JumpStart by Robb Armstrong for March 10, 2019

Thank you so much Rob. I love your comic! My wife and I were married in 1989 too!

I did not start reading this until several years in. I still get mixed up on who goes where. It is one of my favorites. My local paper does not carry the Sunday ’toon. I really appreciate gocomics.

Is some guy broke into my house stating he was my creator, I’d “sic” him myself.

I’ve been reading this since 1990. Thanks for the years of entertainment, Robb!

I have your first book and I re-read it often. I love the birth of Sunny.

As someone who is married to (a now retired) nurse, I have always had the suspicion that Robb is married to one, too. I have been reading it at least since 1999 when we moved to our present location. A really pleasant and entertaining comic to read. Well, except when Mortimer is attacking Sock Ness…

Thanks Robb, I really enjoy the story. Quirky, fun and not dumbed down. Bob

Robb- Congratulations. Yours is one of my favorite strips. You do a wonderful job with your storylines (and your art too, of course). I hope you have another 30 years to your run!

Robb- I’ll add my congrats to the above. Love your strip and the storylines.

Little hard up for a gag today huh? But, I love it. And congrats on an enjoyable strip.

Oh dear! What you did came back to bite you? They say it will.

I used to read this in the Toronto Sun back in the 90s and started reading it again a couple of years ago here when I realized Jumpstart was same comic and I just forgot the name (because I had to skim the paper fast before work back then) and was amazed by how many characters there are now. Congratz Robb.

Robb, congratulations on thirty years of cartooning.

Happy 30th anniversary! Love JumpStart, such a fav of mine :-) and keep it coming!

Thanks for 30 years of laughs and entertainment Robb!

That was lovely. I’ve been reading you since 97.

Mmmh, looks awfully familar …

I’ve enjoyed this strip for years. Thank you!

Hey, Robb, you and I were at Syracuse at the same time. I was a photog when you were art director of the Daily Orange. I’ll always fondly remember your college strip, “Hector.” Congratulations and thanks for 30 great years of Jump Start!

Darn! I was looking forward to the rest of the explanation! Thanks for a wonderful comic strip, Robb!

Don’t worry – be “Fearless!” Thank you for creating and sharing these incredible characters and stories!

You’ve got some ’splaining to do!

Congratulations, Robb! And , as a native Philadelphian, thanks for portraying our city in such a positive light. BTW, I loved your book, too!

Congratulations, Robb!

Fourth wall denial: hazardous. Don’t hurt him, folks!

YAY! He went to S.U.- from my old hometown! Go Orange!!

he was about to do a family tree for jumpstart, didnt we say something about that a few days back?

That’s all, Folks! Hope you enjoyed it.

That’s what you get for breaking the 4th wall!

I really enjoy this comic! Congratulations on the anniversary and thank you!

Congrats on your 30th Robb!

This is a great strip, Robb….I look forward to it every day. Wishing you many more years!!

Congrats Robb! I look forward to another 30 years!

In “Overboard”, Chip, the cartoonist, often writes himself into the storyline so he doesn’t get attacked by Louie.

Congratulations and thank you.

Biting the hand that creates you?

Thanks for introducing yourself to us fans! Jumpstart is a REALLY creative comic and it’s brilliant in depicting black people and white people as PEOPLE, not sterotypes—and is very entertaining. It’s a gift. May you create it for many years to come!

Some of us would like to see that entire chart, Robb!

Fourth wall broken? Happy anniversary!

Congrats Robb, Love your way of breaking the fourth wall!

I really want that flow chart.

Rob, throughly enjoyed your strips for years. The only nit I have to pick is since the strip is about Philly cops, why do you call them precincts instead of districts.

Congrats! Well done!

On the bright side, Joe is appreciating Mortimer even more now.

And great job, Rob! 30 Years and still going strong.

Wait, I want to see that chart!?!?!?!

You wish you still look that good – you are 57 – yes, I know, “Black don’t Crack”, but come-on

“If you meet the Buddha, kill him.” – Zen koan. (Or just sic your dog on him.)

Darn it, I wanted the flowchart explanation!

Happy Anniversary! I’ve been reading since the beginning and always enjoy it.

Thank you, Robb for an awesome 30 years! The strip is just as fresh as ever…you are amazing!

Seeing the Snoopy and Franklin on the bookshelf, I’m going to assume Charles Schulz and his Peanuts were a big influence for Mr. Armstrong.

Congrats, Mr. Armstrong! Thirty years! Wonderful strip- warm and funny and full of life’s ironies.

Congrats on your 30th year Creator!

Nice to meet you after all these years. Congrats on the anniversary and on the great world you have created.

Keep up tho good work Robb. I love all your characters

I’ve always enjoyed this strip so much. Thanks for everything!

Glad you persisted, Robb!!. Been reading Jump Start since the Minneapolis Star-Tribune (formerly 2 papers, the morning Tribune and afternoon Star) started carrying it, and here since 2011. I’m reading the archive as well, currently on 1997 and 2007.

I have read this for so many years – I love this strip!!!

Thank you, Robb Armstrong!

My husband was born and raised in Philly (Roxborough) and we visited often while his parents were alive. I LOVE Philly! Thank you for bringing back memories of “home” every day!

By the way, our daughter lived there for 4 years and worked at the SPCA In Norristown. We adopted two kittens she rescued, Philly (Phildelphia) and Penny (Pennsylvania). Sounds like that’s where they found Mortimer!

Love your strip, Mr.Armstrong. I have been reading it since day one and now,it’s 30?! Wow, how time flies. As a fellow cartoonist, you inspire me, thank you. Congrats on your 30th!

Looks like Armstrong has read Pearls Before Swine too many times.

30 years?!?!?!?!? It seems like yesterday. Keep up the great work and thank you very very much.

Congrats, Robb! Jumpstart is one of my favorite comics.

He and Brian Crane of Pickles. I hope they don’t retire any time too soon. I really enjoy their strips.

I’ve been reading JumpStart for only a few years and LOVE it. Such fun! Thank you.

Cheers, Mr. Armstrong. I’ve been reading the strip for at least since Sunny’s birth, and have (I think) ALL the books. Wish more would come out!

since you have been doing the strip for decades how about starting “reruns”

Must be how God feels.

One of my favorite strips of all time. Keep up the good work.

Great strip, very good writing. Here’s to another 30 years!

Thank you, Robb Armstrong, for your creation. The extended Cobb/Glover families, as well as their friends and associates, make for a warm circle of people that I wish I was a part of.

Run Robb. RUN!!!! And thank you for JumpStart. It’s a great strip and make me happy everytime.

Lol, you’d think they’d recognize him after all they’ve been through. I loved this Robb and I love Jumpstart so, so much. I’m actually trying to be a nurse just like Marcy so reading about her character, and her experiences in the hospital really did inspire me. Happy 30th-anniversary Jumpstart!!! Here’s for more strips to come :)

rmercer: Don’t say things like that. Here’s to 30 more years!

Rob, is that a flow chart or a genealogy tree? :-)

Robb Armstrong, there are many comic strips I’ve read regularly that I have enjoyed. But you have created a family of people whom I consider to be my friends. Granted, they are fictional, but they strike me as people I would like to know personally.

Hi, Robb, buddy

I can not claim to know when I first started reading your strip, but my favorite arc is still when Joe was tasked with the Duty of getting Sunny ready for Daycare.

And Sunny was thinking, “I love it when Dad takes me! No snaps, no zippers, just a slip-on jump suit” (or something to that effect)

Then it’s time to do her hair — and Joe shouts, “MAYDAY! MAYDAY!”

And the great thing about it is, my daughter was about the same age, and had about the same hair issues! So I could really, really relate.

Today, not being fortunate enough to live in “Cartoon Time”, she’s 30 years old.

Congrats!

@rmercer Do NOT scare us like that again!!!

AHA! Now we know what you look like!

Congratulations, Robb, and thanks for all the smiles over the years.

Happy Anniversary, Robb. LOVE the Franklin doll and Peanuts reference.

Congrats on 30-years, Robb! I think I’ve been reading since the beginning, though in the mid-90s I took a break to do Navy stuff. Sorry, it was impossible to get newspapers when you’re sailing around in boxes in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

And I’ve been with you since the beginning. Happy Aniversary!! Thank you for all the enjoyment you’ve given us over the years!!

“I’ve got the pen in my hand”…Congrats on 30 years!!!!!

You brought that on yourself, Robb.

Thanks for all your wonderful work!

Congratulations Robb!!!

Wow, 30 years! Keep it up Robb!!

Belated congratulations on 30 years! I’ve been following Joe and Marcy since at least Sunny. I love seeing a nurse in the comics. Keep it up!

What a great strip today! Congratulations, Mr. Armstrong!

I LOVE IT!!!!!