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Armstrong strongly believes that the more that people get involved in kids' lives, the better the world will be. And he doesn't just talk about doing something. His calendar is filled with speaking engagements at schools, churches and libraries throughout the U.S., where he motivates young people with the story of his own success, and how they too can succeed if they stay in school and work towards their goals. Armstrong has been recognized by Nestle's "Men of Courage" program for his community involvement, and he also appears with Joe, Marcy and Wynton Marsalis in a Scholastic mentoring video and book that are used in classrooms to help motivate young people.
Armstrong, his wife Sherry and their baby daughter live near
Philadelphia. Although creating Jump Start keeps Armstrong busy,
in his leisure time he enjoys TV, movies, stand-up comedy and sharing his drawings with
kids.
author bio above obtained in part from The Comic Zone�, part of United Media's
site on the World Wide Web (http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/
).
Read a fascinating interview of Robb Armstrong at:
http://www.abouttimemag.com/separt.html
Title:
Got
Game?
Bruce Smith (Illustrator)
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, Incorporated
Date Published: June 1998
Format: Trade Paper
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Title: Runnin'
with the Big Dawgs
Bruce Smith (Illustrator)
Publisher: Harper Collins
Date Published: April 1998
Format: Trade Paper
When Patrick first meets Dikembe--the new kid in town--he's really pumped to have a new
player on his team. He and Dikembe see eye to eye on just about everything. There's only
one problem. Patrick's team, the Sky Walkers, say Dikembe just doesn't have the skills to
run the drills. When they tell Dikembe to walk, Patrick has to choose: will he dis his
team or his new best friend?
Jump Start
The jump Start comic strip appears in more than 250
newspapers
Date Published: September 1997
Format: Trade Paper
Title: Drew
and the Bub Daddy Showdown
Date Published: May 1996
Format: Trade Paper
When the cast comes off Drew's broken arm, he finds to his amazement that he can draw.
Soon he's writing and illustrating The Adventures of Mason Stone, comic-book adventures
that bring him instant grade-school fame. Drew loves his new celebrity--until he learns
about its drawbacks
Title: In
Your Face!
Bruce Smith (Illustrator)
Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers, Incorporated
Date Published: April 1998
Format: Trade Paper
Patrick, Dikembe, and Alonzo have a big game coming up against the Warriors, the meanest,
toughest team in Thompsonville. Zo can't wait. He wants to destroy the other side, and
he's got the slams to do it, too! But Zo ventures a little too far out of bounds this
time. All the trash talk on the court really brings Patrick down. Can he step up his game
and get things under control before Zo and the others turn things into an all-out brawl?
