The Boondocks: Because I Know You Don't Read the Newspaper

Aaron McGruder

Dec 2012 · Andrews McMeel Publishing

About this ebook

The first anthology of the beloved comic strip that inspired the critically acclaimed Cartoon Network show.

In 1999, Aaron McGruder launched a cultural phenomenon with his smart and bitingly satirical comic strip, The Boondocks. It centers on 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. In this first collection of Boondocks cartoons, you'll discover the funny yet revealing combination of superb art and envelope-pushing content in one of the most unique strips ever.

Ratings and reviews

Racism has been a difficult-to-handle matter, so one might result to evading it as far as possible. Though in form of a comic, to the Boondocks through Riley and Huey lay out two different examples of dealing with racial differences on a daily basis. Definitely worth the read.

I like the show, and having read this, I have more knowledge of the characters. And Aaron truly was a poet when it came to common racial sense. Highly recommend for Bonndocks fans.

I love,this book and the show im still waiting for the new episode but you know gots to be patient

About the author

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.