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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Ewal Doh said, 4 months ago
What you do learn in law school is that you could wiggle out of the consequences after you do what you want.
Notsoastute said, 4 months ago
To thine own self be true.
Varnes said, 4 months ago
I resolved not to make resolutions….so far so good….
prrdh said, 4 months ago
@Ewal Doh
…as Aristophanes pointed out in The Clouds.
olddog1 said, 4 months ago
@Ewal Doh
Law school seems to be an appropriate destination for her.
comicsssfan said, 4 months ago
She was thinking of law school?
Cartoonacy said, 4 months ago
@Varnes
Sounds like you broke your one resolution right at the start.
Night-Gaunt49 said, 4 months ago
We need more engineers and scientists than lawyers. Too many lawyers for too long.