It's just extraordinary how she did these things. It was the depression. She grew up in poverty or near poverty, right into the depression. And they had to keep track of every penny. How do you create covers for the new yorker? How have they chosen that? Particular one i had done is a cartoon, and lee asked me to do it as a cover. So it varies. They've gotten much more topical the covers. My stuff is not quite as current events driven. It's daily events driven, daily moments, moments and time.
Roz Chast joins to talk about her remarkable life and how she earned a coveted spot as a cartoonist for The New Yorker.