![]() Hence this book is not only a retrospective of this decade's most impressive comic strips, but also a sharp reminder of shifting public opinion. What is especially striking is the outrage over McGruder's early criticism of the Bush administration's response to the 9/11 attacks. Five collections of The Boondocks have been published: All The Rage. This leads to Part III, “The Controversy,” which reprints many of the strips from 1999 onward that various newspaper editors refused to run. Aaron Vincent McGruder (born May 29, 1974) is an American writer, cartoonist, and producer. These allow McGruder to express his political opinions more openly and point to various controversies that the strip aroused. ![]() Part II, “The Media,” consists primarily of interviews with McGruder from newspapers, magazines and television. The first section of the book collects characteristically witty Boondocks strips from 2003 through 2005 on topics ranging from Iraq and Hurricane Katrina to the frustrations of computer help lines and the inanity of newly concocted slang. ![]() This new collection serves as a farewell to the series' comics incarnation and takes a very unusual form. ![]() The strip ended in 2006, following its debut as an animated series on Comedy Central's Adult Swim Since it started national syndication in 1999, McGruder's comic strip has been famous for its sharp satiric perspective on African-American culture. ![]()
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