 Seth , a cartoonist then based in Toronto , first drew attention to his work in 1985 when he took over art duties from the Hernandez brothers for Mister X from Toronto publisher Vortex Comics . In April 1991 he launched his own comic book , Palookaville , with Montreal publisher Drawn and Quarterly . By this time , Seth 's artwork had evolved to a style inspired by The New Yorker cartoons of the 1930s and 1940s . 
