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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Alexikakos said, 6 months ago
Remember the original “Batman” television series? Where Batman and Robin walked up walls with their capes flat to their backs?
SusanSunshine
said, 6 months ago
Alexi…. or George Reeves as Superman, flying flat on a board.
AshburnStadium said, 6 months ago
Michigan has hills??? The part I visited (except for a low-lying area near Hell, Livingston County) was flatter than Nebraska.
fierorose said, 6 months ago
Yes, Michigan has some hills; we even have some ski resorts. I do agree that for the most part MI is fairly flat.
masterskrain said, 6 months ago
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I have watched the video with all of the window cameos! Hilarious!
Alexikakos said, 6 months ago
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No. Thank you! That was time well spent.
chp9595 said, 6 months ago
@AshburnStadium
But they have trees, just the right size.
neatslob said, 6 months ago
@Alexikakos
And in one of them they had a conversation with a very young Dick Clark, who stuck his head out a window to ask what was going on.
Cartoonacy said, 6 months ago
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Hedgehog52 said, 6 months ago
If we had some ham, we could have ham and eggs; if we had some eggs.
GreggW
said, 6 months ago
It’s a REALLY strong wind.
hippogriff said, 6 months ago
fierorose: They even have ski resorts in Georgia. Texas has a problem in that the slopes (Davis Mountains and Edwards Plateau) don’t get much snow, while the snow country (Panhandle) is miles and miles of nothing but miles and miles. There are a few in the latter who find cross-country skis useful a few times a year.
runar
said, 6 months ago
@AshburnStadium
Michigan, like Wisconsin, is glacier country. That gives it a rolling, rounded landscape filled with small hills, moraines, eskers and other features that fold the landscape. I can’t vouch for what Michiganders call Indianans, but Wisconsinites contemptuously refer to Illinoisans as “flatlanders”.
Night-Gaunt49 said, 6 months ago
@Alexikakos
Yes I do and you will find that the capes were made to hang straight down. They weren’t that cheap or stupid then.
Night-Gaunt49 said, 6 months ago
@runar
If you want flat then that is most of Texas. Flat as flat can be to the Gulf of Mexico.