Stan Drake

Back in the days when newspaper comic strips were large enough for it to matter, Stan Drake was the premier comic strip drama artist, drawing (but not writing) "The Heart of Juliet Jones", a well-written and exquisitely drawn soap-operish drama strip. This book comprises the Sunday strips from May 2, 1954 to August 3, 1958, which were a separate continuity from the daily strip. The stories are fine, with one particularly compelling one with Eddie Hearn, a recurring character and longtime friend of Juliet who has loved her since they were children. By the second half of the book compilation, the stories started becoming shorter and a little abrupt in their endings. But always, the strip is worth it if only for that lovely Stan Drake artwork. I couldn't believe learning from an interview with Shel Dorf that Stan Drake for a time "cartoonified" his artwork and became the artist for "Blondie".… (mehr)