Boondocks Cartoon from 1984 WOW!

[walldude]

I apologize if this has been posted here before but when I saw this it took an hour to get my jaw off the floor:


I got it off BartCops front page today

[oldhat]

1. Uh....

but when I saw this it took an hour to get my jaw off the floor

It's a joke, d00d.

Check these out, too.

http://www.mnftiu.cc/mnftiu.cc/war14.html

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

5. classic DU moment.

;-)

[oldhat]

8. Yes

There's an amazing concentration of intellect here.

[Az]

2. The entire week has been a mock flashback

Boondocks was not around back then.

[Dogmudgeon]

3. It's not from 1984 at all

Aaron Magruder was about eight years old in 1984.

Maybe ten.

It's retro-irony. Funny in itself if you realize that it's a put-on. It's also funny if you actually ARE put on ... Laugh-In used to do that, too, back around 1966-1972.

--bkl
You bet your Bippy!

[supernova]

10. I thought he was a bit young

to have a 20 year old cartoon. Boondocks is only 6-7 years old isn't it? and Aaron M is only 30ish.

It would have been neat if true though.

[maveric]

4. Is it really from 1984?

Can anyone confirm this? Its just too accurate.

[oldhat]

6. Par for the course

Can anyone confirm this? Its just too accurate.

That's about par for the course on DU...

::cough cough::

[Lars39]

7. 1997 is when Aaron debuted Boondocks.

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

[htuttle]

11. It's a JOKE, son. Don't ya get it?

A JOKE!

[Deja Q]

20. In microprint, the vertically oriented copyright date says...

2004.

Pity said the bippy... :-)

[Insider]

9. aaron magruder

--snip--
Meet Aaron McGruder

A few years ago, Aaron McGruder, a young college student dissatisfied with both college and the comic-book world, decided to create a comic strip inspired by his love of hip-hop culture that reflected the true racial diversity and complexity of the world in which he lived.

The result was "The Boondocks," the story of a group of African-American city kids adjusting to life in white suburbia. After an initial debut on the Internet, "The Boondocks" made its print debut in 1997 in The Diamondback, the independent student newspaper of the University of Maryland. It received rave reviews and quickly drew national attention. After Aaron "escaped" from the University of Maryland with a degree in African-American studies, The Source, one of the country's largest urban music magazines, began publishing the strip.

Through his work, Aaron seeks to provoke thought, help improve the state of racial discourse and expand the types of humor found on comics pages.

Aaron resides in Los Angeles, where - when he isn't meeting the demanding deadlines of a daily comic strip - he's working on television projects and a host of other interesting ideas for "The Boondocks." He's a near-fanatical "Star Wars" fan and a hip-hop enthusiast of the greatest magnitude.

--snip--
http://www.ucomics.com/boondocks/bio.phtml

[walldude]

14. DOH!

Oops.. sorry had no idea it was a joke. I apologize to Mr or Mrs Old HAT who seems to think that everyone in the nation knows what Boondocks is and likes to call people stupid because they got tricked. Fool me once.. uh.. shame.. Won't get fooled again.
I have never seen it before and the site where I got it has no comments on it whatsoever so I took it as truth. Um, in case you haven't noticed today quite a few investigations against the Shrubs administration have fallen through. No matter what happens this admin is not going to get busted, which means he needs to be voted out and crapping on people who are on the same side as you makes you a much bigger fool than me. I'll be adding you and your loser remarks to my ignore list. Jerk.

Insider: Thanks you for the info on Aaron McGruder, this is the first I've seen his work, now I guess I have to dig up the "real" ones. Especially since he's an avid Star Wars fan like myself

[Connie_Corleone]

15. Don't take it so personally

We all have our senior moments on this board. I had one this weekend.

[Insider]

16. no worries, mate

i tiptoe thru, and STILL goof daily. and don't 'ignore' too many. you never know what GOOD info you might miss.

:hi:

maybe we just let the little thread ride on down the page (she says after she kicked it again...) ;-)

[GreenPartyVoter]

12. BUT, if you go back through old Doonesbury and Bloom County

cartoons, they are every bit as appropriate for today. Just swap Ray-gun's name for *.


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http://www.geocities.com/greenpartyvoter/OpenLetter.htm

[walldude]

17. Not just cartoons but music too

I've been listening to Queensryche and Roger Waters and a few other bands from that era with a political bent and it's freaky how relevant they are today...
I usually don't take things too personally but claiming I have a "lack of intelligence" was uncalled for.. Especially considering I hang out here, with the rest of you wild-eyes ;) Maybe I'm just extra pissed because the admin is getting away with the medicare scam and Ashcroft managed to get Seibel silenced today. Not a good day for our side :(

[Connie_Corleone]

13. Yes, I remember!

I remember reading that cartoon back in 1984. I remember it as if it was today.

;-)

[mdmc]

18. Wouldn't it be cool

for boondocks to to a 'vintage' 70's strip using Doonesbury's dialog and artwork depicting Kerry?
same words
same situation
same Kerry
but with the boondocks characters.

more confusion and more laughter!
:kick:

[mdmc]

19. like so

[mdmc]

21. and yo

[ThoughtCriminal]

22. For real deja-vu

Try "Bloom County"

[mdmc]

23. wow! thats a huge toon! Meadowcrats rule!