JumpStart by Robb Armstrong for July 22, 2013

I need one of those.

Sunny’s got you there, Jojo!

Wow! She has a signed document! lol

You ARE the boss of me…

I went to our annual work picnic a while back and was in the sun all day. When we went back to work on Monday and I took off my sunglasses and was about to put on my safety glasses. A lot of my white co-workers were astonished to see how much darker my face had gotten except around where my sunglasses were. Back then we were not aware of melanoma. Just thought we could tolerate more sun because of where we originate from. Thank goodness scientist found that having more pigment didn’t stop skin cancer.

I thought she got that role when Jojo was born

Aw man!

Well thanks for educating me. My black inlaws never mentioned it and it never occurred to me to ask.

I didn’t know black people used sunscreen

Uh….no. Extra darkness does not,repeat,NOT equal extended protection from deep frying. I speak with expertise in my long life as a professional Black Person.

Ouch!

“Olivet”? WHO names their kid “Olivet”?!? “Olive” isn’t exotic enough for you??

Oh, sorry – no Olivet in today’s strip. My bad… I’ll be back.

On July 17th My strip contained a colorist’s error. Marcy’s mother, “Maureen” is depicted as white. I have heard from readers all across the country who are confused by this mistake. I promise to work more closely with my colorists at my syndicate to maintain consistency in the characters of “JumpStart”. -Robb Armstrong

in fact, white skin is a birth defect caused by a defective gene. It is beneficial in high latitudes because it allows the body to synthesize Vitamin D more easily but gives less protection from ultraviolet radiation.-Here I am stuck with pasty skin.