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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Pacopuddy said, 4 months ago
If only Caulfield would use his genius for good, and not evil . . .
AshburnStadium said, 4 months ago
@Pacopuddy
It is for good. However, it is tinged with cynicism, and always with his tongue in cheek!
TheSkulker
said, 4 months ago
@Pacopuddy
Evil??? I don’t think it’s evil. I think it is right up there with other burning questions such as:
Why do we park in drive ways and drive on parkways???
We are still stiving for an answer.
Alexikakos said, 3 months ago
@TheSkulker
“Why do we park in drive ways and drive on parkways???
We are still stiving for an answer."
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If you look up “way” in a dictionary you’ll find that “route” is pretty much a synonym for “way’s” primary definition. (I’m guessing there’s an “r” after the “t” in “stiving.”)
Ewal Doh said, 3 months ago
@TheSkulker
You are either twelve, or you have not been paying attention to these pressing questions.
Ways are routes. Parkways typically are taking you through a park or other scenic way. Driveways were recent inventions to give a car a firm route back to the barn, she’d, or garage. Prior to that the horses and wagons didn’t wear so heavy on the ground. Modern housing with the attached garages have shrunk the significance.
masterskrain said, 3 months ago
Just give Caulfield a TARDIS, so he doesn’t have to worry about relative size anymore!
paulproteus48640 said, 3 months ago
@TheSkulker
42?
JackiAnne said, 3 months ago
Will the teacher ever learn to stop asking the question, “Any Questions?” Especially when Caulfield is in the room.
davidh48 said, 3 months ago
@JackiAnne
Now, that’s a Caulfield question!
lonecat said, 3 months ago
Caulfield isn’t the problem — the problem is a school system that doesn’t have an interest in creative questioning.
lonecat said, 3 months ago
Check out Calvin on a similar topic.
no1scouse said, 3 months ago
@paulproteus48640
Life, the Universe and Everything.
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 3 months ago
Caulfield should count himself lucky that he has a teacher that predates the dumbing down of the profession in the 1990s.
magicwalnut said, 3 months ago
You said it, Nab! Sigh. Things ain’t like they ulster be, and they never was.
ncalifgirl58 said, 3 months ago
@Ewal Doh
You could have answered the question without being rude.