The Heart of Juliet Jones was a comic strip created by Stan Drake in 1953.
The strip was a soap opera, following the prototype set by Mary Worth but elevated by Drake's exceptional artwork. The figure drawing was characterized by Drake's pioneering use of naturalistic movement and expression, a style he achieved partly through the use of Polaroid photographic reference.[1]
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Much of the dramatic tension was realized through the interaction of two dissimilar sisters. Brunette Juliet Jones, the older, was modest, sensible and successful. Buxom blonde Eve Jones was flirty, flighty, and in and out of trouble. Their elderly father, a decent but dull man easily swayed by both of his daughters, also played a leading role.
The strip reached an international readership. The French daily newspaper France Soir published a French translation under the title Juliette de mon cœur during the 1950s and 1960s. It was published in Holland under the title (het hart van) Julia Jones both in newspapers and the Flemish comic-magazine Strip.
The Heart of Juliet Jones is the name of a band in Ohio. "Juliet Jonesin sydän", a direct translation to Finnish, is the name of a Finnish band.
A full reprinting in book form of Drake's work on the strip was begun by Classic Comics Press in late 2008.[2]
Drake received the National Cartoonists Society's Story Comic Strip Award in 1968, 1970 and 1972. Drake left the strip in 1989, and it was continued by Frank Bolle from 1982 through New Year's Day 2001.