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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AshburnStadium said, 5 months ago
Yeah, southern Michigan doesn’t have many hills.
simpsonfan2 said, 5 months ago
Upper Michigan has Suicide Hill. Of course, that’s for the ski crowd.
Varnes said, 5 months ago
Western UP….The Porkies…..
ne7minder55 said, 5 months ago
@Debbie Jordan
Oh! I thought yuo called them ‘snowbirds’
olddog1 said, 5 months ago
Is it just my off color mind, or are we getting some double meaning here?
Alexikakos said, 5 months ago
That third panel escapes me. I’d like to think it was better minds than mine that put it in, but since, like Wile E. Coyote, I am a genius…
rshive said, 5 months ago
@AshburnStadium
Long years back, I remember Sleeping Bear Dunes. Thought we’d get to the top and see the lake. But when we got up there the dunes went on forever.
Tacopielvr said, 5 months ago
Lol. For years and years I wanted to go to the U.P. of Michigan for the trail running, the fishing, the great outdoors, Lake Superior, the history. Finally got up there………wow, what a depressed area (the people, the rundown towns, lack of economy), very dissapointing, now I understand why I’ve met people who never want to go back. No offense, not my cup of tea.
yolozone
said, 5 months ago
@Alexikakos
3rd panel took me several tries too… they were in coffeehouse all along. Shift to the street-view as Caulfield mocks her “togetherness”. But Jane reveals her real plan.
Richard Roush said, 5 months ago
@AshburnStadium
They were headed to LA for the trails.
The Wolf In Your Midst said, 5 months ago
Their relationship is adversarial in some ways, but it seems to work for them!
detourjones said, 5 months ago
what is the subtext of this conversation?
Bandit said, 5 months ago
@olddog1
so bad, you are, sir
T_Lexi said, 5 months ago
@yolozone
: ) Thank you so much; I needed that. It didn’t help that I misread Miss Plainwell’s comment (twice).
paulproteus48640 said, 5 months ago
I live in the saginaw valley so the closest mountain is Mount Pleasant