Emily Flake Bio | Wiki
Emily Flake is an American cartoonist and illustrator. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Time, The New York Times, and many other publications. Emily’s weekly comic strip Lulu Eightball has appeared in numerous alternative newsweeklies since 2002.
She began cartooning for The New Yorker in 2008 and has had more than a hundred cartoons published in the magazine. Emily’s cartoons, essays, and illustrations have also appeared in Mad, the New York Times, McSweeney’s, the New Statesman, the Wall Street Journal, the Globe and Mail, and many other publications. Her most recent book is “That Was Awkward: The Art and Etiquette of the Awkward Hug.”
Emily Flake Age
Emily was born on June 16, 1977, in Connecticut, United States. She is 45 years old.
Emily Flake Height
She is a woman of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 5 in (Approx. 165 m).
Emily Flake Family
She was born and raised in Manchester, Connecticut by her parents. Emily holds an American nationality and belongs to the white ethnicity. Information about her parents is not available at the moment.
Emily Flake Husband
Emily is married to her husband John Pastore. Together, the couple shares a daughter. They live in Brooklyn, NY, with their absurdly large cat.
Emily Flake Education
Following her high school education, Emily enrolled at Maryland Institute College of Art. She graduated in 1999 with a bachelor of fine arts in illustration.
Emily Flake New Yorker
Emily makes cartoons for The New Yorker, mostly, but also sometimes MAD Magazine, the New Statesman, and other places. She had a weekly strip called Lulu Eightball that carried the jokes that are too vulgar for grown-up publications, back when alt-weeklies were strong and we were young.
She also does a bi-weekly cartoon for The Nib, usually about whatever the political or cultural shitstorm du jour is. Emily co-hosts a quarterly-ish parenting-themed comedy show called Shitshow with NPR’s Ophira Eisenberg. She also hosts a monthly show called NIGHTMARES with comedian Kat Burdick where they talk to funny people about their nightmares, every third Wednesday at the KGB Red Room.
Some of Emily’s colleagues at The New Yorker include:
Molly Fischer – staff writer
Liana Finck – cartoonist
Lauren Collins – staff writer
Isaac Chotiner – staff writer
Liza Donnelly – cartoonist
Harry Bliss – cartoonist
Jennifer Gonnerman – staff writer
Emily Flake Cartoons | Books
-Lulu Eightball (2006)
-These Things Ain’t Gonna Smoke Themselves: A Love/Hate/Love/Hate/Love Letter to a Very Bad Habit (2007)
-Lulu Eightball Volume 2 (2009)
-Mama Tried: Dispatches from the Seamy Underbelly of Modern Parenting (2015)
-That was awkward: the art and etiquette of the awkward hug (2019)
Emily Flake That Was Awkward
She wrote a book That was awkward: the art and etiquette of the awkward hug (2019). It is a hilarious, oddly enlightening book of illustrations, observations, and advice that embraces the inescapable awkwardness of two human beings attempting to make physical contact with each other.
Emily also wrote and drew a book called These Things Ain’t Gonna Smoke Themselves (Bloomsbury USA). She also wrote and drew a book of cartoons and essays called Mama Tried. It is about parenting and was published by Grand Central Publishing.
Emily Flake Salary
She makes cartoons for The New Yorker, therefore, she earns a decent income. Emily’s average salary is $74,680 per year.
Emily Flake Net Worth
She earns her wealth from her career, therefore, she has amassed a fortune over the years. Emily’s estimated net worth is $780,650.
Who Is Emily Flake
Emily is an American cartoonist and illustrator. She began serving as a cartoonist for The New Yorker in 2008. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Time, The New York Times, and many other publications. Additionally, Emily’s weekly comic strip Lulu Eightball has appeared in numerous alternative newsweeklies since 2002.