Emily Flake

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]

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 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.

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