Who knew that lobsters and moose could be so funny?

From the first cartoon of Maine’s four seasons (summer, fall, winter, and black fly) to the last cartoon of the LochNess Lobster, Lobster Therapy & Moose Pick-Up Lines is a very funny book.

Edited by Mike Lynch and published by DownEast Books, the work of 5 cartoonists are featured. All have been widely published.

From the little boy standing in front of a bin full of lobsters, with his Dad saying “Stop giving them names. Just pick out one to eat!” to the bull moose in “moose therapy” wining that “She left me for a guy with a bigger rack” you’ll spend a lot of time laughing.

There are also cartoons featuring everything from porcupines to loggers to bears, birds, and ice anglers – something for everyone!

George Smith

About George Smith

George stepped down at the end of 2010 after 18 years as the executive director of the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine to write full time. He writes a weekly editorial page column in the Kennebec Journal and Waterville Morning Sentinel, a weekly travel column in those same newspapers (with his wife Linda), monthly columns in The Maine Sportsman magazine, two outdoor news blogs (one on his website, georgesmithmaine.com, and one on the website of the Bangor Daily News), and special columns for many publications and newsletters. Islandport Press published a book of George's favorite columns, "A Life Lived Outdoors" in 2014. In 2014, George also won a Maine Press Association award for writing the state's bet sports blog. In 2016, Down East Books published George's book, Maine Sporting Camps, and Islandport Press published George and his wife Linda's travel book, Take It From ME, about their favorite Maine inns and restaurants.