Paul Noth Didn't Really Sell His Family to the Aliens

Published April 10, 2018 at 12:24 PM CDT

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Hap Conklin, Jr., is the hero of Milwaukee native Paul Noth's new book, "How To Sell Your Family To the Aliens."

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Hap Conklin, Jr., is the hero of Milwaukee native Paul Noth's new book, "How To Sell Your Family To the Aliens."

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Paul Noth is a regular contributor to The New Yorker.

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Paul Noth is a regular contributor to The New Yorker.

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"How To Sell Your Family To the Aliens" is the first title in a trilogy by Paul Noth.

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"How To Sell Your Family To the Aliens" is the first title in a trilogy by Paul Noth.

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Cartoonist and Milwaukee native Paul Noth has typically created work for older audiences - animated shorts on "Saturday Night Live," a short video series with Jim Gaffigan and Conan O'Brien, cartoons in The New Yorker and The Wall Street Journal. But his latest work is the first in a trilogy of books for middle-grade readers, called How To Sell Your Family to the Aliens.

Noth returned to Milwaukee to share the story of his journey from Rufus King High School to the many creative outlets that fill his professional career.