Evolution is Hard Work!

Sherman's Lagoon #25

by Jim Toomey

Take a dive into the wet, wacky, and biodiverse world of Sherman's Lagoon, one of the most enjoyable ensemble casts of marine life ever to be seen in the funny papers

Things move fast underwater. It’s hard to stay up to date with the latest social media trends. There’s Facecrab, Flipster, Instashark, Turtlegram—and those are only the maritime platforms. Sherman can’t keep up. But when an exchange student comes to town, Sherman can finally impress him with all of the advanced technology. . . until he finds out that the Lagoon might be a bit behind the times. Sherman’s other troubles include an alien invasion, dolphin attacks, and pesky fish neighbors. Take a deep dive into this new collection of Sherman’s Lagoon comic strips, because what’s at the bottom of the ocean may surprise you!

Genres: Humor

128 pages, Paperback

First published October 20, 2020

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

[Lexxi Kitty · Rating 4 out of 5]

The 25th collection of comic strips from the Sherman's Lagoon series. As such, there's only really two things to note this far into a series: 1) still a good way to pass the time, not uproarously funny, but humorous at times; 2) There's probably no real need to read this from the beginning, but the characters do, mildly, advance over the many many years this series has existed. *shrugs* Is good enough, interesting enough series.

[John of Canada · Rating 4 out of 5]

A pretty good remedy for the covid blues.Sherman is kind of a role model for me.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not the funniest Sherman's Lagoon but even that is better than a lot of other things. Long live the Lagoon!!

[Alan Lampe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sit back and enjoy a laugh with the inhabitants of Kapupu Lagoon. Sherman & Megan, Fillmore, Hawthorne, and Ernest battle the Northside Lagoon, search the ocean for mysterious sounds, attend a hypnosis conference, and make fun of the hairless beach apes.

There were some storylines that I thought could have been expanded into longer story arcs, but Jim Toomey kept them short and moved on. It's still a great change of pace if you read serious novels on a regular basis.

[Jdetrick · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have never read this comic strip before and its....fine. Its better than a lot of the legacy strips being published, but it falls a little short of being the sort of comic that I would seek out.

[Catherine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Was not familiar with this comic strip but decided to try something new & this was an enjoyable read

[Michael P. · Rating 2 out of 5]

The title is the best thing about this book.