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Has anyone read the comic Boondocks? Or has anyone seen the show. I have a Boondocks treasury, and Boondocks recently became part of the Adult Swim lineup. It's an amusing comic/show, though some may find it offensive.

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I wub Boondocks. Never seen the show, but the strip is the spiritual successor of Calvin and Hobbes's political element, just made more specific. It's hilarious and biting and dead on. Wish I got cable at school. :\

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Boondocks has nothing on Calvin & Hobbes. Calvin & Hobbes was lighthearted and cute, Boondocks is in your face and obnoxious. I say obnoxious because the comic is extremely political, which is annoying to begin with, and the comic is extremely left-wing and it's viewpoints hardly match my own. (I'm not a conservative, I'm just not blindly liberal)

So I haven't watched the adult swim cartoon, and it may shift focus slightly so I don't know if it's good or bad. I just know that based on the comic I have no interest in watching it.

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Boondocks is more like Pogo or Non Sequitor in terms of being political (I never thought Calvin and Hobbes had much of a political edge, or at least not an important "political element"), but it's tone and humor are vastly different from those two, so I dunno if there can be a great comparison anywhere with The Boondocks.

I think the strip is pretty good. My favorite comic strips of all time are Calvin and Hobbes, Pogo, and The Far Side, but The Boondocks doesn't come close to those, but it's good for a laugh now again and I'm never really offended by it (but I'm not really terribly offended by anything). I'm rather extremely moderate in my political views, but I laugh at both sides of the political spectrum so Boondocks' mostly-left-winged humor can appeal to me.

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I find it hilarious they had Charlie Murphy voicing a rich dumb white boy gansta wanna be in the cartoon. That sold it for me.

I read the strip back when it first started out, but then it got taken out and I couldn't find it anymore. I'd always figured it just disappeared back then. I never figured anime art would do well in newspaper strips.

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Unfortunately, I've not been able to read much of Boondocks since I don't get the paper much. However, I have loved its artwork, and I really want to see the show.

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Boondocks is interesting.

My first thought when I first saw it was "Black/African-American anime?". I still think it's drawn in a variant of the anime art style.

I thik its content is pretty cool. It's by far not my favorite comic strip (Peanuts still holds it, last time I checked), but it's decent. There are those moments that are obviously political, but then Doonesbury is more prominently political anyways. It isn't that funny all the time either, but heh, whatever.

My rating: B-

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I find it hilarious they had Charlie Murphy voicing a rich dumb white boy gansta wanna be in the cartoon. That sold it for me.

lol, that was awesome. i also like the guy from Friday plays Gran Dad.


i loved the cartoon. i'm just wondering how long before it gets taken off the air.

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Boondocks is pretty good. I often find it a little crass, but some of it is hilarious.

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I find it hilarious they had Charlie Murphy voicing a rich dumb white boy gansta wanna be in the cartoon. That sold it for me.

I'll have to check out the actual show. Has it been on adult swim long?

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Only one episode so far I believe. I can't believe I missed it. I LOVE the Boondocks, and think the show will be hilarious. I'm going to try not to miss it any more.

It's easy for me to love it, though, since I completely agree with Aaron Magruder's politics. Although the strip is still funny now, I still think it was at it's best when he was still into the characters and storylines. Like the one when Riley changes the names of all the street signs in his suburb from things like "Timid Deer Lane" to "Notorious B.I.G. Ave."

If you're a Boondocks fan, I would strongly reccomend "The Birth of a Nation" by Magruder. It's a graphic novel about East St. Louis seceeding from the Union after the 2000 elections. Great story.

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I've never gotten into the comics; not 'cause I dislike them, but 'cause I've never been able to find 'em past the one strip I read quite a while back. A friend of mine has The Birth of a Nation (couldn't think of the name before), but I haven't read it.

Going by the premiere episode, I really enjoy the cartoon. I don't agree with everything it stands for, but a large part of its purpose is to relay the political opinions of Magruder, and I respect that. As such, the cartoon and comic series aren't for everyone, nor is it all that original in concept. But I thought many parts, especially those involving Grandad, were funny as hell. I can only rarely say that 'bout most anything on TV nowadays.

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I find it hilarious they had Charlie Murphy voicing a rich dumb white boy gansta wanna be in the cartoon. That sold it for me.

Totally. I've always loved Charlie Murphy, so I'm hoping that wasn't just a one-time deal.

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I'd saw an ad for Boondocks where the little kid was swearing, and it didn't interest me that much (tv ad, of course). Just now, I went and looked up a few of the comics and they're not too shabby. Bringing them to Calvin & Hobbes' heights might be pushing it, but they're certainly more refreshing than bland garbage like weekday Garfield strips.

I always kinda thought Zits was the "spiritual successor," but maybe that's too much of a digression.

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There is no successor, spiritual or otherwise, to Calvin and Hobbes. The artistic quality and literary profundity of the strip is peerless, monumental in a way no other work save Charles Shulz's Peanuts has touched in the recent history of the medium.

That being said, Boondocks is an interesting bag. On one hand, the characters are amusing, and the creator certainly has a sharp sense of humor. On the other, its political and philosophical leanings are laughably sophomoric, and its longer, more serious storylines are tiresome. I enjoyed it a lot when it first started gaining popularity, but I've since lost interest. It's still better than most modern comic strips, but that's not saying much.

I did recently watch the show. I wasn't impressed with the static animation, but the episode did have its moments - notably the aforementioned vocal talent of Charlie Murphy and the hilarious caracature of the jealous Uncle Tom gatekeeper.

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I recently saw the premiere aka "The Garden Party". I loved the rich wannabe white dude. Aaron McGruder did an excellent job on the cartoon, though I wanted the rich white people to burn at the garden party.
Ex.
Huey: How could you enjoy "The Passion?" They try to make the movie so accurate, but cast Jesus as a white guy. Man that's a bunch of bulls**t!
Preacher (smiling): You are such a great speaker!

The comic is funny too. I'm glad I bought "Public Enemy #2", which republishes the 2003-2004 comics

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Dead Winter. A nice comic.

I've been a fan of the comic strip for a while now, and I had high expections for the show.

I was not disappointed. My brother and I watched the first episode, and when the wigger (White guy who thinks he's black) was talking about Iraq, we started laughing until it hurt. 'The smell always gave the position away'

Also Grandpa's story about the civil rights movement, going back to get his raincoat and all. Then they start to beat on him.

But it's true, Ronald Reagan is the devil.

(I apologize for any profanity or opinion, but it was intentional.)

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It's easy for me to love it, though, since I completely agree with Aaron Magruder's politics.

You think Jesus was black, Ronald Reagan was the devil, and that the govt is lying about 9-11?

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It's easy for me to love it, though, since I completely agree with Aaron Magruder's politics.

You think Jesus was black, Ronald Reagan was the devil, and that the govt is lying about 9-11?

i don't know, man. i always thought the character huey was kind of poking fun at conspiracy theorists.

Nope. I think of him as a conspiracy theorist himself.

I just saw "Guess Hoe's coming to dinner" That was hilarious. Who knew that girl could run so fast in those heels

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Dead Winter. A nice comic.

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I think Boondocks is the first series I've actually looked forward to on the Adult Swim Sunday line-up. I have to admit, that's some funny stuff. It's even nice to LOOK at, none of that lazy 12-Ounce Mouse garbage...

And I don't know who Charlie Murphy is, so I ought to look that up.

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First off, Charlie Murphy is Eddie Murphy's brother. He was recently made famous by being featured on Dave Chappele's show telling a couple of stories about playing Basketball with Prince and fighting Rick James.

Sunday's show had me on the floor for the same reason as before. They brought out the rich dumb white boy again featuring mah man C Murphy, but then they went one bigger. They brought out one of his wanna be white boy buds. At first I thought, "Well, this'll get boring quick." But then I heard the guy speak and it gave me pause. The voice was...familiar... No...it can't be. But it kinda sounds like him, specially when he starts shouting. Maybe they just got someone who could sound like him... Dare I to hope? Then, he says those magical words:

"What aint no country I ever heard of!"

Holy shit, they have Samuel "I was Shaft muthaf*cka!" Jackson voicing a poser white boy! Jawesome! And then they took it a step further and started spouting word for word his 'what' dialogue from Pulp Fiction. I was hurting. Literally on the friggin floor.

This show may end up blowing chunks, but it will always have that.

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This was the first time I got a chance to watch the show. As I much as I love the Boondocks, and as much as I love Regina King, I don't like them together. I know Riley is an 8 year-old, but I don't want really want him to sound like an 8 year old girl. The other slightly dissapointing thing about this episode was how little Huey and Riley were in it. It was almost entirely about the two white guys and Tom.

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Yeah well that was that episode. I still treasure "Guess Hoe's Coming to Dinner". But what I want to know is if my favorite character, Ceaser, will make it onto the show.

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Dead Winter. A nice comic.

I saw a few episodes, and I don't find it a good waste of my time. The episodes aren't all that insightful, the VAs don't fit and are outright bad, and the arranging is done poorly. Everytime there is a change in "camera angle," you get an awkward pause that plagued low-budget 60s sitcoms.

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