Frazz follows the adventures of an unexpected role model: Edwin "Frazz" Frazier, 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 won a Wilbur Award from the Religion Communicators Council in 2003 and 2005 for excellence in communicating values and ethics.
Jef Mallett

While in high school, Mallett produced a daily comic strip for the Big Rapids, Mich., Pioneer. He left nursing school to work for The Grand Rapids Press and Flint Journal, and then as art director and editorial cartoonist for Booth Newspapers’ capital bureau in Lansing. Mallett wrote and illustrated the children's book Dangerous Dan, and illustrated the bike racing book Roadie, which was named a 2009 Notable Book by the Library of Michigan. He’s also illustrated books for other authors, including best-seller Mitch Albom. Like his strip’s main character, Jef Mallett is an avid runner, cyclist, and swimmer who has participated in numerous triathlons and other races all over the country.

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