Boondocks - Socialist Comic at Heart [Archive]

Umoja

4th June 2003, 23:34

Does anyone here read the Boondocks? It's mostly turned into jokes about popular culture, but the older ones in the anthologies talk quite a bit about Socialism although not directly. Great stuff.

http://www.ucomics.com/boondocks/

Urban Rubble

5th June 2003, 23:01

Ya, funny stuff. I read them every week in the Sunday paper.

I miss the Far Side.

Lefty

7th June 2003, 07:58

The far side was never leftist, was it?

And yes, I love the boondocks. I put it up on my locker weekly.

Urban Rubble

9th June 2003, 04:48

The Far Side was never political, it was really funny though.

Umoja

9th June 2003, 21:29

The Boondocks had a strip where Jar-Jar Binks changes his name to Jabari-Jabari Binko, dresses up like a black panther, and talks about the re-distribution of wealth.

Soul Rebel

10th June 2003, 02:56

I love reading the Boondocks. A lot of people in my area complained about it saying that it was disrespectful (especially to the Bush administration) and all that. I think its funny as hell.

Umoja

10th June 2003, 21:49

McGrueder is seriously in a war with BET. He is like their worst enemy, he had huey talk about why he doesn't support black nationalism anymore, and Huey claims it's because of BET. Classic stuff.

Anonymous

10th June 2003, 21:51

Gary Larson was a comic genius, although you may have had to be slightly disturbed to findall his stuff funny.

SlimJin

27th June 2003, 04:41

I read the Boondocks, I was reading them when they were originally in The Source Hip Hop Magazine. Then they were basically about teh faults with Balck Nationalism and Media. But I do remember a recent strip that wasn't a comic at all it was a stand against The Bush Administration and Black something. It said, "In protest to the war in Iraq and the Bush Administration and the Black...The Boondocks will not be appearing today" That was some real shit right there!

Umoja

28th June 2003, 17:22

This series of Comics were pretty funny.

http://www.che-lives.com/cgi/community/upload/First.gif

Which leads to-
http://www.che-lives.com/cgi/community/upload/Second.gif

And ends with the kicker!-
http://www.che-lives.com/cgi/community/upload/Third.gif

SlimJin

28th June 2003, 17:38

LMAO That was funny. Is there a website where I can find some of the old strips?

(Edited by SlimJin at 11:39 am on June 29, 2003)

SlimJin

28th June 2003, 17:40

Oh I just saw the link, thats pretty funny!

Rastafari

2nd July 2003, 23:44

Boondocks is probably the funniest comic of all time, just edging out Doonesbury

Hampton

6th July 2003, 20:29

http://www.student.smsu.edu/s/san232s/hardfunnypics/HFC/circusCap.jpg

Indeed they are.

mentalbunny

6th July 2003, 22:35

Erm, how come the pic of che which looks like the front cover is actually on the back cover?!! Sorry, just being picky, not serious.

Thanks for the link, it's damn funny stuff!

Hampton

6th July 2003, 23:00

Hah, whoops! ;)

Umoja

7th July 2003, 13:13

http://www.che-lives.com/cgi/community/upload/bo030526.gif

Felicia

7th July 2003, 18:52

Umoja, those are the greatest!!

great comics guys! :cheesy:

Hampton, you bastard, that's hilarious!

Rastafari

8th July 2003, 20:50

because the family circus kid is chinese!

kalakbay

17th July 2003, 11:43

hehehe nice one, i just went over the site it kept me laughing all night just thinking about it

16th November 2003, 04:06

Great Stuff...I found a few threads on this. Thought I'd revive it. I watched Aaron McGruder several times on both Politcally Incorrect & Real Time with Bill Maher. He's awesome.

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/cx/uc/20031114/bo/bo031114l.gif

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/cx/uc/20031102/bo/bo031102l.gif

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/cx/uc/20031113/bo/bo031113l.gif

Xvall

16th November 2003, 19:03

I read it every day! That and Doonsebury.

Comrade Ceausescu

16th November 2003, 21:11

I have been reading The boondocks for over a year now.That and Garfield.Also,I loved that sequence a few months back when Riley got obssed with the NRA.It was hilarious.

16th November 2003, 21:19

Originally posted by [email protected] 16 2003, 05:11 PM
I have been reading The boondocks for over a year now.That and Garfield.Also,I loved that sequence a few months back when Riley got obssed with the NRA.It was hilarious.
I used to know the assistant artist to Jim Davis (garfield creator). He was like the second in command, or something.

Really funny guy, his house decor was about what I'd expect from a cartoonist.
He helped me on my Senior Project (Which was on cartoons). We developed a comic strip as well (for the class). Pretty cool

Marxist in Nebraska

17th November 2003, 00:12

Boondocks is my favorite comic in the papers. Doonesbury is a close second...

We need more politically-oriented comics...

Michael Moore recently wrote a tribute to The Boondocks... it is worth googling for. It was a great read.

Hampton

17th November 2003, 03:17

"With bodacious wit, in just a few panels, each day Aaron serves up—and sends up—life in America through the eyes of two African-American kids who are full of attitude, intelligence, and rebellion. Each time I read the strip, I laugh—and I wonder how long The Boondocks can get away with the things it says. And how on earth can the most truthful thing in the newspaper be the comics?”

http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml%3Fi=200...0031117&s=moore (http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml%3Fi=20031117&s=moore)

Marxist in Nebraska

17th November 2003, 20:14

Hampton!

I knew you were going to find it... I thought of you right when I posted it in the first place...

Hampton

17th November 2003, 21:01

lol yea, feels like I'm the offical researcher of random shit for people. It's cool, it only took like 2 minutes to find.