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A Right to Be Hostile: The Boondocks Treasury
Here’s the first big book of The Boondocks, more than four years and 800 strips of one of the most influential, controversial, and scathingly funny comics ever to run in a daily newspaper.
“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...more
“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...more
Paperback, 256 pages
Published
September 23rd 2003
by Three Rivers Press
(first published September 1st 2003)
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Hilarious and biting. The local (Republican owned and operated) daily paper tried to cut this from their comic page and had to bring it back in response to popular demand. Some of the best social satire being done today.
This is the first of Aaron McGruder's series of "Boondocks" comic books. The main characters are Huey and Riley Freeman, two African American children from a rough part of Chicago. Their Grandfather moved them to a wealthy suburban neighborhood called Woodcrest, which is mostly white and has not seen many black people. Huey Freeman, 10, is named after Huey Newton, a former leader of the black panthers. He is not afraid to address hypocrisy in adults especially when it comes to whites and racism...more
i can't believe aaron mcgruder got away with publishing this strip in daily newspapers for so long. it wasn't just that its political content was alienating to huge chunks of the readership of centrist, mainstream print news. it wasn't just that the strip catered to a niche audience (be honest here - no matter how much _you_ like hip hop, your average newspaper reader has no idea who shyne or c-murder were, and had never actually listened to biggie, 2pac, or wu-tang). and even though the boondoc...more
Way more than just a cartoon strip. Aaron McGruder (literally) draws a portrait of how Black America might be perceived both by its members and by those who never have and never will experience life as an African-American. These strips are hilarious and thought-provoking. They made me reconsider the perceptions I have of how race plays into every aspect of American society and especially the danger of taking related images in the media for granted.
I have man-love for Huey, and I'm not afraid to admit it.
This book is very funny.
This volume covers the first four years of the strip, from 1999 to 2003. And despite being nearly a decade old, it's still some of the hardest hitting, sharp political satire of contemporary politics that I've ever read. McGruder also tackles some American racial issues that you're probably not going to see dealt with in the same manner or degree anywhere else. It's very much a product of its times, responding primarily to Bush era politics, but it's still got a sense of political urgency to it.
I miss the great newspaper comics. I know I still have access to them in multiple forms, but there is something about the daily ritual of reading a few panels with something to say. McGruder counts Breathed, Watterson, and Trudeau among his heroes, and I contend that he stands alongside them with the Boondocks. Huey Freeman is my soulmate.
this book shows how hard it could be to move and be in a different sociity wit different people. the tiitle of the book shows that most people have a right to be hostile for me to decribe the book you have to read the book so you can understand. this book helped me look at things a different way.in someone else perspective then i would have looked at it.
The boondocks is simply hilarious. I love Huey, Riley, Granddad, Tom, Jazmine, Cindy, and everyone else. I love the tv show too. I can't wait for season 4. I wish Uncle Ruckus was in these comic strips, but I guess that might be a little bit too much for some people.
I thoroughly enjoy the Boondocks. While the author clearly does not share my political views, he dishes out as much sarcastic criticism towards the left as he does the right. In the intro, the author states that he did not enjoy writing the strip for most of its run (and loves the excellent adult swim show). I think that it shows through as the supporting cast doesn't get as much focus as they should, and some of the segments are highly repetitive. While not as good as all-time great strips like...more
Can't believe it took me so long to finish a comic book. Love this caroonist, his insights are so biting and original, but still fun to read. Would love to steal more books from Becca but can't stay that long.
The silly little L Magazine has their "Brooklyn issue" out now (which is awfully predictable, really; want to be actually edgy, L? Do a Queens issue – or better yet, the Bronx!). But! Reading it, I got this serious pang of longing for the Boondocks strips where Caesar first comes to town, and day after day in school he stands up at the beginning of class and says "Where BROOKLYN at??" To which his teacher tiredly reminds him that no new students have joined their class all year, and certainly if...more
Very good combination of light comedy and political insight(albeit a little outdated) that is good if you just need something to read while on public transportation or such.
A quick reread for this semester's graduate class. McGruder's strips from 1999-2002 still feel fresh to me in many ways, even if at times I feel like his satire is so free-floating as not to have an explicit social corrective in mind. Fun stuff, in any case.
I love the TV series. I decided to check out the comic strips. They're every bit as funny while at the same time less aggressively offensive. I rather enjoyed it alot.
Bought this and fell in love! My son always asks me when he sees my hubby and I watching the cartoon- "why that boy says bad words?" LOL!
Its the Boondocks without FCC regulations and restrictions...nor editorial cuts. RAW AND UNCUT. YES.
Schultz with attitude. Laugh out loud funny. The animated cartoons are OK, but the strips are near perfect.
This is a damn good book from McGruder. I love his perspective on politics, culture, and comedy.
A perfect blend of cultural political analysis and biting satire.
There is no better comic strip collection than this one, dare I say?
Say what you will, I think it's funny, smart, interesting.
this book had me on the floor luaghing every time i opened it.
I'm definitely partial because I LOVE The Boondocks!
Mar 14, 2013
Tom Hanks
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surprisingly low rereadability--political humor
Genius! McGruder, where did you goooo?
May 04, 2012
Brian Bett
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huey and riely ganstars in the hood
Love The Boondocks comics
I LOVE AARON MCGRUDER!!!!!
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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...more
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Nov 21, 2010 08:31pm