Career
While in high school, Mallett created a comic strip for his local newspaper, the Big Rapids, Michigan, Pioneer. After becoming a graphic artist, he worked in that capacity for regional newspapers, the Grand Rapids Press and the Flint Journal. He then worked in Lansing as art director and editorial cartoonist for Booth Newspapers' Capital Bureau. Afterwards, Mallett left the commercial world to concentrate on Frazz full-time.
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