Aaron McGruder
Aaron McGruder
Aaron McGruder is an American writer, producer, and cartoonist best known for writing and drawing The Boondocks, a Universal Press Syndicate comic strip about two young African-American brothers, Hueyand his younger brother and wannabe gangsta, Riley, from inner-city Chicago now living with their grandfather in a sedate suburb, as well as being the creator, executive producer, and head writer of The Boondocks animated TV series based on his strip...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCartoonist
Date of Birth29 May 1974
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
When the news wants to tell you something is important, they put dramatic theme music behind it. They scare you into watching the story.
It astounds me that good, responsible white people paid for this show.
Oprah has the power to lay waste to entire industries with a mere utterance. That's a power that you have to respect. And ultimately I respect it.
We do greatly expand the world we see, seeing Woodcrest and the unnamed city it's a suburb of, and we flash back to different time periods. We certainly try to take advantage of the medium.
I don't want the news to be patriotic. I don't want to see flags on the lapels of the anchors. I don't want any of that.
Anyone with a gun can go out and commit an act of terrorism, even without a political affiliation.
The American people have no control over what the military does. We have no say in American foreign policy.
And I'm not so in love with making people mad that I want to live my life around it.
I cannot be made into the commentator for the unspoken black masses.
You know, every time a summer movie comes out, people think they're gonna get rich off of the merchandise.
You know, Democratic and Republican administrations alike have supported individuals and regimes that have slaughtered millions across the globe. And they need to be held accountable for that.
You can't accuse the creator of The Boondocks, ... Jesus was black, Ronald Reagan was the devil and the government is lying about 9/11.
We have to confront the very scary fact that the president is a moron. He's really dumb.
I wonder what it means when your grandson is more crotchety than you are.