Frazz by Jef Mallett follows the adventures of an unexpected role model: an elementary-school janitor who's also a Renaissance man. While he's sweeping the hall, he's whistling Beethoven. Or Lyle Lovett. He paints the woodwork in the classrooms; he paints a Da Vinci on the cafeteria wall. He's a trusted authority figure who is every kid's buddy. He took the janitor's job while he was a struggling songwriter, and when he finally sold a hit song, he decided to stay on at school. Frazz appears in 200 newspapers worldwide, including the Los Angeles Times, Seattle Times, Chicago Tribune and Detroit News. "A few years back, I wrote and illustrated a children's book," says Mallett. "When I was traveling around reading it at school assemblies, I noticed that often, the most respected, best-liked grown-up in the building was the janitor. And I thought, 'Hmm, there's a comic strip in that.'" Often praised for its intelligent wit, gentle spirit and effortless diversity, Frazz won a Wilbur Award from the Religion Communicators Council in 2003 and 2005 for excellence in communicating values and ethics.
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Night-Gaunt49 said, about 17 hours ago
When you can’t read it you go freestyle.
Varnes said, about 16 hours ago
Man, Frazz, I get tired just thinking about riding 90 miles,,,
capnLaz
said, about 16 hours ago
He isn’t riding, he’s CYCLING!
Darsan54
said, about 13 hours ago
@capnLaz
What is the frakkin difference, other than he needs to get a car?
Notsoastute said, about 11 hours ago
Is that Clutch Cargo? With his pals Spinner and Paddlefoot?
mjlrun said, about 11 hours ago
Hard to believe Frazz doesn’t have the latest cycling GPS!
duemore4u said, about 10 hours ago
Oh to be so young again!
fred
said, about 8 hours ago
http://www.gocomics.com/frazz/2005/08/30/
androscoggin said, about 8 hours ago
What language is Frazz speaking? Clutch seems to understand it, but I don’t know what he’s saying! (I’m past 65, and obviously not very “with it”!)
androscoggin said, about 8 hours ago
They didn’t really go 90 miles. He’s exaggerating.
pumaman said, about 8 hours ago
@androscoggin
They very well might have gone 90 miles. That is within the ability of many fit riders. I usually keep it to 60 or under though.
pumaman said, about 7 hours ago
@androscoggin
Frazz is speaking cycling. Going long simply means going for a long ride as opposed to a short ride. Route notes or a route slip as we usually call it, are written directions of all the turns for a planned ride. If you can’t read it, or get off course despite having them, things can get interesting. However most of us ride with smart phones these days, which have GPS enabled map programs, so it’s not really that big a deal.
vwdualnomand said, about 6 hours ago
or, you could bike around an oval for 24 straight hours, no breaks, no stops. winner is the most laps in those 24 hours.
hphundt
said, about 5 hours ago
@androscoggin
The Hoodoo 500 is a 3 day race that starts and ends in St George. It goes through Hurricane, Colorado City, Kanab, Carmel Junction, Bryce, Tropic, Escalante, Boulder, Torrey, Panguitch and Cedar City.
androscoggin said, about 5 hours ago
Wow! 90 miles – on a bike! With a smart phone & a GPS! I don’t know what a smart phone is, but I do have a cell phone – which I can turn on & off, charge, answer, & make calls on – except when I forget which buttons to push! I even find the house phone confusing – but I like that it takes messages and remembers phone #s.