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The Boondocks took the syndication world by storm. The notoriety landed Boondocks creator Aaron McGruder in publications ranging from Time magazine to People magazine which named him one of the "25 Most Intriguing People of '99. Centered around the experiences of two young African-American boys, Huey and Riley, who move from inner-city Chicago to the suburbs (or the "boondocks" to them), the strip fuses hip-hop sensibilities with Japanese anime-style drawings and a candid discussion of race. Funny yet revealing, the combination of superb art and envelope-pushing content provides one of the most unique strips ever.
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McGruder has become a widely heard and respected commentator on race, politics, and entertainment. The cartoonist was born in Chicago but grew up in racially diverse Columbia, Maryland. The Boondocks first saw print in the student newspaper at the University of Maryland where he majored in Afro-American studies.
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RILEY, WE'RE NOT IN CHICAGO ANYMORE... Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt | Back Cover
RILEY, WE'RE NOT IN CHICAGO ANYMORE... Read the first page
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McGruder's Best,
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This review is from: The Boondocks: Because I Know You Don't Read the Newspaper (Paperback)
The Boondocks is without a doubt, my favorite comic strip. Aaron McGruder is at his best in the beginning of the Boondocks series, when the strips didn't just center around politics. The transition from the inner city of Chicago to mostly white suburbs is shown with biting and brillant humor through the eyes of ten year old Huey Freeman. Mocking everything from the NAACP to BET to world leaders, McGruder makes Huey seem very observant and intelligent, without becoming too much of a smart aleck.
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Where he's coming from:,
By "probethestacks" (Greenbelt, NASA Goddard) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Boondocks: Because I Know You Don't Read the Newspaper (Paperback)
I have followed the comic strip for sometime. I continue to enjoy it more and more as the author/artist continues to tackle each current events issue. I saw the artist on C-Span some months ago address an audience of high school aged young achiever/future leaders. He is (please pardon the lame media label) a new millenium
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I KNOW WHO OTIS REDDING IS,
This review is from: The Boondocks: Because I Know You Don't Read the Newspaper (Paperback)
I was lucky enough to run across this strip early on in it's existence (mid '99). I was about ready to give up on the daily comics as it'd become pretty much a bland wasteland of tired, generic space filler in the absence of Calvin & Hobbes. What a breath of fresh air McGruder has turned out to be. This is an excellent first collection of his groundbreaking daily strips. On his dedication page, he mentions Breathed, Schultz, Trudeau, and Watterson. In the future, I can see him being mentioned in the same breath. Now if only he would make the animated Kwanzaa special that he has Tom DuBois lamenting that Sparky will never get to. By the way Aaron, we always called it "BPT" not "CPT" (page 115).
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