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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annieb1012 said, about 12 hours ago
Hmmm…I’m not sure I get it, either. Panels two and three, anyway. The first one I get loud and clear!
Randy_B
said, about 12 hours ago
What it means is, “More to come in future strips!”
Nabuquduriuzhur said, about 12 hours ago
She cares, so she had them read War and Peas in the original language…
annieb1012 said, about 12 hours ago
Ah. Hmmm. Okay!
Varnes said, about 12 hours ago
The forshadowing is that she’s going to get bowled over?
AshburnStadium said, about 9 hours ago
The TV stations in Philadelphia (the 4th-largest TV market in the U.S.) have a problem with breaking news. Why don’t they get it fixed? ;-)
llargiader said, about 6 hours ago
Here’s one meaning of foreshadowing: “a literary device in which an author hints certain plot developments that perhaps will come to be later in the story.”
Shirl Summ
said, about 5 hours ago
Meaning C might actually enjoy his reading list. and he’ll discover that Mrs. O doesn’t really hate them. Hey summer is three months long. There’s got to be some down time in there somewhere.
no1scouse said, about 5 hours ago
@AshburnStadium
Neutered or spayed?
Kev_A_Swing_Dancer
said, about 4 hours ago
When I hear “foreshadowing”, I think “A Tale of Two Cities”.
As for the meaning of this strip, all I can think of is Frazz is saying the summer reading will help the students in next year’s classes.
magicwalnut said, about 4 hours ago
I’ve seen the aforementioned shadow in my grand kids. They wait until the week before school starts instead of spreading it out over the summer. Thus is a freaked out procrastinator born….
USAFMSGT said, about 4 hours ago
@no1scouse
Democrat.
hearthknitter said, about 4 hours ago
@llargiader
I believe you nailed it.
The Wolf In Your Midst said, about 3 hours ago
News is valuable and people shouldn’t go around breaking it.
Notsoastute said, about 3 hours ago
@The Wolf In Your Midst
Unless it “news” about the Kardashians or their ilk. Then it needed killin’.