Contributors
Emily Flake
@EmilyFlakeEmily Flake began cartooning for The New Yorker in 2008 and has had more than a hundred cartoons published in the magazine since. Her cartoons, essays, and illustrations have also appeared in Mad, the New York Times, the New Statesman, the Wall Street Journal, the Globe and Mail, and in many other publications. Her most recent book is “That Was Awkward: The Art and Etiquette of the Awkward Hug.”
All Work
- Video Dept.
How to Draw a Child
In a new video, a cartoonist shares the secrets of drawing convincing youngsters who don’t look like your great-uncle Carl.
July 10, 2020
- Daily Cartoon
Daily Cartoon: Monday, June 22nd
“Maybe we could get the K-pop stans to work on a vaccine?”
June 22, 2020
- Daily Shouts
What Happens to All the Un-Hugged Hugs?
They seem to manifest as almost visible things between us and float away, unsatisfied and disconsolate.
June 4, 2020
- Culture Desk
My Stupid Quarantine Body
Did I think that somehow, at forty-two, I’d be able to hone my body into a weapon?
May 23, 2020
- Sketchpad
Quarantine Hall of Shame
Zoom distractions, sourdough-starter flops, and other ways to fail from home.
May 18, 2020
- Daily Shouts
Homeschool Spirit Week!
Pajama Day! Today’s the day to pretend you haven’t been in pajamas since this whole thing started.
April 24, 2020
- Daily Cartoon
Daily Cartoon: Thursday, April 23rd
“Oh, crap—did we not stockpile any money?”
April 23, 2020
- Comic Strip
“Parent” as a Verb: Quarantine Edition
We’re just doing the same thing everyone else is doing—muddling through as best we can.
March 30, 2020
- Daily Shouts
Adages for the Age of Quarantine
A journey of a thousand miles just isn’t gonna happen anytime soon.
March 23, 2020
- Daily Shouts
How I Wish to Receive Notifications
I would like to be alerted to unusual activity on my credit card via ghosts that come to me in a dream, but also send a text.
March 18, 2020
