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posted by tom / November 07, 2005 / 
Just saw an ad for the new cartoon on Adult Swim. Doesn't look very funny. And I've got to be honest: I don't really care for the comic. It occasionally hits its mark, but no more often than, say, Mother Goose & Grimm (seriously). Plenty of comedians have proven that racial politics are fertile ground for comedy, but the Boondocks' writing is frequently flat, and half the time it seems phoned-in.
Overall: better than Blondie, worse than Foxtrot. If you think I'm an idiot and have a particular strip in mind, I'd love to be proven wrong. But right now it seems as unfunny to me as any other middling newspaper comic.
Also, Aaron McGruder went to the hated University of Maryland. QED.
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I've never really been a fan of his ever since he bitched about not winning the Pulitzer.
Well, all that other shit aside, I actually ended up seeing this yesterday, and it's REALLY funny. So, well, there!
well, I'll give it a shot if I see it. but the ad I saw featured an extended riff on R. Kelly -- it was admittedly hilarious when Dave Chapelle did it, but I feel like we've pretty well covered that topic.
the hated UMD? ouch... bear in mind all that google technology you love to use was thanks in part to a Maryland alum
Oh, fair enough! I saw that same ad, and it was totally weak... but download that first episode, it's REALLY well done. I had really low expectations going into it, which is why I didn't even bother with it when it first aired.
The strip was definitely funny as HELL back in the day. If you find the anthology called "A Right to Be Hostile" I think check out the series where Riley renames all the streets in the neighborhood. I liked it better when he depicted some more characters.
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