Emily Flake

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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]

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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.

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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.