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
Caulfield’s been taking lessons from “Dilbert’s” Wally.
Pacopuddy said, 4 months ago
Genius!
rshive said, 4 months ago
I worked with a guy once whose “in” box was Maybe, Maybe Tomorrow, Maybe Never.
Arianne said, 4 months ago
I don’t suppose In-N-Out Burger has take out menus?
The Wolf In Your Midst said, 4 months ago
I hope there aren’t too many Chinese take-out menus in there, else his out-box will just be empty again an hour later.
bigpuma said, 4 months ago
He could try faking extraordinary levels of stress from being overworked with outbursts of faux-rage. Worked for George Costanza. Well, for a while, anyway.
Night-Gaunt49 said, 4 months ago
I kept myself busy in other ways. Being creative takes time, so much time and never enough sometimes.