He is the author of five Boondocks collections: All The Rage, Public Enemy #2, A Right To Be Hostile, Fresh for '01: You Suckaz, and Boondocks: Because I Know You Don't Read The Newspaper.
McGruder currently lives in Los Angeles, California, where his projects include the Boondocks animated series and the Super Deluxe variety comedy series The Super Rumble Mix Show. At the time, he was also a DJ on the "Soul Controllers Mix Show" on WMUC.
McGruder created the comic while working at the Presentation Graphics Lab on campus. The Boondocks debuted in the campus newspaper, The Diamondback, in late 1997, under its then-editor, Jayson Blair. He attended a Jesuit school from grades seven to nine, followed by public high school at Oakland Mills High School and the University of Maryland, from which he graduated with a degree in African American Studies. When McGruder's father accepted a job with the National Transportation Safety Board, McGruder moved to Columbia, Maryland, at the age of six with his parents and his older brother. Newton) and his younger brother and wannabe gangsta Riley, the strip explores issues involving African American culture and American politics.Īaron McGruder was born in Chicago, Illinois. Through the exceptionally intelligent Huey (named after Huey P.
McGruder (born May 29, 1974) 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, as well as being the creator and executive producer of The Boondocks TV series based on his strip. This page uses Creative Commons Licensed content from Wikipedia ( view authors).Īaron V.
0 kommentar(er)
