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, 4 months ago
As a philosopher, Mallet, you make a better cartoonist.
Varnes said, 4 months ago
I see it more as a brain working well….
Varnes said, 4 months ago
We used to have cold winters in Michigan, and it was only cabin fever that kept you sane…..(To be fair, the next couple days are gonna be pretty cool….) Ug! White Devil fall from sky….Did I say Ug?
emjaycee said, 4 months ago
“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.”
Wolf Emperor
said, 4 months ago
As you know, cabin fever specifically relates to those times when you want to go outside, but can’t, especially in the case of cold winter weather.
magicwalnut said, 4 months ago
In the mountains of North Carolina, they refer to it as, “all housed up.”
Criss "Papa Bear" Rosenlof said, 4 months ago
@Alexikakos
If you don’t like the comic, quit reading it. We don’t need your negativity here while we’re trying to enjoy our comics.
jessegooddoggy said, 4 months ago
I suspect Jef Mallet would be a fascinating person to be stuck with in an elevator!
Alexikakos said, 4 months ago
@Criss "Papa Bear" Rosenlof
“If you don’t like the comic, quit reading it. We don’t need your negativity here while we’re trying to enjoy our comics.”
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If you don’t like the comment, quit reading it. I don’t need your negativity here while I’m trying to enjoy my criticising.
comicsssfan said, 4 months ago
@Varnes
“We used to have cold winters in Michigan…” Ain’t that right? I just sprayed the car locks with de-icer to get ready for the short cold snap.
Konabill said, 4 months ago
@Alexikakos
Now, now, you two. Play nice.
bigpuma said, 4 months ago
@Criss "Papa Bear" Rosenlof
If any strip invites criticism and downright sniping, it’s “Frazz”. Refer to the strips of the 17th and 18th to see two recent examples of characters finding fault with one another. Mallett’s “heroes” are big on that stuff, especially when they can prove their intellectual superiority in the bargain.
caspencer
said, 4 months ago
“This morning, I shot six holes in my freezer.
I think I’ve got cabin fever.”
Jimmy Buffett, ‘Boat Drinks’
mvw said, 4 months ago
@Alexikakos
First there was the birth of art, then came the afterbirth, the critic.
Night-Gaunt49 said, 4 months ago
@Alexikakos
And your point?
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Cabin fever is the need to go outside but the weather stops you.