An advocate for education who talks to over 5,000 students a year, Armstrong held his audience spellbound for about an hour as he talked about his family, his friends and the hard choices he had to make to pursue his passion as a cartoonist.

“Whatever you’re going to do, I suggest you get started,” he advised.

Robb Armstrong

Also: More news from San Diego – Del Rey will publish a manga in 2008 based on the life of blues legend Robert Johnson. I’ve looked, and there’s not much more detail on this story at this time, so you know as much as I do. Thanks to Katherine Dacey-Tsuei for the tip.