| The Boondocks | |
|---|---|
&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Boondockscast.jpg) Boondocks cast. Clockwise from top: Huey Freeman, Michael Caesar, Hiro Otomo, Riley Freeman, Cindy McPhearson and Jazmine DuBois | |
| Author(s) | Aaron McGruder |
| Illustrator(s) | Aaron McGruder Jennifer Seng (2003–2004) Carl Jones (2004–2006) |
| Current status/schedule | Concluded daily strip |
| Launch date | February 8, 1996 |
| Publisher(s) | Three Rivers Press Andrews McMeel Publishing |
| Genre(s) | Satire |
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The Boondocks was a daily syndicated comic strip written and originally drawn by Aaron McGruder that ran from 1996 to 2006. Created by McGruder in 1996 for Hitlist.com, an early online music website,[1] it was printed in the monthly hip hop magazine The Source in 1997. As it gained popularity, the comic strip was picked up by the Universal Press Syndicate and made its national debut on April 19, 1999. A popular and controversial strip, The Boondocks satirizes African American culture and American politics as seen through the eyes of young African American radical Huey Freeman. McGruder's syndicate said it was among the biggest launches the company ever had.[2]
- ^ Raphael Satter (November 5, 2002). "Boondocks creator talks about comic strip". The Chicago Maroon. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
- ^ Tom Heintjes (November 8, 2013). "Universal Soldier: The Lee Salem Interview". Hogan's Alley. Retrieved April 23, 2015.