Packed with humor and heart, JumpStart is a modern comic strip with a classic feel. At the core of the JumpStart family is Joe Cobb, a big-city cop, and his wife, Marcy, a nurse in a bustling Philadelphia hospital. Their jobs are easy compared to the challenge of raising four kids. At the end of the day, Joe and Marcy want what we all want: a good night's sleep. Their oldest, Sunny, is an avid reader who can answer your questions before you have time to do a Google search. Her brother, Jojo (aka Joseph Cobb, Jr.), has aspirations of being president. In fact, he already is president — of his second-grade class. Joe and Marcy's newest surprise additions are the twins, Tommi and Teddy. This talkative pair began conversing in the womb and are still going strong. Imagine what they'll say when they actually learn to speak! Rounding out the cast is Crunchy, a grouchy but warm-hearted police officer who is Joe's partner, and a host of extended family members and friends. You'll enjoy the wit and wisdom of this colorful, unpredictable cast, which includes the antics of in-laws, co-workers, a 6-year-old doctor, and a texting dog named Snoog-A-Boo.
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Joe Vanilla by Mark Litzler
Just Say Uncle by Dan Pavelich
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simpsonfan2 said, 2 months ago
5,410,500 minted, worth a couple hundred or so if in nice condition.
AKHenderson
said, 2 months ago
“Don’t book him, Dad-o!”
chuck rios said, 2 months ago
robb armstrong seriously should make this strip a sitcom…
tsandl said, 2 months ago
@simpsonfan2
Actually there are only 5 known 1913 liberty head nickels, and every time gramps picks it up like he is shown here, he’s probably knocking tens of thousands off its value.
AshburnStadium said, 2 months ago
@simpsonfan2
I actually found that very nickel (the 1894) in a newspaper vending machine’s coin return in Trenton, New Jersey a few years back. It’s the rarest of all the legal Liberty-head nickels.
My nickel, as well as the illegal 1913 nickels, were both made in Philadelphia, where the flagship U.S. Mint is located.
I am a direct maternal descendant of Peter Filatreu Cross, assistant engraver to James B. Longacre. Cross designed the reverse of the 1849 $1 gold coin, the smallest coin in American history, even smaller than a dime.
Cross lived from October 6, 1815 – October 13, 1862, according to our cemetery records, although the Mint lists him as living from 1820-1858. He appears in the 1860 U.S. Census.
AshburnStadium said, 2 months ago
@tsandl
There are 5 known genuine 1913 Liberty head nickels. There are knockoffs, too!
One of those five (the “Olsen specimen”) appeared as the title subject in the original Hawaii Five-O episode, “The $100,000 Nickel,” which aired in December 1973.
It sold for $3,737,500 in January 2010.
AshburnStadium said, 2 months ago
@tsandl
The “Walton specimen” of the 1913 nickels is scheduled to go up for auction on April 25, 2013. It is expected to fetch as much as $5,000,000.
ghostkeeper said, 2 months ago
Wait a minute! The guy has a 1913 Liiberty Head nickel?!?!?!? And he’s just holding it in a hand?!?!?!?
CharlieTuba
said, 2 months ago
The 5 – 0? This strip takes place in Philadelphia not Hawaii.
hippogriff said, 2 months ago
CharlieTuba: Unfortunately it has become international. I heard it on a British detective show, set in Manchester.
bevgrey said, 2 months ago
@hippogriff
It has been street slang for a few years now, so it’s slowly creeping into everyday language.
Gokie5 said, 2 months ago
@AshburnStadium
Wow.
simpsonfan2 said, 2 months ago
@AshburnStadium
I remember that episode. The guy switched his fake, had to put the real one in a paper machine, it ended up going from person to person a few times, before he gets it back in change. Only in ‘Hollywood’.
simpsonfan2 said, 2 months ago
@AshburnStadium
I recall you mentioned your ancestor before, pretty cool. My Great-Grandfather made paper money. Too bad he was self-employed, the Treasurey Department took a dim view of his activities.