- Comedy
- Graphic Novels
- Ages 8–11
The shape of it
The shape of this universe.
Officer Clawsome is Brian Smith's fast, bright, gloriously silly underwater superhero graphic novel series, built for Dog Man fans who want laughs with their action. Officer Clawsome the lobster and his fearless starfish partner Stariana are the only thing standing between their ocean town and a parade of deranged sea-creature crooks, from the Catfishburglar to the diabolical Brain Sturgeon. Packed with bam-wham-chomp sound effects, googly-eyed sea creatures, punny villains and a joke on nearly every page, the books turn the ocean floor into a superhero playground and, in book two, send the duo hurtling through time itself. Pure page-turning fun, it is comfort food for newly independent and reluctant readers who love slapstick, wordplay and non-stop cartoon chaos.
A lobster cop and his starfish partner battle punny sea-creature villains in a joke-a-page underwater superhero romp, perfect for Dog Man fans and reluctant readers.
The series
One way in.
Cultural footprint
A shelf of evidence.
Cultural ubiquity
2/ 5A working classic for readers in the know.
Sensitivity
Low, and collection-wide.
Across the collection
All 2 books.
About the creator