caption death_date birth_place birth_date image article_title name occupation
stan drake inking a strip 10 march 1997 brooklyn , new york , new york 09 november 1921 standrakedesk.jpg stan drake
 stan drake cartoonist
stan drake

stanley albert drake -lrb- november 9 , 1921 - march 10 , 1997 -rrb- 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 during world war ii , he did pr work for `` stars and stripes '' .
returning to civilian life , he went into advertising , eventually heading a studio of 12 illustrators .
drake was a passenger during the september 1956 automobile accident that killed his fellow cartoonist alex raymond .
