Tesa vs. the Grime Syndicate

Every issue on this site tells the same true story with a comic-book grin: a Jacksonville home or office has a grime problem, and Tesa settles it.

Issue No. 01 · The Grime Syndicate

Motion comic

Watch Issue #1

The whole issue, read aloud and panel by panel. Tap to play — sound on.

Runtime about 5 minutes · Narrated

The story so far

The real milestones, told in issues.

Origin
2022: Tesa opens the doors
Classy Clean of JAX is founded in Jacksonville by Tesa Prescott, owner-operated from day one. Bonded and insured, with every team member background-checked.
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The beat
Homes, then offices, then the tough jobs
Standard and deep cleans for homes, move-in and move-out details, office and retail cleaning, post-construction cleanup and vacation rental turnovers, across Jacksonville, the Beaches, Nocatee and St. Augustine.
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Issue No. 01
Jacksonville's Cleaning Hero
The cover issue. Tesa steps out of the van and onto the homepage, and the Grime Syndicate is introduced for the first time: five household villains, each with one weakness.
Open Issue No. 01
Issues No. 02 to 06
The Rogues Gallery
One mini-issue per villain: Madame Mildew, Baron von Grime, The Dust Bunny King, The Clutter Poltergeist and The Fur Phantom. Six panels each, a case file, and a downloadable PDF.
Meet the cast
Ongoing
Dispatches from the field
Tesa's blog: cleaning tips, Jacksonville coastal home care, and move-in and move-out guides, published on a regular schedule.
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Your issue
The next panel is your house
Every story ends the same way: an instant estimate, a confirmed plan, and cleaning day. Get yours and Tesa handles the rest.
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Character gallery

One hero. Five villains. Each with exactly one weakness.

Hero
Tesa
Tesa shows up and settles it. Bonded and insured. Tesa. Owner. Operator. Grime's worst nightmare.
Read the origin
Issue No. 02
Madame Mildew
Crime: Nine Jacksonville summers and one bathroom fan nobody switched on. She has the shower door, the ceiling corner and the bath mat under contract.
Weakness: Deep Cleaning
Read Damp Ambitions
Issue No. 03
Baron von Grime
Crime: Arrived as a spill somebody promised to wipe up after the meeting. By Friday, the keyboards had surrendered.
Weakness: Office Cleaning
Read The Break Room Coup
Issue No. 04
The Dust Bunny King
Crime: Crowned himself the day the drywall dust settled. Sweep once and the court reassembles overnight.
Weakness: Post-Construction Cleanup
Read Long Live Nobody
Issue No. 05
The Clutter Poltergeist
Crime: Boxes nobody packed. Cables nobody bought. Scuffs nobody remembers making. He drifts from address to address.
Weakness: Move-In / Move-Out Cleaning
Read The Haunted Move-Out
Issue No. 06
The Fur Phantom
Crime: Beloved. Also on every cushion in the house, permanently. Vacuum on Monday; the haunting is back by Thursday.
Weakness: Recurring Standard Cleaning
Read The Truce