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Thanks! I’ve never stumbled across Roz Chast before but really enjoyed this. Going to buy Theories Of Everything now!

Thanks! I’ve never stumbled across Roz Chast before but really enjoyed this. Going to buy Theories Of Everything now!

Thanks so much for that. Chast is one of those people I’d vaguely heard of but hadn’t seen much, if any, of her work. That was a fabulous introduction to a very individual talent.

Thanks so much for that. Chast is one of those people I’d vaguely heard of but hadn’t seen much, if any, of her work. That was a fabulous introduction to a very individual talent.

I first learned of Roz a few months ago when CBS Sunday Morning had a feature on her. Thanks for posting this one I really enjoyed the interview and her comics are fantastic. Really funny comic artists are a rare thing. Right up there with Gary Larson. I’ll have to pickup her book.

I first learned of Roz a few months ago when CBS Sunday Morning had a feature on her. Thanks for posting this one I really enjoyed the interview and her comics are fantastic. Really funny comic artists are a rare thing. Right up there with Gary Larson. I’ll have to pickup her book.

I still dig some of her stuff, but I think it was better back in the 80s before she had kids and moved to the suburbs. It had a little more bite.

I still dig some of her stuff, but I think it was better back in the 80s before she had kids and moved to the suburbs. It had a little more bite.

I was kind of annoyed when Steve Martin kept calling her work “cartoons” when they’re really comics/comic strips. But then I was thinking, why do they call comic strip artists “cartoonists”?

I was kind of annoyed when Steve Martin kept calling her work “cartoons” when they’re really comics/comic strips. But then I was thinking, why do they call comic strip artists “cartoonists”?

Well I enjoyed the interview but from a technical standpoint she never artistically broke through her entrance level work and has even made some gross perspective mistakes and later pictorals. She went to art school right. If I showed up at a portfolio viewing for school entrance with stuff like hers,they’d laugh me out of the building. Some technical improvements should be made after 30 years. I understand she’s a minimalist like Ben Caldwell but Ben outdraws her by leaps and bounds and I understand it’s her style but I wouldn’t be able to believe she was an illustrator from seeing some of her slides. I know atleast 30 WOMEN of around her age that deserve more accolades than her and can draw circles around her and they’re professionals in the same exact business. I guess I don’t get the nuances of comedy that the uppity NEWYORKER subscribes to. The interview was insightful but overall I was disappointed with the level of the work those looked like 4-hour jokes put onto 12-minute drawings. I guess the jokes are more important to her but a true cartoonist takes pride in their artwork and their writing. I’d describe her as a writer/artist and not the other way around. It’s her niche` and I’m not trying to hate. But could someone explain to me how mediocre draftsmanship could get someone so far? I’m busting my hump just trying to get into an art school that doesn’t do that “everything is art” malarkey. I enjoy her cartoons but I still believe the term, “writer who draws” still applies. Many people do one or the other very well and the other is secondary. A fortunate few do both well.

By the way Geoff, they call comic strip artists cartoonists because the definition as accepted or decided upon by whomever decides these things has agreed that cartoon refers to, “a drawing, as in a newspaper, caricaturing or symbolizing, often a satirically, some event, situation, or person or topical interest” or “a humorous drawing”. So what do you call someone who draws cartoons? A cartoonist. Most of the terms are interchangeable one of my favorites is draftsman. What’s yours?

Well I enjoyed the interview but from a technical standpoint she never artistically broke through her entrance level work and has even made some gross perspective mistakes and later pictorals. She went to art school right. If I showed up at a portfolio viewing for school entrance with stuff like hers,they’d laugh me out of the building. Some technical improvements should be made after 30 years. I understand she’s a minimalist like Ben Caldwell but Ben outdraws her by leaps and bounds and I understand it’s her style but I wouldn’t be able to believe she was an illustrator from seeing some of her slides. I know atleast 30 WOMEN of around her age that deserve more accolades than her and can draw circles around her and they’re professionals in the same exact business. I guess I don’t get the nuances of comedy that the uppity NEWYORKER subscribes to. The interview was insightful but overall I was disappointed with the level of the work those looked like 4-hour jokes put onto 12-minute drawings. I guess the jokes are more important to her but a true cartoonist takes pride in their artwork and their writing. I’d describe her as a writer/artist and not the other way around. It’s her niche` and I’m not trying to hate. But could someone explain to me how mediocre draftsmanship could get someone so far? I’m busting my hump just trying to get into an art school that doesn’t do that “everything is art” malarkey. I enjoy her cartoons but I still believe the term, “writer who draws” still applies. Many people do one or the other very well and the other is secondary. A fortunate few do both well.

By the way Geoff, they call comic strip artists cartoonists because the definition as accepted or decided upon by whomever decides these things has agreed that cartoon refers to, “a drawing, as in a newspaper, caricaturing or symbolizing, often a satirically, some event, situation, or person or topical interest” or “a humorous drawing”. So what do you call someone who draws cartoons? A cartoonist. Most of the terms are interchangeable one of my favorites is draftsman. What’s yours?

I love the jokes about “Creeping Rooneyism” and “Gods of Catalogues.” The humor is very effective.

I love the jokes about “Creeping Rooneyism” and “Gods of Catalogues.” The humor is very effective.

Well she may be making gross perspective mistakes, but however technically bad she is, her style matches her subject matter, and the drawings are funny. The drawing of the woman on the couch in the modern interior is spot on. I agree that she is a writer first, but I’d be happy if I could write like her best stuff AND be able to match my illustrations so well.

Well she may be making gross perspective mistakes, but however technically bad she is, her style matches her subject matter, and the drawings are funny. The drawing of the woman on the couch in the modern interior is spot on. I agree that she is a writer first, but I’d be happy if I could write like her best stuff AND be able to match my illustrations so well.

Agreed. If she were a “better” artist, the cartoons wouldn’t be half as funny. I don’t think you’ll find anyone who will claim that Gary Larson was a great artist, but his drawing style complimented and even enhanced his humour and his writing perfectly.

Agreed. If she were a “better” artist, the cartoons wouldn’t be half as funny. I don’t think you’ll find anyone who will claim that Gary Larson was a great artist, but his drawing style complimented and even enhanced his humour and his writing perfectly.

This was a great interview. I just love Roz Chast cartoons!

This was a great interview. I just love Roz Chast cartoons!

I’ve alway looked out for her cartoons. She really has a unique style.

I’ve alway looked out for her cartoons. She really has a unique style.