Join cartoonist and author Emily Flake for a brief history of cartoons and illustrated humor in the pages of The New Yorker magazine. Emily Flake is a cartoonist, writer, illustrator and performer. She is a regular contributor to The New Yorker, McSweeney’s and many other publications. She is the author of Joke in a Box: How to Write and Draw Jokes, a creativity deck. Her previous books include, That Was Awkward: The Art and Etiquette of the Awkward Hug and Mama Tried: Dispatches from the Seamy Underbelly of Modern Parenting. She hosts, produces and performs on shows all over New York and beyond.

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This event is part of the Decorative Art Center of Ohio’s exhibit, Tell Me a Story Where the Bad Girl Wins: The Life and Art of Barbara Shermund, funded in part by an Ohio Humanities Ignite grant! The exhibit is open from September 21-December 29.

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