Paul

Noth

Paul Noth

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Paul Noth

WINNER, The 2025 Thurber Prize in Cartoon Art

Paul Noth’s cartoons have appeared regularly in The New Yorker since 2004. He has co-created animated shorts for Saturday Night Live and Late Night with Conan O’Brien and developed shows for Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, and Nickelodeon. He is the author and illustrator of the middle grade books How to Sell Your Family to the Aliens, How to Properly Dispose of Planet Earth, and How to Win the Science Fair When You’re Dead, all published by Bloomsbury. His work has been described as “unfinished.”

“I feel greatly honored and astonished to receive The Thurber Prize for American Humor in Cartoon Art. There’s no award I would rather win than the one bearing the name of James Thurber. My deepest thanks to the Thurber House and everyone who has helped my work get published, particularly David Remnick, Emma Allen, Bob Mankoff, Matt Diffee, and, most of all, Parnell Noth.”

— Paul Noth

Paul Noth

WINNER, The 2025 Thurber Prize in Cartoon Art

Paul Noth’s cartoons have appeared regularly in The New Yorker since 2004. He has co-created animated shorts for Saturday Night Live and Late Night with Conan O’Brien and developed shows for Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, and Nickelodeon. He is the author and illustrator of the middle grade books How to Sell Your Family to the Aliens, How to Properly Dispose of Planet Earth, and How to Win the Science Fair When You’re Dead, all published by Bloomsbury. His work has been described as “unfinished.”

“I feel greatly honored and astonished to receive The Thurber Prize for American Humor in Cartoon Art. There’s no award I would rather win than the one bearing the name of James Thurber. My deepest thanks to the Thurber House and everyone who has helped my work get published, particularly David Remnick, Emma Allen, Bob Mankoff, Matt Diffee, and, most of all, Parnell Noth.”

— Paul Noth

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