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Emily Flake

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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

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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

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She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in illustration from Maryland Institute College of Art in 1999.[4]

Awards

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In 2008, Flake won a Prism Award for her book These things ain't gonna smoke themselves.[5][6][7]

Bibliography

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  • 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

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  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. ^ a b "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 [bare URL]
  7. ^ Flake, Emily (January 28, 2009). "Emily Flake | Narrative Magazine". www.narrativemagazine.com.
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