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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Leo Autodidact said, 6 months ago
Almost sounds like a Jayne Cobb hat!
Limpid Lizard said, 6 months ago
@Leo Autodidact
Or a Rube Goldberg hat.
Richard S. Russell said, 6 months ago
Leo, Golden, it may be that not everyone gets these references, but those of us who do REALLY appreciate them!
SusanSunshine
said, 6 months ago
Hey…. I just want to thank everybody who said such nice things about my silly little ditty yesterday…
Sorry I didn’t get back in time to say it there, where it belongs, instead of here.
SusanSunshine
said, 6 months ago
BTW…. it was only a short bit of lyrics…
So to have a couple of people say they could “hear” the music….
that’s music to MY ears…
Makes a would-be lyricist’s day, because that’s the goal.
Thank you!
vwdualnomand said, 6 months ago
i like those earflap hats, especially if it is really cold outside. nowadays, it is the balaclava
Ceeg22
said, 6 months ago
Yellow is ugly
rshive said, 6 months ago
That’s a shame. It had class. Not much, but some.
bigpuma said, 6 months ago
I’m sure I’m not the only one who was reminded of the old joke about the ad in the Lost & Found section of the classifieds: “LOST: Male three-legged dog, mangy, tattered ears, one eye, kinked tail, recently neutered. Answers to the name Lucky.”
comicsssfan said, 6 months ago
Now he has no hat. But he could go to a Lost and Found and claim one.
KasparV said, 6 months ago
@Richard S. Russell
Love my Jayne hat. It’ so…..shiny!
slypuma said, 6 months ago
I said the same thing about my missing homework, but no one believed me.
Scott S said, 6 months ago
Even luckier that his head wasn’t in the hat when all that happened!
Revvie Quar said, 6 months ago
@Richard S. Russell
Yup, had to look it up, but props to youse guys for throwing that out there.
Good reference for those in the know.
janinabarnes said, 6 months ago
@comicsssfan
It always amazes me how many dozens of students lose their coats, hats, and lunchboxes each year. The lost and found items have to be donated to charity twice a year. We spread it all out on five banquet tables for students to claim first, and hardly any goes home. We should probably just tell the students to take whatever they like after the first day.