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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Nabuquduriuzhur said, 10 months ago
This state has occasionally had some very angry farmers that had parts of their crops ruined by people thinking it funny to cut crop circles in them.
Varnes said, 10 months ago
I’ve always invented new games like that! Traditions, too. It can’t become a tradition unless you start it! And the cool thing is all you have to say is say something like “Um, I’ve just invented a new tradition…” Hey, if it works it works, if not so what?
lightenup
said, 10 months ago
Cute game! (Although I would think he’d want the sprinkler to catch up to him more often in this heat!)
MysteryCat said, 10 months ago
See today’s For Better or Worse for more on crop circles.
bigpuma said, 10 months ago
Caulfield doing something funny, cute, and childlike instead of rude, annoying, and too big for his britches. How very refreshing. Bravo! And more of this, please!
cezpaige said, 10 months ago
@bigpuma
Nah.
bigpuma said, 10 months ago
@cezpaige
Hah!
Editer63 said, 10 months ago
One reason the Caulfield character “works” is that he’s capable of both kinds of behavior and you never know what’s coming. The obnoxiosity acts as a foil for strips like today’s, for instance.
AStarofDestiny said, 10 months ago
@bigpuma
Ah!
bigpuma said, 10 months ago
@AStarofDestiny
Bah!
Yukoneric said, 10 months ago
Just dropped in to see what condition my tradition was in………………
uh-oh
said, 10 months ago
What’s to rake near a sprinkler?
Night-Gaunt49 said, 10 months ago
@Nabuquduriuzhur
Are they sure they were made by people? Some of them are quite intricate to a mathematical degree and some are done in minutes.
6turtle9 said, 10 months ago
Panel four- love when this happens! Truly a moment of living poetry.
krisl73 said, 10 months ago
Seems to me that people who deliberately messed up a farmer’s crops should have to work for the farmer for a while, helping harvest, etc.