Kerry Drake

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Kerry Drake is the title of a comic strip created by Alfred Andriola and Allen Saunders which debuted on Monday, 4 October 1943. It was syndicated continuously through 1983. Among Andriola's many assistants over the years were Hy Eisman, Jerry Robinson, Fran Matera, and most notably Sururi Gumen who worked on the strip for 30 years and shared credit with Andriola 1976–83.

Andriola won the Reuben Award for 1970 for his work on this strip.

After the strip no longer was produced for American newspapers, a comic book version was produced by the Swedish publisher Semic Press from 1984 to the late 1990's.

[edit] References

• Strickler, Dave. Syndicated Comic Strips and Artists, 1924-1995: The Complete Index. Cambria, CA: Comics Access, 1995. ISBN 0-9700077-0-1.
• NCS Awards
• Kerry Drake - Toonopedia entry