12/27/2006 Team

Subaru-Gary Fisher Riders JHK and Irmiger Make the Funny Pages

Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski and Heather Irmiger have had a great career to date. It's been years of titles, podiums, overall top finishes, worldwide races, photo shoots, and interviews. It's the sort of exposure cycling's elite racers receive. However, even among the elite racers, very few can claim to be immortalized in the Sunday newspaper's funny pages.

Jeremy and Heather were name checked (subtly) in a recent "Frazz" comic strip by comic creator Jeff Mallett. The comic strip features Frazz as the hip school janitor/rock musician/bike racer and a couple of kids named "Heather" and "Jeremy" in trouble for racing their bikes in the school's hallways. The comic appeared in papers nationwide on December 16, 2006. For those who missed it, it can be viewed here.

The subtle, insider's reference to the biking power couple makes sense given that "Frazz" creator is a mountain biker as well.

As for non-comic endeavors, Jeremy and Heather are busying themselves this off-season with appearances in Outside Magazine, Velo News, and, of course, training for the upcoming 2007 season.