A right to be Hostile: The boondocks

I can't really say weather I liked The boondocks or not. It was certainly very different than all the comics that I read for this assignment. It had a very simple plot, a grandfather and his two grandson move from Chicago to suburbia. The first thing that I really noticed about this comic is that it is the first comic that I am familiar with that has all main character that are black. I have no problems with this, it was more of the subject matter that made me dislike it. The boondocks is very racy, everything that the little boy Huey, the main character, talks about is his race. I had a hard time getting into getting into a comic that talks about not much more than his race, the ignorant white people around him and how he will never fit in. Quite a few good points were brought up modern culture and the main character himself is very quick witted, smart, and very clever.

It is also hard to define what kind of comic this is, its not action packed like Flash Gordon or Light hearted and cute like Calvin and Hobbes. There is a very strange sense of humor that could most definitely be considered satire or mocking parts of modern culture. The style of the comic I find to be fairly modern, there are gradients and shades in color, each character has much more detail in design that eludes slightly to there personality. This comic originated in the news paper funnies section and was eventually turned into a show that aired on the Adult Swim section of cartoon network. To say the least this different and bold comic was very succseful.