times with their Story Comic Strip Award and by Comic-Con International with their 1984 Inkpot Award. As part of our celebration of the 90th anniversary of Popular Publications' "Dime" line of pulp magazines and the centennial of Fiction House, we salute the memory of the ...
  7. Stanley Albert Drake (November 9, 1921 - March 10, 1997) was an American cartoonist best known as the founding artist of the comic strip The Heart of Juliet Jones. Born in Brooklyn, Drake worked in the back of a Dugan's Donut truck for a dollar-a-day salary while he was in high school. At the age of 17, he contributed art to Popular Detective, Popular Sports and other pulps. Entering the ...

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