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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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Fairportfan2
said, 7 months ago
There was enough trench foot in WW2 to go around.
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One of Bill Mauldin’s most famous cartoons shows Willie saying “Joe, ya saved my life yestiday, and I swore I’d repay ya. Here’s me last pair’a dry socks.”
Night-Gaunt49 said, 7 months ago
Dampness and hot feet equal a growth medium for fungus.
Leo Autodidact said, 7 months ago
Also several WWI units in Europe were Bicycle-mounted.
As fast as Horse Calvary but they didn’t need to be fed!
magicwalnut
said, 7 months ago
Hard to forget Frzz lives in Michigan….
AshburnStadium said, 7 months ago
In memory of my mom’s first fiancé, Sgt. Charles A. Rublee of Mesquite, TX. He disappeared north of the 38th parallel on 28 DEC 1950 and has been MIA ever since.
No Habla said, 7 months ago
@Night-Gaunt49
Actually it turns out fungi like it cool:
“Heels and toes may host such hearty fungal gardens because feet are cooler than other body parts, and fungi don’t like it hot.”
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/350599/description/Foot_fungi_a_thriving_diverse_community
todyoung said, 7 months ago
@Guard SGT
Thank you for the remembrances and the honors.
Night-Gaunt49 said, 7 months ago
@No Habla
I sit corrected.
packratmac
said, 7 months ago
Ok, this showed up last week in a biking episode:what is it that looks like the guy with Frazz has a big Band-Aid over his mouth? He can obviously talk, but if it’s part of his helmet, why is it "flesh"colored?
comics for fun said, 7 months ago
@packratmac
I belive that’s a thin moustache above his mouth that you are seeing, not a bandage.
annieb1012 said, 7 months ago
@packratmac
@comics for fun
I had the same question, and reached the same (tentative) conclusion. It would help if he appeared to have lips.
annieb1012 said, 7 months ago
Until recent years, my concept of a “goatee” was a narrow, pointy beard below the chin, much like that of a goat, with or without a mustache. (A quick Google search confirms this.) Then men began to shave a thin circle all around their lips and chin, with nothing below to speak of, and called that a “goatee.” In this strip, Burke has one. Looks as if Clutch’s is thinner than Burke’s.
littleannoyingdog said, 7 months ago
And not lets forget the ‘Nam vets also.They served in a unpopular “war”.My friend just lost both his legs because of Agent Orange or what the doctors said was a "foreign substance’ in his blood.I’m a peacetime Vet myself.Navy Seabee.
lmonteros said, 7 months ago
And let’s remember those who came home in one piece physically but damaged mentally and emotionally. A lot of them live on the streets.
And—let’s especially remember those who deserve benefits and have been waiting for three years for the VA to process their paperwork. Jon Stewart has been keeping that story alive when others haven’t.