Cartooning under the sea with Jim Toomey

This recent talk by cartoonist Jim Toomey, creator of Sherman's Lagoon, is a great example of an artist who not only draws inspiration from the ocean but also uses his art to educate and raise awareness about earth's largest ecosystem.

As he says, there are things in the ocean that are more strange and bizarre than anything an artist could dream up, and humans are destroying it little by little. You can see more of Jim's work at his website.

And with this post, I bring my summer ocean theme to ...