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JumpStart by Robb Armstrong for October 16, 2016
Transcript:
I love the changing of the seasons, son! I will not allow you to suffer another winter on the streets of philly! I hear the streets of LA are nice! I appreciate the way you've protected my home, Ray! This isn't a "home" ma! I rage about you all the time! What have I ever done thats worth bragging about? When I was assaulted, you showed that man a thing or two! Ha! which is why I was sent to prison, Ma.... you saved my life, Ray? Ma...I can't be around you 24/7 beating up people... SO Im giving you marshmallow.
Tue Elung-Jensen over 8 years ago
Aaw, but he loves that dog.
Sir Ruddy Blighter over 8 years ago
This is one of my favorite comics, but I canât keep up with all the secondary, and tertiary charactersâŠthey seem pretty distant from Joe and Marcyârelationship-wise and storyline-wise. I know that new characters can breathe life into a strip, adding new plot possibilities and growth, but there are so many in âJump Startâ now, I canât keep track of them all, or why I should care about them.
Most comic strips are sort of a âclosed worldâ, where thereâs a handful of main characters with occasional walk-ons, like âGarfieldâsâ Nermal and Aileen, or âGet Fuzzyâsâ oddball cat visitors, or Andy Cappâs Guitar Bob. But in most cases, those characters visit the main characters in the main universe; we rarely leave the main universe to see whatâs going on in other peopleâs lives. This strip leaves its main universe all the time, to the point where itâs disconcerting and feels like a spin off strip.
I know, I knowâŠâwhy donât you just stop reading it?â
I still love the main universe comic, so Iâll always check in, to see if thatâs whatâs here that day.
Charlie Fogwhistle over 8 years ago
Nothing more expensive than a free dog.
Retired Dude over 8 years ago
Street people with dogs have them for companionship, itâs true, but I think mainly the dog is for protection. Not all street people are as benign as Rayâs mom.
doris sloan over 8 years ago
Sure would be nice if the asylums were opened again to help these people instead of stuffing them in dangerous âsheltersâ and letting them live on the street. A society that doesnât look out for itâs mentally ill is a sorry society.
eb110americana over 8 years ago
Oh, hey Marshmallow!
hippogriff over 8 years ago
rekam
Some of the blame falls on the hospitals. The professional groupsâ plan was to take the non-violent out of these warehouses and treat them on an out-patient basis while they could be productive citizens. Reagan never funded the out-patient structure, and the warehouses just gave their inmates a bus ticket to the nearest big city without even instructions, much less facilities for transition.
David Huie Green LikeNobody'sEverSeen over 8 years ago
This is a good strip today.
It shows the general cause of Rayâs legal troubles and the tear as he gives his most precious possession to help his mother.
Nicole â« â±âż ââżââżâ°â« Premium Member over 8 years ago
Wasnât he called a âpsychopathâ in earlier comics? I donât see why he would be labeled that. So far, heâs shown no signs of that.
Kirk Barnes Premium Member over 8 years ago
Nah, Nicole, This is a âDemocratâ comic. It believes everyone can be reformed. (All tongue-in-cheek, in the spirit of the election seasonâŠ.)