He was a prolific painter and created portraits of more than 40 cartoonists, work displayed at the Comic Artist's Museum in Sarasota, Florida.
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In 1984, Drake replaced Mike Gersher as the artist on Blondie (written by Dean Young), and he continued drawing the strip until his death.
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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.
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Entering the comic book field as artist, letterer and writer, he became friends with cartoonist Bob Lubbers, who later suggested he draw newspaper comics.
Stan Getz | Drake | Stan Lee | Francis Drake | Nick Drake | Drake University | Drake (entertainer) | Stan Smith | Stan Kenton | Stan Laurel | Stan | Gamla stan | David Drake | Stan Musial | Drake & Josh | Ted Drake | Stan Tracey | Stan Marsh | Stan Freberg | Stan Walker | Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception | Stan Sulzmann | Stan Ridgway | Stan Hansen | Jake Drake-Brockman | Stan Lynch | Stan Kroenke | Stan Douglas | Stan Collymore | Drake (rapper) |
Writers and artists on the various features included Vince Alascia, Larry Antonette, Ken Bald, Dan Barry, Allen Bellman, Jack Binder, Stan Drake, Al Gabriele, Chad Grothkopf, Carl Pfeufer, Bob Powell, Chic Stone, and, on the final issue, Lee, Shores, Charles Nicholas, and Ed Winiarski.
He studied aeronautical engineering at Miles Aircraft's experimental college in Reading, Berkshire, but returned to Dundee and worked as an assistant to comics artist Bill McCail, and learned by studying the work of Alex Raymond, Milton Caniff and Stan Drake.