Annie's Li'l Orphans - Stan Drake & Bill Yates

A few weeks ago I posted original art from Stan Drake and Bill Yates' Annie's Li'l Orphans, a comic strip they promoted for syndication. I discovered several more, bringing the count to twenty-four. That may be the complete submission. I added them all to the original post, Shades of Liberty Meadows.

Shades of Liberty Meadows - Annie's Li'l Orphans

I ran across this interesting batch of artwork for a comic strip called Annie's Li'l Orphans, by Stan Drake (Juliet Jones, Blondie) and Bill Yates (Professor Phumble, King Features editor). It looks like Drake did what he did best -- draw pretty girls -- and Yates drew the funny figures.

I don't have any information on this strip. I don't know if it saw syndication, but I'm guessing not. Still, it's a rare treat to get a peek at Drake's pencils and inks up close (click the pics to supersize).

Edit: I discovered what appear to the the rest of the original strips that were part of the proposal to the syndicate. I've added them to this post. -- Ted

Copyright© Stan Drake and Bill Yates