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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simpsonfan2 said, 6 months ago
Cypress Creek has a Hammock District, some town must have a Comb District.
runar
said, 6 months ago
Barbershop Row would serve the same purpose.
Pacopuddy said, 6 months ago
It borders on the Brylcream District of Chicago.
Editer63 said, 6 months ago
A man’s comb is his hassle.
TheSkulker
said, 6 months ago
@Editer63
Good one!
AshburnStadium said, 6 months ago
@Editer63
And on Miss Plainwell, a woman’s curse is her purse.
Varnes said, 6 months ago
Beats the Hannity district…
pschearer
said, 6 months ago
Comb. Bomb. Tomb. Why must English be so difficult?
twypsi said, 6 months ago
?
Ryan Lake
said, 6 months ago
I just googled “comb district” and got nothing useful.
runar
said, 6 months ago
@pschearer
It might have something to do with the fact that the language has between 36 and 44 distinct sounds (depending on your dialect and/or accent) and only 26 letters to represent them.
pibbert said, 6 months ago
neither of them has hair that can be tamed.
pschearer
said, 6 months ago
@runar
True, but I think more relevant is the fact that spelling standardized before pronunciation did, not that pronunciation is that much standardized. I cringe every time i hear a BBC announcer say “poweh” for “power”. And then there was the woman from Texas who answered my phone call “Kin Ah hep yew?”
ealeseth said, 6 months ago
@pschearer
Years ago, I had to call about a phone related problem for our company office in Atlanta. The phone was answered “South’n Bayal.” The speakers who annoy me are the ones who drop “g” – runnin, eatin, etc.
comicsssfan said, 6 months ago
When men are of a certain age they become part of a comb-over district.