Paul Noth Named Cartoonist Laureate of Wisconsin
Skip to commentsThe Museum of Wisconsin Art, following the lead of Vermont, has launched a Cartoonist Laureate of Wisconsin program and named Paul Noth as the first recipient of the honor in their Summer 2026 newsletter.
The Museum of Wisconsin Art is pleased to announce Paul Noth as the first Cartoon Laureate of Wisconsin. One of the most outstanding American cartoonists of his generation, in 2025 Noth became only the second artist to receive the field’s highly respected Thurber Prize for American Humor in Cartoon Art. Since 2004 more than 400 of his cartoons have appeared in The New Yorker.

The recipient in this inaugural program will receive a cash prize for a term of three years to serve as the public face of comics in Wisconsin.
More Paul Noth at his website and at the Condé Nast store.
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