Poodle: The Other White Meat

Sherman's Lagoon #2

by Jim Toomey

A collection of comic strips records the adventures of Sherman the shark, Fillmore the sea turtle, and the other underwater residents of a remote lagoon somewhere in the South Pacific.

Genres: Comics, Humor, Cartoon, Fiction, Comic Strips, Comic Book

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Jim Toomey is an internationally published humor writer and syndicated cartoonist best known as the creator of the popular comic strip Sherman’s Lagoon, published daily in over 150 newspapers including The Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle and the Chicago Tribune. Jim has produced 28 Sherman’s Lagoon books, published by Andrews McMeel, and most recently a travel memoir, entitled Family Afloat, about his two years sailing the world’s oceans with his wife and family.

Sherman's Lagoon combines two of his lifelong interests: art and the sea. In addition to drawing his comic strip, Jim is active in ocean conservation and serves on several nonprofit boards, including the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. Jim has given talks at a variety of venues, including the Royal Society in London, Harvard University and twice at TED. The conservation message in his comic strip earned him the Environmental Hero Award in 2000, presented by NOAA “for using art and humor to conserve and protect our marine heritage.” Jim won the award again in 2010.

Jim holds degrees from Duke and Stanford. He currently lives in Annapolis, Maryland, with his wife and two children, where he tries to get his family back on a sailboat as frequently as possible but can rarely make it happen.

Reviews

[Lana Kamennof-sine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Suspect Sherman's Lagoon comic strips have provided smiles, laughter & joy to many for many years. This collection continues that tradition. Amidst the humour is skillful coverage of issues like global warming and its impact, and the discovery of Jimmy Hoffa...

[Victoria & David Williams]

Always one of the most readable (and smileable) of cartoons.

[Raquel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quando começamos a conhecer mais a fundo o mundo da banda desenhada, por um lado ficamos com expectativas mais elevadas no que lemos, por outro não acreditamos que ainda podemos ser (muito) surpreendidos com histórias e ilustrações inesquecíveis. Mas aí aparece 'A Lagoa do Sherman' e tira-nos o chão debaixo dos pés!

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[Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

The was a fun compilation. I liked how the author included environmental messages with humor using the marine characters. Megan is my favorite character, she is feminine but at the same time everyone is a little afraid of her because she is a shark and has a no nonsense personality. I enjoyed reading this book and would recommend it.

[Karen-Leigh · Rating 4 out of 5]

I adore Sherman.

[Sara · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5*
Um releitura após muitos anos. Esta é sem dúvida uma banda desenhada que me fará sempre rir 😂

[Sarahanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this at Goodwill. Had never heard of the cartoon but who can resist that title?

Loved the drawing and humor. Glad to see there are more books to be read.

[mairywo · Rating 5 out of 5]

I simply adore Sherman. He is so simple, clueless and pure and I have to laugh on every page.