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
editFlake 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
editShe received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in illustration from Maryland Institute College of Art in 1999.[4]
Awards
editIn 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.
- ^ a b "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) - ^ https://www.gettyimages.no/detail/news-photo/author-emily-flake-win-the-comic-book-or-graphic-novel-news-photo/80854045
- ^ Flake, Emily (January 28, 2009). "Emily Flake | Narrative Magazine". www.narrativemagazine.com.
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