Emily Suzanne Flake (born June 16, 1977)[1] is an American cartoonist and illustrator. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker,[2] The New York Times, Time and many other publications. Her weekly comic strip Lulu Eightball has appeared in numerous alternative newsweeklies since 2002.[3]

Personal life

Flake was born in Manchester, Connecticut. She now lives in Brooklyn, New York. Her influences include Winsor McCay, Harold Gray, Shel Silverstein, and Bruce Eric Kaplan[4]

Education

She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in illustration from Maryland Institute College of Art in 1999.[4]

Awards

In 2007, Flake won a Prism Award for her book These Things Ain't Gonna Smoke Themselves.

Bibliography

  • Lulu Eightball. Atomic Book Company. 2006.
  • These things ain't gonna smoke themselves : a love hate love hate love letter to a very bad habit. New York: Bloomsbury. 2007.
  • Lulu Eightball Volume 2 (Atomic Book Company, 2009)
  • Mama Tried: Dispatches from the Seamy Underbelly of Modern Parenting (Grand Central Publishing, 2015)
  • That was awkward : the art and etiquette of the awkward hug. New York: Viking. 2019. ISBN 9781984879585.
  • "Further revelations from Bob Woodward's 'Rage'". The Talk of the Town. Sketchpad. The New Yorker. 96 (28): 15. September 21, 2020.
  • "Visions of the post-pandemic future (revised)". Comic Strip. The New Yorker. 97 (7): 37. April 5, 2021.
  • "Untelevised moments from the 2021 Emmys". The Talk of the Town. Sketchpad. The New Yorker. 97 (30): 27. September 27, 2021.[lower-alpha 1]
  • "Confessions of a new Mitski lover". Comic Strip. The New Yorker. 98 (14): 57. May 30, 2022.

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Notes
  1. ↑ Online version is titled "Untelevised moments from the Emmy Awards".

References

  1. ↑ "Goodreads author page for Emily Flake". goodreads.com.
  2. ↑ Flake, Emily (2021-03-29). "Visions of the Post-Pandemic Future (Revised)". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
  3. ↑ "Lulu". Emily Flake.
  4. 1 2 "Briefly, illustratrix of 'Lulu' is back in town". The Baltimore Sun.


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