Chemgal sends in this first Monday Frazz comic, so we can start guessing what Caulfield is going to dress up as for Halloween.
Tuesday’s not much help.
And now, day 3:
Day 4: our last clue.
And the winner is ….
That matchless short story, Jack London’s “To Build a Fire”, was mentioned earlier, so take a bow on that guess.
I guessed Shackleton earlier, but that’s Frazz’s costume, not Caulfield’s. In fact, Caulfield himself isn’t in costume, which seems to bend the rules a bit.
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“Snow Falling on Cedars”? Yeah, it’s a reach.
so, frazz is shackleton. what does that make caulfield?
As he authored the vignette, Jack London perhaps.
Thank you for the link to the Jack London story. I read it in high school, but forgot the author and the title, which made it a little difficult to find again. It’s the kind of story that stays with you.