 It 's a Good Life , If You Don 't Weaken is a graphic novel by Canadian cartoonist Seth . It appeared in a collected volume in 1996 after serialization from 1993 to 1996 in issues # 4 – 9 of Seth 's comic book series Palookaville . The mock @-@ autobiographical story tells of its author 's obsessive search for the work of a fictional forgotten cartoonist . 
