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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P Partridge said, 5 months ago
I wonder if Frazz is doing the polar plunge tonight. If he is, I hope not here where it’s supposed to be -6 or so
masterskrain said, 5 months ago
You know it’s cold when the water freezes in the bucket BEFORE you can pour it!
Larry said, 5 months ago
back in 77 when it hit -25 here my spit froze before it hit the ground.
masterskrain said, 5 months ago
@Larry
Seen the video of the guy in Russia dumping a bucket of boiling water off the 6th floor balcony at -40*?
It turns to snow on the way down!
paulproteus48640 said, 5 months ago
I think it is only supposed to get to mid teens in mid michigan tonight
philipj999 said, 5 months ago
I thought he was in LA?
sonorhC said, 5 months ago
He was only in LA for a couple of days, on a special trip with Miss Plainwell. Given that all the kids are present in this strip, he’s presumably back home in Michigan now.
wwh85cp said, 5 months ago
@masterskrain
Regarding freezing at
40 (F) -a meteorologist friend tried this on his honeymoon in Banff, Alberta, expecting it to freeze before it hit the ground.Epic fail, because he used COLD water. (No, I didn’t have a clue, and would have used cold water too!)
Oddly, it only works with HOT water.
wwh85cp said, 5 months ago
@paulproteus48640
Mid teens at this time of year? Doesn’t that qualify as a heat wave?
Jeffrey Kaplan said, 5 months ago
@wwh85cp
My guess is because the BOILING water is steaming, and it’s the steam that freezes into snow. Each droplet in the steam is so small, that it’ll freeze way, WAY faster than a contiguous stream of water, even when starting from cold.
UncaJim said, 5 months ago
@Jeffrey;
Bingo.
vwdualnomand said, 5 months ago
they did that on youtube. some guy in russia tossed a boiling pot of water outside(-50 with wind chill), it turned to snow.
colcam said, 5 months ago
If you really want to try “cold water versus hot water” freezing times get two identical metal ice cube trays (so they do not insulate the water) and fill one with cold tap water, then boil water in a pot. When it is furiously boiling have your hot pads handy, get a fellow experimenter to open the freezer as you pour the boiling water into the tray, then use the hot pads to put the hot tray in one side of the freezer while your co-experimenter puts the cold one in the other side.
Check them at about five minute intervals and see what happens. The odds are that the hot water will barely freeze before the cold water, but as the temperature in the freezer is set lower the hot water begins to freeze more quickly while the cold water time remains about the same.
They are still arguing about the how and why, but if you have a minus forty day, a tall building, and want to try it, make sure no one is below— and go for it.
Potrzebie said, 5 months ago
@masterskrain
No I have seen the video of the European guy that tries to cannonball into a frozen pool.
comicsssfan said, 5 months ago
This is the only way a tennis court is going to be used now. Tennis is out of style now in the US.