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American cartoonist and illustrator From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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]
She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in illustration from Maryland Institute College of Art in 1999.[4]
In 2008, Flake won a Prism Award for her book These things ain't gonna smoke themselves.[5][6][7]
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