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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Varnes said, 12 months ago
Eeeeww…..stinky….
Pacopuddy said, 12 months ago
Actually, fresh sweat is almost odourless – and what scent it does have is rather erotic (or is it just me?)
cwh669 said, 12 months ago
In central Texas, we broke records last year. This year has been cooler.
kingstonave said, 12 months ago
Stinky sweat results from stress, due to the hormonal cocktail released into the bloodstream during the “fight or flight” response. This also may have had a purpose, perhaps to warn predators or enemies by saying “I’m ready for you.”
Arch Stanton said, 12 months ago
@Pacopuddy
I like the way you sweat.
icky mudd said, 12 months ago
ppl that do NOT eat meat have a different smell,cause meat stinks when rotten,some is in your intestines.
tigre1 said, 12 months ago
Gut-busting pizza for the coach. Who stands on the sidelines and yells.
I like sweat, myself. A couple of people’s, especially.
And when I’ve been sloppy about bathing I seem to be more…attractive? seems to be the process, if not the right description. Yeah, I buy into the pheromone concept.
hippogriff said, 12 months ago
The drought area wanders. Back in the ‘70s it was in the Pacific NW. Don’t move, their turn will come again. In Texas, there was the Dust Bowl in the ‘30s, the 7 year drought in the ’50s, and a mini-but-deep one last year. This year, its Four Corners, before that, the south-east. Don’t be smug, your turn will come.l
Adam said, 12 months ago
Of course Frazz doesn’t smell like sweat. He used deodorant, just like Randolph did. :-)
Tacopielvr said, 12 months ago
Sweat is odd. I cant get it through some of my male friends that showering and a little deo first makes a HUGE difference in how they smell after a workout or a race, very important when the beautiful athletic ladies are around.
I find most fit & athletic women who sweat to be incredibly attractive, but most fit women have great hygiene, love em for it!
Yet sweating from anxiety and stress is always nasty.
Night-Gaunt49 said, 12 months ago
Old sweat stinks, all that bacteria eating and excreting it to feed. Now that is where the odor comes from.
bigpuma said, 12 months ago
My hockey-playing niece recently introduced me to Funk-Out, a bacteria-killing product that gets the stink out of athletic gear. Good idea.
Now, how long before we hear from the sportsophobes who will complain bitterly that schools spend so much on athletics that they’re surprised the football team doesn’t get new shoulder pads every week?
water_moon said, 12 months ago
@Night-Gaunt49
and why old football pads reak!
comicsssfan said, 12 months ago
That coach has a unibrow.
K M
said, 12 months ago
@Pacopuddy
Oh, it’s just you. And I don’t know where you hang out; but in my experience fresh sweat smells just as bad as the fermented stuff.