However, she is NOT the creator of the wonderful last-page cartoon in the September 8 New Yorker; rather, the redoubtable Maira Kalman and Rick Meyerowitz, co-authors of the famous "Newyorkistan" cover, did it. The cartoon is headed "WHAT'S NEW IN PHARMACOLOGY," and then shows a guy bent over with an enormous capsule on his back, about 20 times bigger than he is, like an ant carrying a giant load, with the tag line "Ask Your Doctor."
Then we go down to the meat of the cartoon, a series of lists with bizarre headings.
Under "DYSPLOSIVES" we find:
Psychopenicillin
Confusadril
Preventidrool
Revoltin
Preventafit
Accidentiprone
Mindbenderine
QueSeraSerum
Dixichixil
Cucumberdil
Platitudium Bromide
Soporifiquil
Krazyglucosamine
Moving on to "NOSTALGICS," we find:
Nothin
Prozenconz
Zabar
Mylarr
Miketycin
LummOx
Pheduprin
Neo-Sufferin
Pedanticort
Trafficort
No-Morte
Pseudointellectuol
Advertizin
Then there're the "ANTIPEPSIDONES:"
Enigma
Miasma
General Tso's Black Oil
Globbinlarynx
Lornaluft
Condoloft
Theatrical
Overactin
Crinoline
Maladroitin
Monroedoctrin
Vongerichtin
Espresso Bismol
Ibuproblem
Finally, the "PANDEMONICS:"
B-itch
Amexx
Hypochondriax
Emmanuelax
Hydrocortidrek
Credenza
Conundreaderm
Schwarzeneggra
Relapsin
Inepterol
Folderol
Thatsol
This goes in my all-time Top 10. Many thanks to A, who pointed out to me the author is not Roz Chast!
Article comments
1 - Arthur
I agree that the "What's New in Pharmacology" is hilarious, but the authors are the estimable Maira Kalman and Rick Meyerowitz, the co-authors of the famous Newyorkistan cover, not Roz Chost.
2 - bookofjoe
Thanks once again. Nothing is too small to be made right. "The wheels of the lord grind slowly and infinitely fine."
3 - bookofjoe
Take 2: "The wheels of justice grind slowly but exceedingly fine." - Ezekiel