Sherman's Lagoon

Sherman's Lagoon or Sherman for short is a comic strip by Jim Toomey . The first strip appeared on May 13, 1991 in the Escondido Times-Advocate . In Switzerland, the comic strip appears daily in the commuter newspaper 20 Minuten .

history

The comic is about a fictional lagoon near Kapupa Island in the North Pacific . Enter the two sharks Sherman and his wife Megan . Sherman is not particularly smart and is known for being gluttonous. Megan is a typical housewife and values ​​an orderly situation at home. Sherman's friends include the spiritualized turtle Fillmore and the hermit crab Hawthorne , who is primarily interested in quick financial gain and always throws himself into new dubious business. Also on the friends list is Ernest , who is a clever fish and is used by his friends for things that require brains. Thornton , a polar bear who takes a break in the Pacific, lies on the beach of the lagoon . The sharks have no scruples and basically eat everything that comes to their mind, apart from their friends. “Hairless beach monkeys” that frolic in the water are also often eaten.

The individual sequences are independent of one another, although sometimes a narrative can span several strips.

Sherman paints a poster. Hawthorne: "What are you going to do, Sherman?" "Open a business". He puts the sign in the shallow water on the beach. It says "swim with a dolphin". Hawthorne irritated (opening shops is one of his specialties): “Hmph! What do you know about opening a business? ”“ Not a lot, I think. ”“ Do you have a business plan? No marketing, no advertising strategy, and you're not even a dolphin! You just put up a sign and expect a customer to come ?! ”On the beach, a man notices the sign and comes running into the water. Sherman: Can we discuss this later? Here's my lunch. "Hawthorne, jealous:" You're just lucky! "

Sherman's Lagoon Books

English comic books:

• Sherman's Lagoon: Ate That, What's Next? (1997). ISBN 0-8362-3660-2
• Poodle: The Other White Meat - The Second Sherman's Lagoon Collection (1999). ISBN 0-8362-8287-6
• An Illustrated Guide to Shark Etiquette: The Third Sherman's Lagoon Collection (2000). ISBN 0-7407-1247-0
• Another Day in Paradise: The Fourth Sherman's Lagoon Collection (2001). ISBN 0-7407-2012-0
• Greetings from Sherman's Lagoon: The 1992 to 1993 Sherman's Lagoon Collection (2002). ISBN 0-7407-2192-5
• Sherman's Lagoon 1991 to 2001: Greatest Hits & Near Misses (2002). ISBN 0-7407-2676-5
• Surf's Up: The Sixth Sherman's Lagoon Collection (2003). ISBN 0-7407-3309-5
• The Shark Diaries: The Seventh Sherman's Lagoon Collection (2003). ISBN 0-7407-3815-1
• Catch of the Day: The Eighth Sherman's Lagoon Collection (2004). ISBN 0-7407-4670-7
• A Day at the Beach: The Ninth Sherman's Lagoon Collection (2005). ISBN 0-7407-5130-1
• Surfer Safari: The Tenth Sherman's Lagoon Collection (2005). ISBN 0-7407-5452-1
• In Shark Years I'm Dead: Sherman's Lagoon Turns Fifteen (2006). ISBN 0-7407-5702-4
• Planet of the Hairless Beach Apes: The Eleventh Sherman's Lagoon Collection (2006). ISBN 0-7407-6056-4
• Yarns and Shanties (And Other Nautical Baloney): The Twelfth Sherman's Lagoon Collection (2007). ISBN 0-7407-6557-4
• Sharks Just Wanna Have Fun (2008). ISBN 0-7407-7387-9
• Confessions of a Swinging Single Sea Turtle (2009). ISBN 978-0740785511

German editions:

• Sherman's Lagoon 1 (2010). BSE publishing house ; ISBN 978-3-934769-25-0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Quoting from Sherman's Lagoon 1 (2010), p. 29

Web links

• Sherman's Lagoon Homepage