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, 3 months ago
Probably to have a short weep . . .
masterskrain said, 3 months ago
I don’t care WHAT month it is, there’s always too much month left over at the end of the money!
Ronald Davis said, 3 months ago
Considering the climate of February, I think it was an excellent idea to make February a short month.
Notsoastute said, 3 months ago
I can’t be out of money, I still have some checks left.
Doctor Toon said, 3 months ago
I get paid every Friday and March has 5 of them this year
Yippee!
Tacopielvr said, 3 months ago
@Chaze126
Uhm, your sarcasm is DULLY noted. I am actually old enough to remember when grade schools had school janitors employed by the school district (not contracted) who actually cared and took pride in their jobs. And they actually knew students and did talk to students.
blondbrownies said, 3 months ago
@Tacopielvr
And I remember when my first grade teacher sat at the lunch tables with her students and taught us how to hold our utensils and my principle stopped me in the hall to tell me happy birthday. Those were great days. The janitor was cool too.
olddog1 said, 3 months ago
Night-gaunt from yesterday. No kidding. Thomas Hobbes, The Leviathan, 1651. Rousseau to the contrary means that he, Rousseau, held the contrary opinion. He thought in a state of nature everything was just ducky. He was wrong.
cubefarmer said, 3 months ago
Should have made them all short, would be far more practical, but nooo, somebody has this stupid phobia about 13…
bigpuma said, 3 months ago
@Tacopielvr
One summer when I was in college, my friend Ted and I worked on a crew back in our hometown, re-paving streets. Residents often came out to watch, usually kids and seniors. On one particular street, we saw among the onlookers the janitor from our grade school, now long retired. We greeted him warmly. He remembered us, we remembered him. The smile on his face I will never forget. How nice is that, that he felt so good knowing that we liked him as much as he liked us?
olddog1 said, 3 months ago
@cubefarmer
I would hate to go back to 10 months of the pre Caesar days.
annieb1012 said, 3 months ago
@Tacopielvr
@Chaze126
@bigpuma
I was in elementary school in the second half of the ‘50s, and our janitor was scary. Being a child at the time, I didn’t know who paid him, but I do know and well remember how we kids avoided doing anything to upset Rudy. In fact, we avoided Rudy, period. He had no patience and did not like anything he did to be messed up!
Strod said, 3 months ago
What? It’s already past 9 AM Pacific Time and Mr. @Nabuqudurizhur (sp?) still hasn’t ranted about how lousy school teachers are?
Night-Gaunt49 said, 3 months ago
@olddog1
Rousseau said he preferred a life with a little danger to one well protected by others. He also ran out on his wife and child too. He had some good ideas but may not have lived up to them.
Night-Gaunt49 said, 3 months ago
I liked getting paid weekly but since I am on disability now monthly is working for me.