Emily Flake

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 2008, Flake won a Prism Award for her book These things ain't gonna smoke themselves. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

Bibliography

• Lulu Eightball. Atomic Book Company. 2006.
• These things ain't gonna smoke themselves : a lovehatelovehatelove 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.

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. "Briefly, illustratrix of 'Lulu' is back in town". The Baltimore Sun.
5. Press, Carl DiOrio,The Associated; DiOrio, Carl; Press, The Associated (April 24, 2008). "'The Simpsons' among Prism honorees".
6. https://www.gettyimages.no/detail/news-photo/author-emily-flake-win-the-comic-book-or-graphic-novel-news-photo/80854045 ^{[ bare URL ]}
7. Flake, Emily (January 28, 2009). "Emily Flake | Narrative Magazine". www.narrativemagazine.com.

External links

• Official website