Armstrong attended Syracuse University, where in 1982 he created a popular comic strip in the student newspaper The Daily Orange, called Hector.
After having no success in attempting to syndicate Hector, Armstrong then transitioned it into Jump Start,[4] which was designed to have a broader appeal than the earlier strip.
Jump Start's main characters are Joe and Marcy Cobb, and their children Sunny, Jojo and twins Tommi and Teddy.
In November 2014, 20th Century Fox and Aaron Kaplan's Kapital Entertainment announced a project to develop a live-action television series based on Jump Start.
[9] In March 2023, it was announced that Terry Crews would portray Joe Cobb and that Phill Lewis would direct and executive produce the pilot.