Aaron McGruder

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in Chicago, Illinois,, The United States

May 29, 1974

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Aaron McGruder is an American cartoonist best known for writing and drawing The Boondocks, a Universal Press Syndicate comic strip about two young African American brothers from inner-city Chicago now living with their grandfather in a sedate suburb. Through the leftist Huey (named after Huey P. Newton) and his younger brother Riley, a young want-to-be gangsta, the strip explores issues involving African American culture and American politics.

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Average rating: 4.28 · 2,688 ratings · 199 reviews · 13 distinct works · Similar authors

	A Right to Be Hostile: The Boondocks Treasury by Aaron McGruder, Michael Moore (Foreword by) 4.38 of 5 stars 4.38 avg rating — 890 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Boondocks: Because I Know You Don't Read the Newspaper 4.32 of 5 stars 4.32 avg rating — 466 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Boondocks: Public Enemy #2 4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 444 ratings — published 2005	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Boondocks: Fresh for '01...You Suckas by Aaron McGruder, Jean Zevnik (Editor) 4.35 of 5 stars 4.35 avg rating — 301 ratings — published 2001	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All the Rage: The Boondocks Past and Present 4.38 of 5 stars 4.38 avg rating — 235 ratings — published 2007	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Birth of a Nation by Aaron McGruder, Reginald Hudlin, Kyle Baker (Illustrator) 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 312 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fresh for '01 You Suckas: A Boondocks Collection 4.7 of 5 stars 4.70 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2001	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Libérez Jolly Jenkins ! by Aaron McGruder, Jean-Paul Jennequin (Translator) 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2003	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Je Suis Presque Sûr Que Moïse Ne Portait Pas De Flingue by Aaron McGruder, Jean-Paul Jennequin (Translator) 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2004	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ma Femme Est Blanche Et Elle Me Déteste by Aaron McGruder, Philippe Cornélis (Translator) 4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2006	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“When I pass, speak freely of my shortcomings and my flaws. Learn from them, for I'll have no ego to injure.”
― Aaron McGruder, The Boondocks: Because I Know You Don't Read the Newspaper

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“I think you should know that real-life white people are not all as funny as the ones on 'Seinfeld'.”
― Aaron McGruder

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