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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fear-ciuil said, 4 months ago
Remember: these are the hands that deliver the cookies that “helped make these!”
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 4 months ago
It’s interesting how much the virus infection rate has spiked since day care became the rule in the 1980s versus kids being raised at home. It shows up in K-12, too, with it being “normal” now to have several colds per term vs. a single flu or cold per term.
Pacopuddy said, 4 months ago
Love this one!
HonoBear said, 4 months ago
The place where I work is the same way.
zellman said, 4 months ago
I feel you Frazz…As a janitor he’s going to have to clean all the surfaces they touch.
lightenup
said, 4 months ago
@Nabuquduriuzhur
Let it go, Nab. Kids who have been in day care are typically more healthy in grade school than ones who were kept at home.
ncalifgirl58 said, 4 months ago
Looks like my house these days.
seed_drill said, 4 months ago
Yep, my 3rd grader is sick, as are all but two kids in her class.
Scott S said, 4 months ago
So how do you think a pediatric nurse feels this time of year! LOL!
Night-Gaunt49 said, 4 months ago
@Nabuquduriuzhur
Day Care was needed since both parents have to work to not make ends meet. Where do you get this crud? Also any congregation of people at work, school etc will spread such disease anyway.
prrdh said, 4 months ago
Today’s quiz: which two kids are exchange students from Germany?
comicsssfan said, 4 months ago
@prrdh
The two with German spellings above their heads.
thebird55 said, 4 months ago
Children should be taught to expel the pollution, not suck it back down.
thebird55 said, 4 months ago
……or up, as the case may be.
prrdh said, 4 months ago
@Night-Gaunt49
Whether or not day care is ‘needed’ has nothing to do with whether he is right.