April 24 – September 5th
One of the most distinctive and complex American comic voices to emerge in the last four decades is that of artist and New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast. Since the 1970’s, Brooklyn- born Chast has chronicled the anxieties, pleasures and perils of contemporary life in a body of work that includes over 1,200 cartoons published in The New Yorker and other magazines, several illustrated children’s books and her award winning visual memoir. Roz Chast: Cartoon Memoirs features more than 200 pieces of her work.
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Friday, May 6th at 7 pm– Join award -winning cartoonist Roz Chast for a lively look at her prolific career.
Wednesday, June 29th at 6:30– Join New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly, Liana Finck, Marisa-Acocella Marchetto and Barbara Smaller to hear their views on working in this traditionally male-dominated profession and to discuss the creative process and the origins go their distinct brands of humor.
Museum Of The City Of New York, 1220 Fifth Ave. (at 103rd Street) http://mcny.org