Sherman's Lagoon by Jim Toomey for May 03, 2023

Fire up the barbie.

Australia is a LONG swim.

Of course you’re going to keep him!

Binky. THAT’S TOO CUTE RIGHT THERE. STOP WITH THE CUTE!

ah, its a he. well, I dunno if I can trust him..

Wow, even Hawthorne thinks that Binky is cute?

Another undocumented immigrant.

Two things that I can’t help thinking with this arc: One, I LOVE how Jim is always teaching us in this strip. I inevitably look up every new creature he introduces… super fun! Two, the striped pajama name sadly reminds me of the movie, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. So, I love the cuteness, and then I am saddened by the memory of that movie.

Binky went from Down Under to down under.

And that’s how a new character is adopted into a comic strip.

I have now googled and watched videos on both the PJ Squid (actually a cuttlefish) and the Dumbo Octopus. Thanks, Jim!

If Binky is Australian, doesn’t that mean his cuteness is hiding vicious fangs, or deadly venom?

You could always eat him……

I found images of the PJ squid – It is cute in a baby-Cthulhu sort of way!

Haha! XD