I Am Going to Eat You . . . and Other Awkward Truths: A Cartoonist's Romp Through the Lunacy of Our Times - Hardcover

by Paul Noth (Author), Jim Gaffigan (Foreword by)

There is no funnier cartoonist working today than the New Yorker's Paul Noth, and this is his first published collection.

It features a mix of 200 of his most popular cartoons, shared by millions, and more than 50 previously unseen works. Noth's trademark wit skewers everything from government and business to art, pets, and the internet. As comedian Jim Gaffigan notes in his foreword, Noth's has a "unique comedic voice, with its oddly gentle way of exposing disturbing truths."

The hilarious compilation is for his fans old and new, and will appeal to the same readers who have flocked to books by Roz Chast, Steve Martin, and Harry Bliss.

Author Biography

Paul Noth is a writer and artist whose cartoons appear regularly in the New Yorker. He won the 2025 Thurber Prize for American Humor. Noth has co-created animated shorts for Saturday Night Live and Late Night with Conan O'Brien. He has also developed shows for Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, and Nickelodeon and is the author of the acclaimed middle grade graphic novel trilogy How to Sell Your Family to the Aliens. His Novus series of educational comic books is used in classrooms across the United States to teach financial literacy. In 2026, the Museum of Wisconsin Art named Noth the inaugural Cartoonist Laureate for the state of Wisconsin.