Jump Start (comic)
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Jump Start is a daily comic strip by cartoonist Robb Armstrong. It portrays the trials and tribulations of young African American couple Joe and Marcy Cobb as they try to balance the demands of work and raising their young children, Sunny and Jojo. It is syndicated by United Feature Syndicate.
Robb Armstrong set out to portray young black couples from his own experience. In Marcy and Joe the reader sees an average middle class couple, busy with work and raising a family. Armstrong says, "The image of young blacks is so skewed, so false. I don't know anybody who's carjacking, playing basketball, rapping. Joe and Marcy and the characters I've developed are deep and based on real life."
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List of characters
The Cobb family
Joseph "Joe" Cobb Sr. is a father, loving husband and hard-working city police officer.
Marcy Cobb is a fun, young and caring mother, a loving wife and a busy and dedicated nurse.
Sunny Cobb is the upbeat, intelligent daughter of Joe and Marcy. She is addicted to macaroni and cheese. She is a good big sister to Jojo, but still knows how to use that older sibling power.
Joseph "Jojo" Cobb Jr. is the youngest member of the Cobb family. A budding leader with an active imagination, Jojo makes it his business to cause the havoc expected of little brothers.
Recurring characters
- Crunchy is Joe Cobb's partner at the police department. Grumpy and grouchy, he is nevertheless a good man and a dedicated police officer.
- Dot Cobb is Joe's mother. She is a menace on the roads, a fun and upbeat mother and an adoring grandmother.
- Frank Cobb is Joe's father. An ex-police officer, he now spends his time knowing everything about the comic strip "Klondike Ike".
- Maureen is Marcy's mother.
- Benny is one of Jojo's friends from school.
Jump Start book
- Jump Start (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0836236610/qid=1094577132/sr=ka-1/ref=pd_ka_1/002-3722281-3915263) (1997)
External links
- Jump Start on United Media (http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/jumpstart/index.html)
- United Feature Syndicate (http://www.unitedfeatures.com)