Poodle the Other White Meat: A Sherman's Lagoon Collection (Sherman's Lagoon Collections) [Englisch] [Taschenbuch]

"It's easy to understand why "Sherman's Lagoon" has captured a considerable national following--and this number includes children as well as adults." --"Mount Airy News"

As the title of this "Sherman's Lagoon" collection would indicate, creator Jim Toomey is not overly concerned about his strip being politically correct. "Nothing is above ridicule," says Toomey.

"Poodle: The Other White Meat" is filled with the no-holds-barred humor that has made "Sherman's Lagoon" an international success. The popular cartoon takes a lighthearted yet satirical look at pop culture through the eyes of its namesake character, Sherman, the dim-witted but fun-loving shark.

While the strip centers around the adventures of Sherman, his fellow underwater brethren are good for great laughs as well. Therea (TM)s:

*Fillmore, the leading shark's trusty turtle sidekick;

*Megan, Sherman's significant-shark-other;

*Hawthorne, the cranky hermit crab who lives in a beer can;

*Ernest, a computer-hacking pop philosopher;

*And a host of other silly sea creatures that inhabit the lagoon just off the make-believe South Pacific island of Kapupu.

Sherman is, shall we say, not the sharpest fishing hook in the tackle box. One minute he exasperates Fillmore with nonsensical ideas like videotaping every moment of his day in case something happens. Then, when something really does occur--the arrival of space aliens--Fillmore later discovers that all that was documented was the back of the camera's lens cap!

And so it goes with the irreverent cast of characters featured in "Poodle: The Other White Meat." This "Sherman's Lagoon" collection offers a knee-slapping good time for readers of all ages--if only fish had knees.

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.

Jim Toomey was born and raised in Alexandria, Va. Following family tradition, he studied mechanical engineering at Duke University, but he left that career to become a political cartoonist. Jim launched Sherman's Lagoon in 1991 and was picked up by Creators Syndicate later that year. A philosopher, surfer, scuba diver, and sailor, Jim lives in Maryland with his wife, daughter, and son.