- Comedy
- Officer Clawsome collection
- Ages 8–11
Officer Clawsome
Part of the collectionOfficer Clawsome→Non-stop underwater superhero slapstick with punny villains and sound effects on every page; a joyful, high-energy pick for Dog Man fans and reluctant readers.
- Books2
- Arcs1
- Span2024
- StatusOngoing
The series
At a glance.
Brian Smith's Officer Clawsome graphic novels are fast, bright and gleefully daft, following lobster cop Officer Clawsome and his starfish partner Stariana as they defend their undersea town from a rogues' gallery of punny villains. Book one pits them against the Catfishburglar, the Masked Mussel and the scheming Brain Sturgeon; book two sends them chasing that same slimy genius through the timestream, from prehistoric seas to the Old West and even the terrifying dry world above the waves. Every spread is loaded with cartoon slapstick, comic-book sound effects and a gag a page, with just enough recurring plot, the Brain Sturgeon feud, to reward reading in order. Built squarely for Dog Man fans, it is laugh-a-minute action for newly independent and reluctant readers.
Non-stop underwater superhero slapstick with punny villains and sound effects on every page; a joyful, high-energy pick for Dog Man fans and reluctant readers.
Read in publication order. Book two picks up minutes after book one and continues the feud with the villainous Brain Sturgeon.
One arc
The shape of the series.
- INarrative arcLow sensitivity
Officer Clawsome vs the Brain Sturgeon
Lobster cop Clawsome and starfish Stariana take on a town of punny sea-creature crooks, then chase the Brain Sturgeon through time.
The Officer Clawsome books form a continuing comic-superhero run rather than isolated episodes. In Lobster Cop, Clawsome and Stariana face a whole town's worth of deranged villains, the Catfishburglar, the Masked Mussel and the diabolical Brain Sturgeon, when the beloved bakery Kelpy's Kelpcakes vanishes. In Crime Across Time, the Brain Sturgeon dives through a portal to rewrite history, and the duo plunge after him across the prehistoric deep, the Old West and the dry world above the waves. The recurring villain, the crime-fighting partnership and the relentless slapstick tie the arc together, delivering the same fast, bright, laugh-a-minute chaos each time out.
Fit check
Right for your reader?
Where the series lands by age
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- Best fit · 8–11
- Read aloud · 6–9
- Independent · 7–11
Reluctant-reader friendliness
Very high
Read-aloud quality
Workable
Adult crossover
Low
Grows with the reader
Not especially
Sensitivity envelope
Low overall, and consistent.
Where it sits
In conversation with other series.
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