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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jojoba2
said, 6 months ago
My answers (partly guessed, partly known): d, a, b.
herdleader1953 said, 6 months ago
Jojo I believe the only thing east of Newark NJ is the Atlantic Ocean and Europe.
simpsonfan2 said, 6 months ago
?
Richard S. Russell said, 6 months ago
I don’t get why the choices don’t all follow the sequence a-b-c-d. I’m sure there must be SOME kind of reason, and it probably has something to do with “a” always being the last choice, but this strip is way more obscure than usual — and that’s saying something!
Randy_B
said, 6 months ago
All the lists end with “eh”.
And there’s a little bit of Canada that’s south-east of Detroit.
Pacopuddy said, 6 months ago
Maybe it’s a clue, and all the answers are ‘a’.
(Where is Detroit?)
Varnes said, 6 months ago
I was just north of Lake Superior and pulled up to a stop sign. Somebody had spray painted eh? Next to the word STOP. Yes, There is a bit of Canada south of Detroit. There is also a point in Panama where the Pacific is to the east, and the Atlantic is to the west….
Alexikakos said, 6 months ago
The answers are: 1965 (d), South of Detroit (a), Loonie (b).
runar
said, 6 months ago
@herdleader1953
There’s lots of stuff east of Newark – Jersey City, Hoboken, Manhattan, Queens and all of Long Island. Newark is inland – it doesn;t front on the ocean. In fact, you don’t get to oceanfront in New Jersey until you are at Sandy Hook and further south – and of course you know that the beach at Sandy Hook is clothing optional.
AshburnStadium said, 6 months ago
@runar
HOBOKEN?!?!? OOOH, I’m dyin’ again! ;-)
(Bugs Bunny at the end of “8 Ball Bunny”)
Varnes said, 6 months ago
Eh?
runar
said, 6 months ago
@AshburnStadium
He may be dyin’, but at least he helped a fellow American who was down on his luck.
AshburnStadium said, 6 months ago
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You do know that the loonie is slightly more valuable than the U.S. dollar, right?
Yes, the Canadian flag DOES have bars. There is a red bar on each side with a white bar in the centre (their spelling) that has a red maple leaf inside it.
AshburnStadium said, 6 months ago
@runar
A great sendup of Humphrey Bogart in “Treasure of the Sierra Madre,” which was a Warner Bros. picture which was recent when that cartoon was made.
Never_More said, 6 months ago
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It’s called a one dollar coin. It has a picture of a loon on it so it gained the nickname loonie. It was made “official” in 2006, 19 years after it was first released. A toonie (the correct spelling) is a two dollar coin that came out in 1996. Calling it a toonie is joke. And I mean that as in an actual joke, ha ha type of thing. A two dollar coin is worth two loonies, so it’s a toonie. We’re probably one of the few countries who named their money on a joke.