14 Facts About Frazz

Frazz is a syndicated comic strip by Jef Mallett about school custodian Edwin "Frazz" Frazier and the school and students where he works.

Frazz reads everything from Milton to Hiaasen to bike racing magazines, he writes, he races, he's an athlete, and he's a songwriter, discovering the value of a day job.

Frazz loves triathlons, bicycling, jogging, swimming, basketball, songwriting, and talking with the students.

Frazz spends a lot of time in detention for speaking out in class, but whiles away the hours talking with Frazz.

Frazz inspired Mr Burke to exercise more often, and trained and ran with him in the Detroit 5K.

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Frazz majored in journalism, and worked at the sports department of a newspaper, before she decided to teach at Bryson Elementary, wanting to work with a "more mature audience".

Frazz has a pet greyhound named "Mario", which she adopted after he retired from racing.

Frazz frequently plays basketball with Frazz, and these games are used in the strip to allow two adults to talk about "relatively adult things" with very little scoring.

Frazz had enough of Frazz when he was her student years ago, and would just as soon he leave for good.

Frazz is of Scandinavian descent, as she once cooked lutefisk for her class.

Frazz is shown to be a hero at heart with the story arc starting the week of 17 June 2013, although she wants to keep intact her public image of a crusty exterior and unsympathetic attitude.

Frazz is a composite of several of Mallett's teachers and one of Mallett's wife's teachers.

Frazz is described by Frazz as the only one of Caulfield's substitute teachers not to "throw up his hands and quit by 9:30".

Mallett was flattered by the comparison and acknowledges Watterson's influence, but denies that he is Watterson or that Frazz is intended as a copy or replacement of, or sequel to, Calvin and Hobbes.