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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runar
said, 7 months ago
Frazz has this one spot on.
frumdebang said, 7 months ago
So does Caulfield.
puddleglum1066 said, 7 months ago
Remember the great Mike Royko: when a pollster calls, feel free to LIE!
zoidknight said, 7 months ago
@runar
Actually, no he is not. Because adults never outgrow it.
bigpuma said, 7 months ago
“Outgrow shame”? It has to be learned,in this case. Caulfield hasn’t known a moment’s shame in his life.
P B said, 7 months ago
Hence the birth of robocalling.
Night-Gaunt49 said, 7 months ago
Shame is the first to go then the lying begins in earnest.
defunctdoormat said, 7 months ago
Ya, there are some people that never learned shame so can’t outgrow it. Others learned that they didn’t need it and only hindered their lives, so the out grew it.
cbrsarah said, 7 months ago
I could do without all the idiotic robocalls now matter what they are about.
The Wolf In Your Midst said, 7 months ago
Well, it’s simple. You just decide that your desires supercede all other considerations, and that the ends justify whatever means you deem fit.
You may recognize these as symptoms of sociopathy, or of being a lobbyist. Sort of the same thing, really.
K M
said, 7 months ago
For some reason I’m reminded of George Burns’ guide to success in show business. The key to success in show business, he is supposed to have said, is sincerity: “Once you can fake that, you’ve got it made.”