Aaron McGruder

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May 29, 1974 in Chicago, Illinois,, The United States

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Comics & Graphic Novels

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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 · 2,031 ratings · 177 reviews · 11 distinct works

	A Right to Be Hostile: The Boondocks Treasury by Aaron McGruder, Michael Moore (Foreword by) 4.38 avg rating — 680 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Boondocks: Because I Know You Don't Read The Newspaper 4.32 avg rating — 350 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Public Enemy #2: An All-New Boondocks Collection 4.35 avg rating — 341 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	Fresh For '01... You Suckas: A Boondocks Collection by Aaron McGruder, Jean Zevnik (Editor) 4.30 avg rating — 224 ratings — published 2001	My rating:
	All the Rage: The Boondocks Past and Present 4.41 avg rating — 172 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Birth of a Nation: A Comic Novel by Aaron McGruder, Reginald Hudlin, Kyle Baker (Illustrator) 3.68 avg rating — 247 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Libérez Jolly Jenkins ! by Aaron McGruder, Jean-Paul Jennequin (Translator) 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2003	My rating:
	Je Suis Presque Sûr Que Moïse Ne Portait Pas De Flingue by Aaron McGruder, Jean-Paul Jennequin (Translator) 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2004	My rating:
	Ma Femme Est Blanche Et Elle Me Déteste by Aaron McGruder, Philippe Cornélis (Translator) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	Meurs, Hollywood ! by Aaron McGruder, Philippe Cornélis (Translator) 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2006	My rating:

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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, 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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