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, 8 months ago
A woman’s curse is her purse.
ReneTray said, 8 months ago
A libarian wiill also tell you to use a bookmark and the reason why, Caulfield.
Varnes said, 8 months ago
Books are our friends, treat them well……
jmw1122
said, 8 months ago
I’m a librarian so I’m with Mrs. Olsen on this one. I’m actually kind of surprised that Caulfield thinks proper book care is annoying, one would think he’d be in favor of it.
luvcmx said, 8 months ago
I am surprised that Caulfield knows what a zeppelin is. I could understand him calling it a blimp.
neatslob said, 8 months ago
Not sure what her purse has to do with it. But I did know a woman who carried a regular purse inside her zeppelin-sized purse.
jessegooddoggy said, 8 months ago
I’m pretty certain Caulfield knows a lot more than me, and I am probably older than dear Mrs Olsen.
yaakovashoshana said, 8 months ago
@neatslob
Caulfield is alluding to the idea that large heavy purses cause back problems. Hence, he is surprised that Mrs. Olsen is more worried about the book’s spine than her own. (P. S. You can have my large purse when you remove it from my cold, dead body … with a forklift.)
Arianne said, 8 months ago
… not to mention the effect of heavy backpacks on young students. If you can worry about the spines of inanimate books, can’t you also be concerned about… oh… the humanity? : )
Yaakovashoshana… LOL!
Cantankerous Coot said, 8 months ago
Your book is your friend, you protect it, and it will protect you. Oh! – wait that’s a fire arm, never mind.
catzilla23 said, 8 months ago
Many years ago I used to dog ear pages, then i noticed the corners would fall off after a year or so, converted to using a bookmark for the last 45 years. Books are our friends.
“Outside of a dog a book is man’s best friend, inside of a dog it’s too dark to read” – G. Marx
bigpuma said, 8 months ago
I won’t comment on Caulfield’s behavior, other than to say that he is once more doing what he does best: being a brat. I’d like to know, though, what’s up with Frazz? Is he being ironic in that last panel? Is he speaking literally, or being wry?
Wolf Emperor
said, 8 months ago
I’m not going to waste my time worrying about how I handle my current book, a used former library book hardcover novel I bought for $2. Besides, I can’t find my bookmark half the time, so I do put it face down at times.
Shirl Summ
said, 8 months ago
I carry a big purse to conceal what’s inside.
Wolf Emperor
said, 8 months ago
My dad’s current book’s binding got totally destroyed somehow. Now it has no binding or cover whatsoever. It’s just loose pages held together with a binder clip.