Talk:Frazz

message: There. Added character discriptions (some are a bit brief, I know, and I'm sure I've left out plenty of characters, please add whichever you can think of), information on the award he's won, and some more about the author's style. Personally, I don't think that the rumor about the strip being drawn by Watterson should be included, seeing as Jeff Mallett is definitley a real person (he's drawn editorials and illustrations for books for years, and I've personally had a few email discussions with him) and his style differs somewhat from Watterson's. I read somewhere that he was influenced by Calvin and Hobbs, but a rumor like that is just that: a rumor. 
Anywho. Please, please help me with his. Anything you want to add on to, or move around, please do. 
As soon as he has a book out, I'll add that too. Hopefully, it will be soon.
[Talk page created by 70.118.102.215 (talk) at 04:18, 12 July 2005. This chronological note added from History page by Thnidu (talk) 18:16, 3 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Too much of the text in this section is lifted right out of the character descriptions at Comics.com.  I'm happy to do the re-write, but it will take some time and would welcome others' efforts, of course.  
RE: Calvin and Hobbes.  It's enough of an issue that I think it should be addressed; I provided a quote to support the refutation of the rumor.  Hope that adds a little bit of flesh.
Mitchell k dwyer 06:58, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: We Need to Rewrite the Character Descriptions

message: Actually, Frazz debuted on 2 April 2001, but when I put it in, it was instantly deleted ... how can I put this into the article? Janet 01:42, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It now appears in the article, so this Talk segment is moot. GeorgeTSLC (talk) 17:38, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding debut date 

message: In the Controversy section, it is noted that Kara resembles Susie from Calvin and Hobbes. In the Character consistencies section, it is said that Caulfield is the only recurring, named child character. Kara is not mentioned here or in the Recurring characters section, nor anywhere else in the article. Is Kara a recurring character? If so, then she should probably be added to the Recurrent characters section and the Character consistencies section should be modified to include her. If not, then she should be deleted altogether. MDfoo 14:36, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have edited the article striking Kara from it. According to the official website, she is not an recurring character, and may appear as a different looking person by the same name in different strips. So any similarities with Susie from Calvin and Hobbes is coincidental. Maybe a recurring 8-year old girl is similar to Susie, but I will leave that to experts of the strip. MDfoo 19:22, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Character named Kara 

message: In the character description bit, it says a few times that characters where based on previous experiences the author had. This to me seem pretty important bits of the article (and they certainly play a role in the whole bit on the Cal0vin and Hobbes controversy), but they aren't cited. Can one point me in the direction of the source, or cite them? Cheers, Leonard^Bloom (talk) 23:41, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unreferenced claims. 

message: OK, I would like to start the discussion by saying that just because one of Caulfield's story problems is worded, "If it's 28 miles from Novi to the airport and Mr. Smyntek drives the speed limit..." does not mean, by any means, that the comic is set in Michigan. As for the connection between Mallett and the state of Michigan, let me point out that the comic strip is characterized by an unusual number of cultural references. Kimu 04:31, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: All of which is very interesting, but falls under Original Research.  What we strive for here is referenced material, which is why we can't just add "Frazz is set in Michigan because of (above arguments)" to the article.  --LarryMac | Talk 16:09, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

text: *The hints On-Off Contributor mentioned are interesting (and quite clever), but I don't think they are sufficient to declare the strip location as Michigan. The author hasn't ever declared a location, in a somewhat Simpson-esque way, and that's probably enough. The road names and distances are dispositive, and the mention of Vernors soda doesn't mean a thing. (It has been available in dozens of states for years.) I recommend removing the references to Michigan. - Peter (talk) 22:44, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

text: None here! Kimu 18:00, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, the location, as cited in the September 20, 2008 strip (available on Comics.com) is Rodney, Michigan. Rodney because it is expressly mentioned in that strip, and Michigan because of Mallett's personal history and the repeated Michigan references. JKBrooks85 (talk) 08:26, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  The April 10, 2001, strip shows that Rodney is in a state beginning w/ M, and that Caulfield's address is in Rodney. GeorgeTSLC (talk) 17:49, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Location 

message: Are Mr. Uhrmann and Mrs. Trevino really recurring characters? I found the series of strips in Feb 2003 when Mr. Uhrmann substitutes for Mrs. Olsen. Frazz tells Caulfield that he had substituted earlier, but was that "off screen" or actually in the strip? What about later appearances?  I also found a single strip mentioning Mrs. Trevino on May 5, 2003. Any other appearances?  Fladrif (talk) 20:20, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I found other instances of Mrs. Trevino, including the Tamale day Sept 11-14, 2001. Fladrif (talk) 13:18, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

text: Found the earlier Mr. Uhrmann strip which is apparently referernced in the Feb 03 series (2/19/02)Fladrif (talk) 15:07, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recurring Characters 

message: Not sure if it matters, but it appears the daily strips started being colorized in March 2003. First one here: http://www.gocomics.com/frazz/2003/03/18 ~Amatulić (talk) 01:40, 8 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Colorization

message: The following sentence in the Style and Theme section reads like a quotation:
"He 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. When songwriting started going well, he kept his custodian job because it was the perfect environment for discovery through the energy and interest of the students."
However, I can't tell whether it actually is one because the citation link is no good. If it is a quote, it needs to have quotation marks and be attributed to the source. Tad Lincoln (talk) 05:32, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quotation? 

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message: This article was tagged with 
I've removed these after rewriting the article. I think that it now:
* has substantially more sources (and non-broken ones at that), 
* doesn't read from an in-universe perspective (I'm not sure it did even when I found it), and 
* No longer has large amount of fine detail about specific aspects of the work, that were unsourced or had primary sources only.
HenryCrun15 (talk) 03:52, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
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