Frazz by Jef Mallett for October 31, 2023

Frazz’s costume is “no eyebrows”.

Ford Prefect, a character in the book The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy always carried a towel with him.

I would consider it a great book.

Spaetzle is pretending to be a short Kenyan marathon runner? A bit of a stretch.

On All Hallows’ Eve, Caulfield displays a rarely seen subtlety.

A good costume should make you wonder …

Douglas Adams, The Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: “Always carry a towel”

Very interesting strip as I’m currently in the middle of Life, The Universe and Everything for the umpteenth time.

“Towel Day” is an annual celebration on the 25th of May, as a tribute to the late author Douglas Adams (1952-2001). On that day, fans around the universe carry a towel in his honour.

taken from a discarded Dr. Who script and turned into Mr. Adams masterpiece of sci-fi satire, I do believe Caulfield hit the mark, however a bathrobe, perhaps?

Now, Caulfield is taking after Linus!

As Ford did…

A Kenyan marathon runner and the Marvel comicbook hero The Wizzer – two speedsters!

Frazz has hair like Wallace the Brave

Hey, you suss that hoopy Caulfield?

Ah, a truly Great book as opposed to a heavy tome by a centuries dead old white guy, excellent choice.

Good heavens! I got one!

He’s probably also got a toothbrush, washcloth, soap, tin of biscuits, flask, compass, map, ball of string, gnat spray, wet-weather gear, space suit etc., etc.

Frazz is a Wakefield College Demon Deacon! I only know because of an Instagram account that does funny skits about how colleges got their mascots and nicknames.

I am fairly certain Jef is giving a shout out to my other fav, Wallace the Brave!

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Frazz as Wallace the Brave!

Shout out to Wallace!

The funny thing about the Hitchhiker’s Guide is that there are so many different versions of it, several BBC Radio plays, a BBC mini-series, and a movie all written by Adams. Leads one to believe that in the books universe the Question of the meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything to which the answer is 42 was figured out leading to the universe resetting.

In the meantime… what is Frazz supposed to be??

I get it… He’s an Itowelian!

He is indeed a hoopy frood! :-)

He’s one hoopy frood who knows where his towel’s at.

Hey, I know that goofy haircut! Happy Halloween, Mr. Mallett

Caulfield is one hoopy frood who always knows where his towel is.

I like Frazz dressed as Wallace the Brave!

I like the shout out to Kiptum

Maybe the towel is a clue!

From the book:you can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal, and of course dry yourself off with it if it still seems to be clean enough.More importantly, a towel has immense psychological value. For some reason, if a strag (strag: non-hitchhiker) discovers that a hitchhiker has his towel with him, he will automatically assume that he is also in possession of a toothbrush, washcloth, soap, tin of biscuits, flask, compass, map, ball of string, gnat spray, wet-weather gear, space suit etc., etc. Further-more, the strag will then happily lend the hitchhiker any of these or a dozen other items that the hitchhiker might accidentally have “lost.” What the strag will think is that any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the Galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through and still know where his towel is, is clearly a man to be reckoned with.Hence a phrase that has passed into hitchhiking slang, as in “Hey, you sass that hoopy Ford Prefect?There’s a frood who really knows where his towel is.” (Sass: know, be aware of, meet,

I got Caulfield. But who are the other two dressed as?

R.I.P. Douglas…travel the Universe with your towel around your shoulders, and your thumb raised for a ride……

Are you sure Halloween isn’t Thursday? I never could get the hang of Thursday.

I actually used that idea for a costume myself many years ago: a towel, a bathrobe and, of course, a copy of the book covered in a big home-brew dust jacket with “Don’t Panic” in large friendly letters on the cover.

from wikipedia: Kelvin Kiptum Cheruiyot (born 2 December 1999)4 is a Kenyan long-distance runner and the marathon world record holder. Kiptum is the only person in history to run the marathon in under two hours and one minute in a record-eligible race.Between December 2022 and October 2023, Kiptum ran three of the top six fastest marathons in history in less than a year. In doing so, he also set new Course Records in all three races he competed in.

It’s obvious he’s a galactic hitchhiker! At least obvious to a Dougie Adams fan. :D Never leave home without your wonderful towel!

I won an argument at a geek convention with the phrase “But I know where my towel is.”

Time and space travel are not possible without a towel, or a Tardis, depending on your genre.

I love THGTTG. And I still didn’t get it. Thank you comments.

At least he knows where his towel is.

I was surprised that Frazz wasn’t wearing the Kiptum costume but that probably would’ve been obvious and since Principle Spaetzle did do his virtual long trail hike that could be a nod to Kiptum as long distance runner.

How about adding a pair of Joo Janta 200 Super-Chromatic Peril Sensitive Sunglasses.

I particularly enjoy Frazz’s Wallace the Brave costume.

A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is, is clearly a man to be reckoned with.-Douglas Adams