Talk:Frazz

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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.

Contents 1 We Need to Rewrite the Character Descriptions 2 Adding debut date 3 Similarities to Calvin and Hobbes 4 The Frazz was also a 60's-style rock band from Seattle that was very popular in the club scene in the 1980's 5 Character named Kara

[edit] We Need to Rewrite the Character Descriptions

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)

[edit] Adding debut date

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)

[edit] Similarities to Calvin and Hobbes

The current arc (1,2nd,... of may 2006) describes Bedlamball. The game has no rules, no beginning or end. Sounds like Calvinball.

-- That's because it's supposed to be a funny and completely intential jab at the critics who can't get over their plagerism fixation. It's hilarious to see people jumping up and down, pointing at Bedlamball as some sort of smoking gun. I'll bet Watterson even laughed at that one.

• I agree that it's hilarious; nobody accused Watterson of stealing the idea of Calvinball from M*A*S*H, whose characters played a game of no-rules cards and chess called "Double Krako." Oops. Digression. Sorry. I do want to say that the controversy section of this article is especially well-done. I like the way this article is taking shape! Mitchell k dwyer 01:44, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Really. Mark Harris's "Bang The Drum Slowly" also has the baseball players playing a card game named "TEGWAR" - The Exciting Game Without Any Rules.

Frankly, the art in Frazz always looked to me almost exactly like a non-Peanuts comic that was done by Charles Schulz in the early 60's- a one-panel thing that's been collected in some books, called "Young Pillars." (Here:[1]) Carlo 13:07, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

I think the "controversy" section needs some citations. Most of it seems like original research.--Spyderchan 01:41, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

What do you make of today's strip (Nov 29) in which Frazz claims "I also used to be Bill Watterson's personal assistant."? -- Dharris 15:55, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

In today's strip, Frazz uses the "wagon" bit from Calvin and Hobbes. They are discussing philosophical matters, and it ends in a crash. Sounds very familiar. Too familiar. Arius Maximus 18:01, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

The entire plagiarism discussion is OR and POV. It doesn't cite sources correctly and consistently uses weasel words like 'to some people.' Plus, why the heck does it *precede* substantive discussion of characters? This doesn't fit the comic strip template at all (see Doonesbury). I move that it be scaled down, moved, and sourced, and then maybe it can be encyclopedic content. Cheers, ParvatiBai 22:25, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

The section needs sources. Period. —ScouterSig 05:15, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Would it help if strips from Frazz and C&H were compared side by side? A lot of the conversations I see between Frazz and Caulfield are extremely reminiscient of Calvin's converstions with Hobbes and his father, with Caulfield taking the place of Calvin and Frazz being Hobbes or the father.

Also, you can't deny the similarity between the two characters appearence. When I saw my first Frazz comic, I instantly thought it was a C&H continuation, and I still consider it to be one. The continuity and humor style matches too perfectly. 72.235.160.192 (talk) 04:08, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The Frazz was also a 60's-style rock band from Seattle that was very popular in the club scene in the 1980's

The band predates the comic strip by a decade

[edit] Character named Kara

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)

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)