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Jim Toomey, the creator of the dim-witted, overweight cartoon character Sherman the shark, discusses drawing ?and protecting ?the underwater world.
Artists sometimes use their medium to send a message. Cartoonist Jim Toomey’s are in a bottle. His syndicated comic strip “Sherman’s Lagoon” has a cast of aquatic characters who live in the South Pacific and ponder environmental issues about the ocean. Toomey tells host Bruce Gellerman about how he uses humor to educate his readers.