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Summary: I may be a racist who hides behind conservative politics...
Review: ...but I love Aaron McGruder! I can't wait until the Boondocks' website is in operation again, so I can hook up with my playmates Captain America, or watermelon boy! Aaron McGruser is the best thing to happen to my empty existence since forced bussing!
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Summary: Socialists Strike Back!
Review: The Boondocks is just what our screwed up country needs right now. SOMEONE needs to speak for the leftists, and if that person is McGruder, alright then.
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Summary: Down in the dumps
Review: I still read The Boondocks regularly, and I just recently got the opportunity to look at this latest edition of The Boondocks comic colletion.I agree with most of the negative reviews being made against this 3rd edition. The Boondocks has failed to live up to its own standards in the past 3 years, and reading it now has become somewhat painful. Nearly all of what has made the comic strip so enjoyable at the beginning has faded...far over the horizon. The Boondocks has always had the main theme about propoganda towards current conditions of the Black community in America. Aaron McGruder was once able to deliver hot topics in a way that was not only true but also funny. It was done with the central character, Huey, and his output to society (his family, friends, and elders, and sometimes some unsuspecting strangers). The Boondocks even sprinkled in some miscellaneous humor in between. My personal favorites were strips involving conflict over Jazmine's biracial identity. This style was what made the comic strip so colorful during its first two years. But all of that was gradually taken away only three years ago. Nowadays, The Boondocks makes persistent attacks against G.W. Bush, who became our [cheat] President only a couple months before the earliest stages of this strip's deterioration began. I agree that Bush is a jerk, but the way The Boondocks has expressed that is not only repetitive, but just boring. It also makes repeated attacks against practically ANY Black person under fire at the time, but none more than Michael Jackson. These repeated criticism is most certainly NOT needed; Jackson is eccentric from every angle, but he doesn't deserve to be in jail. I'm also disappointed in the annual "Embarrassing Black People Award" ceremonies that they've been having for the past 2 years. What McGruder doesn't realize is that it's not just Blacks, but TONS of celebrites, regardless of background, do silly things to get in trouble every year. Making an award out of it is as annoying and pointless as the Razzie Award. The worst thing about The Boondocks' downfall is that around the time the strip was first slipping, it began to serverely cut down on the number of characters it uses. All of the supporting characters we've seen from the beginning would only be seen once every several months, until they just disappeared altogether. They would only reappear in The Boondocks' all-too frequent repeats. When was the last time we saw Jazmine? Cindy? The DuBois Family? The Star Wars Guy? The teachers from school? Nowadays, it's mostly just Huey and Ceasar with a side of Riley and Granddad Freeman. All Huey and Ceasar ever do anymore is complain endlessly about the hot topic, having little real justification toward their targets. Riley is currently a fragment of the menace we were once introduced to. Granddad, although not appearing too often, is practically the last enjoyable character left in this wasteland. This is all because of the characters' refusal to go anywhere, or really do anything fun anymore. No longer do the remaining kids go to school, or their local theatre. No more visual or side humor like the old days. They either stay at home, or go to an open field somewhere, along with their DULL conversations. Unfortunaltely, The Boondocks has been undergoing an inward process of deterioration, and along with that, the credibility of its propogandic theme has become questionable. All of this seems to be reflecting Aaron McGruder's own philosophy, which seems to have diminished significantly over the past 3 years. No longer are we reading the realistic yet funny Boondocks that we were introduced with, but instead, a cold and cynnical embarrasment to our local comic papers. The Boondocks exemplifies one of my major gripes against cartooning today. While I applaud Blacks becoming more involved in the comic strip and/or animation media, the propoganda that many have brought with them has become very unwelcoming. Aaron McGruder is right about the racism we are still facing, but I hate it when that issue is taken to an extreme (for some non-Islamic Black groups, just about ANYTHING Whites do to Blacks can be registered as racism). If Blacks are going to become more involved in cartooning, they are eventually going to have to understand that cartoons are made neither for "revenge against the White Man", or "scorn for Blacks that aren't 'Black' enough", but just for pure, social entertainment. Again, those who've given this 3rd edition of The Boondocks comic strip collection thumbs down are right. The Boondocks is now a far cry from the spectacular comic strip that many of us fell in love with at the start. Currently, a selection of non-propogandic, character-driven comics out there (like Garfield, Mutts, and 9 Chickweed Lane) have proven themselves much more worthy of reading than The Boondocks.
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Summary: Read Dummy
Review: McGruder is simply hilarious. This is a great comic book for Boondocks fans and anyone else capable of reading. From rap culture, to the government, to holidays, and family life, as well as everything else in between, nothing is safe from the comedic genius of this series.
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Summary: Political, sophisticated, complex... and its a cartoon!
Review: Firstly, let's get this out of the way: everyone who whines that this comic is 'too angry' or 'didn't make them feel good' or it has an agenda or is Leftist, you're right. Rush Limpball fans get to be as angry and hatefilled (which McGruder's characters are not) and filthy as they want. Anne Coulter is taken seriously, even though she is a complete hack, liar, distortionist and dirtbag. The same for the Fox News-types. What's more, they aren't funny except in the most hateful ways. Apparently that is ok because they are to the Right. Way to the Right. Not 'So far to the Right they are Left' Right, but 'Welcome to your next stop, Homeland Security Detention centers for anyone who acts on ideas of resistance to the powers that be.' But Aaron McGruder is too angry? I don't think so. Compared to Fox News or the mainstream media, McGruder is a savagely funny, critical, challenging voice, and not frothing, hysterical shock-jock rage. His portrayals are sharp and well-considered. And yes, political. And that is great! I applaud McGruder as an artist, for once again showing that art and politics are not mutually exclusive. Now if he could just be a little angrier and more Left... Secondly, Huey is great, but so are all of the characters. The grandfather is hilarious, and not unlike my own grandfather in many ways (except that my grandfather is white.) But that mix of curmudgeonly, feeling a bit bypassed, a bit harassed by the real and perceived lack of respect, but also not entirely conservative either and certainly still the adult in charge. There is a sense of moral outrage that sits alongside having survived for 6 or 7 decades in a world where that kind of longevity involves some compromises, deep ones. Also, a concern in a way that the kids are too worldly for their own good. Keep writing, Mr. McGruder. I guarantee you we will keep reading.
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Summary: One of the best observers of our time
Review: The reality is that Arron M is a great observer of our times. How sad that we have come to teh stage in our life that democracy now means agree with me or you are a traitor! Well I guess that is what you get when the President is elected by the Supreme Court and not the people. Not only should you read and enjoy this book..you should buy it for friends whether they are of like mind (which in this case means free to think for themsleves) or they are Right Wing Jerry Faldwell loving fanatics! Either way..you would have enlightened another soul to the thoughts of pure great satire and free speech!!
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Summary: One of the best, and most important comic strips today
Review: McGruder has his finger on the pulse of society, a great sense of comedic timing and a wonderful talent for characterization. Boondocks is every bit as important as Doonesbury ever was. I kind of miss some of the supporting characters from the first two years, but with gems like "the hunt for a boyfriend for Condy Rice" I don't really care. Consume large quantities!
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Summary: very funny
Review: Notice how many of the bad reviews here are baseless rants? I'll keep it simple: I think The Boondocks is a very funny cartoon and I enjoyed this book immensely. If you've read the cartoon in the paper and enjoy it, buy this book -- you'll probably enjoy it, too. (By the way, in no way is this book racist towards Asians -- I don't even understand how that nonsense got started.)
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Summary: It's a Comic Strip people!
Review: AM has some talent and some insight, and he's funny. As for the incredible number of whiny reviewers get over yourselves.
What we today would call a "comic strip" originated in the US (Ben Franklin drew one of the first) So as for "stealing asian culture", it looks like maybe asians "stole" it first.
I guess I should be offended if I see an asian wearing Levis, because they're "stealing" western culture? Or if a black person owns a Honda?
There's way too much real injustice in the world to discuss without lowering the level of discourse with Shopping Mall Politcal Correctness.
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Summary: the TRUTH
Review: Mouthpiece of the rabid leftwing black liberal. Foaming at the mouth angry. Facts need not apply, only how he "feels" about issues. Serve him up along side Doonesbury and Non-Sequitur. Hate Mongering at it's BEST. Really needs Mallard fillmore by it's side to keep it Fair and Balanced, caused it's really off focus. OFF is more like it. With his venom, he's sure to get a cabinet seat in the Hillary clinton or Carol Mosley Braun Whitehouse. Owes an appology to Condelezza rice.
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