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Emily Flake

Emily Suzanne Flake is an American cartoonist and illustrator. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Time and many other publications. Her weekly comic strip Lulu Eightball has appeared in numerous alternative newsweeklies since 2002.

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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

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.567

Bibliography

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.
References

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".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. https://www.gettyimages.no/detail/news-photo/author-emily-flake-win-the-comic-book-or-graphic-novel-news-photo/80854045
  7. Flake, Emily (January 28, 2009). "Emily Flake | Narrative Magazine". www.narrativemagazine.com.
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