Chast, Roz (1954–)

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Chast, Roz (1954–)

American cartoonist. Born Nov 26, 1954, in Brooklyn, NY; dau. of George and Elizabeth (Buchman) Chast (both schoolteachers); Rhode Island School of Design, BFA, 1977; m. Bill Franzen (writer), 1984; children: Ian and Nina.

Sold 1st cartoon to The New Yorker (1978); soon under contract, her cartoons of suburban mom angst became a New Yorker staple, freeing the magazines from the men-in-bars humor or the ladies speaking to their clubs before the potted palms; books include Childproof: Cartoons about Parents and Children (1997); also contributed to National Lampoon and Village Voice.