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
[edit]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
[edit]She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in illustration from Maryland Institute College of Art in 1999.[4]
Awards
[edit]In 2008, Flake won a Prism Award for her book These things ain't gonna smoke themselves.[5][6][7]
Bibliography
[edit]- Lulu Eightball. Atomic Book Company. 2006.
- These things ain't gonna smoke themselves : a
lovehatelovehateloveletter 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
[edit]- ↑ "Goodreads author page for Emily Flake". goodreads.com.
- ↑ Flake, Emily (2021-03-29). "Visions of the Post-Pandemic Future (Revised)". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
- ↑ "Lulu". Emily Flake.
- 1 2 "Briefly, illustratrix of 'Lulu' is back in town". The Baltimore Sun.
- ↑ 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) - ↑ "Author Emily Flake win the Comic Book or Graphic Novel Award for... News Photo - Getty Images". Archived from the original on 2024-06-12. Retrieved 2026-06-28.
- ↑ Flake, Emily (January 28, 2009). "Emily Flake | Narrative Magazine". www.narrativemagazine.com.
External links
[edit]- American women comics artists
- American women comics writers
- Living people
- 1977 births
- The New Yorker cartoonists
- American women editorial cartoonists
- People from Manchester, Connecticut
- Artists from Connecticut
- American editorial cartoonists
- Maryland Institute College of Art alumni
- 21st-century American artists
- 21st-century American women artists
- American cartoonist stubs