JumpStart by Robb Armstrong for October 02, 2023

Happy anniversary!!

18 year old babies. Must be Elves. ;-)

They are real!

October 2 1989? 34 years ago?

Happy Anniersary, Robb! Thanks for the stories and the jokes! Although I am not sure if Joe’s Mom driving constitutes a joke or a horror story…

Not sure what the anniversary is, but I grew up with these comics back in the ‘90s when I was a kid. Whatever the 34 years is about, it’s well deserved!

wow. this “new” strip i follow. when did this happen?? i had just transferred to my final duty station before retirement— just before desert storm/OIF.

You’ve been a regular part of my morning almost since the beginning (the strip’s, not mine!). Thanks!

Congratulations, Mr. Armstrong.

I was still living in Philly at the time, so I got to follow almost from the beginning – or at least whenever the Inquirer picked it up! <3

They are the most loving couple, parents and grandparents that I’ve ever seen.

Why is Sunny shown as “30”? She was in the first week of the strip.

One of your best jobs, Robb!

So Sunny 30, Mortimer 8, the Twins 18, is that it? JS for JumpStart 34 years. Any other hidden messages? But I find it hard to believe that the strip was 4 years without Sunny. I have the backstory of how Joe and Marcy met in high school, but I thought that was a flashback after the strip was released.

Congratulations on 18 years. Really enjoy your strip. Well, written and no controversy

Thank you, Mr Armstrong, for such a wonderful, innovative, heartfelt strip! Wishiing you many more years for us all to enjoy!!

Happy Anniversary, and thank you, Mr. Armstrong!!

Buy ’em a snow globes and call it good.

And Peanuts began on October 2 also! Only in 1950.

Robb Armstong. Terrific talent… and a true gentleman.

This strip jumped the shark when the billionaire woman showed up.

Congratulations, I’ve been reading you since the Daily Orange

Which reminds me – where is Mortimer? What has he been up to?

Congratulations!

I love Curtis, too!

I’m awed by how much stuff you put in one panel, Mr Armstrong.

Congratulations, Mr. Armstrong! Yours is in my top five favorite strips and is actually in the second position on my reading list. I truly enjoy your cast of characters. Keep up the good work, sir!

Happy Anniversary! I love this strip!

Happy Anniversary, & thank you for this wonderful comic strip. I started reading it in it’s earliest days, then moved to an area where it wasn’t distributed just after Sunny was born. When I finally found it again, there were four kids! Thank goodness for the Internet & Gocomics now.

I just found this comic about 5 years ago and it is now one of my favorites!! I eagerly look forward to reading it on GoComics each day.

Is this a major comic strip anniversary?

The Dallas Morning News used to carry this strip but dropped it many years ago. I hunted it down on GoComics and have loved reading it ever since. Thank you for such a good strip!

Every day is special.

(Many just don’t notice.)

Robb, you are a keen observer of human nature in all our realness, quirks, goofiness, et al, otherwise your strip would never have lasted this long. I still like Marcy’s first hair, not straightened. Been reading you for whenever the Patriot News had picked you up. Keep it up for as long you are able.

Happy anniversary, Jumpstart! ヾ(⌐■_■)ノ♪

I remember Joe and Marcy back when they were in an apartment, with that irascible little old lady neighbor. I always wondered whatever happened to her.

Hate to burst a bubble—-but I believe the Waldorf-Astoria has been shuttered for a t least three years.

A Chinese firm bought it with the intention of making it half-residential—-and promptly went bankrupt.

Joe’s folks might enjoy having the whole hotel to themselves—-until they realize there’s no bellhops or food service.And then Jack Nicholson shows up….

Thank you for your humourous, unpredictable, never phoned in, comic!!

Happy anniversary. I love the art and the stories. ❤️

keep it comin’!

Thank you for bringing the wonderful Cobb family to our family.

My grandfather was a photo engraver at the NY Herald. He did the plates for the comics (and worked overnight), so comic strips have always been a big part of my life.

Happy anniversary!

Happy Anniversary to you and the Jumpstart Family! May you have many more years of showing a positive family attitude.

I LOVE NYC…. Great storyline

Happy Anniversary to you and thank you.

I read your daily and Saturday strips in “Newsday”, but since they do not carry you in their Sunday papers, I come here to to read them!