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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AshburnStadium said, 11 months ago
What two Presidents share their last name with car models? Hint: Both are made by the same company. ;-)
Randy_B
said, 11 months ago
@AshburnStadium
President Lifedunk and President That’s.
….
(The Honda Life Dunk and the Honda That’s were listed by Forbes magazine as among the weirdest car names.)
masterskrain said, 11 months ago
@AshburnStadium
I guess I won’t mention Ford and Lincoln, then…
frumdebang said, 11 months ago
I met Jerry Ford shortly after he left office. Very nice and unpretentious guy, and I don’t recall him as being particularly gassy. (I’m pretty sure I would remember if he had been.)
Cantankerous Coot said, 11 months ago
I almost slid my Cessna 150 into Ford’s plane at Kalamazoo. The SS were on me like fly’s on sh**
Chicago Insurgent said, 11 months ago
fun fact: you can’t cry when chewing gum.
Chicago Insurgent said, 11 months ago
you also can’t see a red fag when chewing gum from a distance.
Strod said, 11 months ago
@frumdebang
Maybe he was chewing gum?
Chicago Insurgent said, 11 months ago
also gun is made now day’s out of plastic. Thats why it takes longeer to pass gum today then back in the 50’s
prrdh said, 11 months ago
@Chicago Insurgent
I don’t know if i would recognize a communist homosexual as such even if I wasn’t chewing gum.
JavaJim said, 11 months ago
Ford and Lincoln are both brands, not models. There was, however, a Marmon Roosevelt which actually was named after Teddy.
lightenup
said, 11 months ago
@Chicago Insurgent
How do you chew gum from a distance?
prrdh said, 11 months ago
@zedman2222
The original Marmons were cars – one of them won the 1911 Indy – but the company was a casualty of the Great Depression. The reborn Marmon-Herrington was indeed a truck manufacturer, with a side business making car parts for other manufacturers.
prrdh said, 11 months ago
@JavaJim
Since it was produced in 1929-30, it wouldn’t have made sense to name it after FDR, who wasn’t on the national radar yet. Not that there was a national or any other radar for anyone to be on back then, but you know what I mean.
Ceeg22
said, 11 months ago
@Cantankerous Coot
You weren’t flying invisible?