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About Frazz
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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Leslie Barks said, 3 months ago
My brother was on the high school football team (an end, if I recall). During the off season, he joined the track team to stay in shape. He ran hurdles, which actually helped him during games because he occasionally had to hurdle a fallen player while running down the field.
knuckler49
said, 3 months ago
@Leslie Barks
I was on the football team at my high school during its initial 5 years: I even ‘was’ on the basketball team in order to be in shape for baseball, my first love.
During my sophomore year, the AD/football coach decided to start a track team: when he pulled me out of a baseball practice to run a ‘qualifying’ 440-yard run, I made sure I was slow enough that he wouldn’t want me.
I happily went back to baseball.
texasl said, 3 months ago
A very popular T-shirt amongst runners is one that says “My sport is your sport’s punishment.”
StoicLion said, 3 months ago
I enjoyed playing soccer and baseball to keep in shape between track seasons. And I know football players who did the same with wrestling.
BTW, where are the posters that claim all school athletes are nothing more than stupid, school-sanctioned bullies?
cubefarmer said, 3 months ago
@StoicLion
In every public school in the country I expect.
Dr Dave
said, 3 months ago
@StoicLion
General Eyes! That you?
bigpuma said, 3 months ago
Yeah, sure, “interesting”. The doughy, wheezing, sweaty linemen, their treetrunk thighs chafing while they “run”. What a sight. Hardy-har.
Frazz’s line in the third panel is funny. Caulfield’s is the usual smug, condescending garbage.
The Wolf In Your Midst
said, 3 months ago
Me, I’m still wondering how anybody can say “tight end” without giggling.
Chad Pilkington said, 3 months ago
I saw a T-Shirt that said, “My sport is your sports punishment.”
hippogriff said, 3 months ago
In my old high school (late 1940s), the student council made the rules (total student body plebiscite and faculty veto power seldom used) and the football team “enforced” them – no bullying, just a quiet talk, although 6-4, 250 pounds might be considered a threat.
Boise Ed
said, 3 months ago
I love it when a big ol’ defensive lineman picks up a fumble and rumbles for a 90-yard touchdown. It makes me wish the Olympics would have a separate 100-meter dash with a minimum body weight of, say 280 pounds (127 kg).
Scott S
said, 3 months ago
Or as Dogbert would say, watching engineers do aerobics.
1MadHat said, 3 months ago
@Scott S
Actually, most engineers are smart enough to know that you only get so many heartbeats in your life, so they don’t waste them jumping around and running on machines. 8^)
Night-Gaunt49 said, 3 months ago
@StoicLion
You would not find them in Europe. Sports are there for exercise only. Not cheap training grounds to fatten the school’s pockets.
Night-Gaunt49 said, 3 months ago
@hippogriff
What would the do if someone brought a weapon to even it all out for your strong arms?