About the Author
Robb Armstrong's "JumpStart" is syndicated in more than 150 newspapers across the countryincluding the
New York Daily News, the
Los Angeles Times, the
Philadelphia Inquirer, and the
Chicago Tribunewinning him national praise and attention for his positive, realistic portrayals of African-Americans. A frequent lecturer to school groups, he lives with his wife and daughter in Philadelphia.
Bruce Smith was most recently animation co-director for Warner Brothers' basketball blockbuster Space Jam. He served as an animator for Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, was the animation director for HBO children's series Happily Ever After...Fairy Tales for Every CHuild, a multiracial, multiethnic retelling of many of childhood's favorite fairy tales, and directed the animated feature Bebe's Kids. He is currently supervising the animation for Disney's forthcoming Tarzan.