Another Day in Paradise

Sherman's Lagoon #4

by Jim Toomey

Sharks have always fascinated Jim Toomey. ""I was the only one rooting for the shark in Jaws,"" he says. Now, Toomey's dim-witted Sherman is back with Another Day in Paradise. This fantastic collection of the popular strip takes a satirical, sea-floor look at modern culture through the eyes of Sherman, his sidekick sea turtle friend Fillmore, and schools of other coral reef critters in their remote tropical paradise.

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

130 pages, Paperback

First published September 6, 2001

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

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not the funniest Sherman but still funny

[Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a fun collection with lots of dry humor. I like the interaction between the various characters, the author really pulled off showing the close relationships these sea creatures have with each other. I recommend this book.

[spike marlin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Roariously funny. First Sherman Lagoon book I have read. Now I want to read all of them.

[Rex Libris · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Sherman's Lagoon, and if you don't find the strip funny there is something wrong with you!