History ComicStrip / TheBoondocks

* SpiritualSuccessor: The comic strip to ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty''.

* SelfDeprecation: [[http://hueyfreemanonlyspeaksthetruth.tumblr.com/post/60584295606/the-boondocks-comic-strip-841 This strip]] mixes with HypocriticalHumor and a splash of WhoWouldWantToWatchUs.

* BlackGuyDiesFirst: Referenced in one [[https://www.gocomics.com/boondocks/1999/05/09 early strip]] when Huey wrote to Creator/GeorgeLuca to congratulate him on casting Creator/SamuelLJackson as Mace Windu in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', but then added that Windu had better not be the first guy to be killed off.

* BeforeMyTime: Tom asks Huey whether he's named after [[Music/HueyLewisAndTheNews Huey Lewis]], and Huey actually responds, "Before my time." s
Subverted in the fact that Huey has just given an erudite lecture on Black Panther [[AngryBlackMan Huey Newton]], who is older than Lewis.

* BeforeMyTime: Tom asks Huey whether he's named after [[Music/HueyLewisAndTheNews Huey Lewis]], and Huey actually responds, "Before my time." The subversion comes in the fact that Huey has just given an erudite lecture on Black Panther [[AngryBlackMan Huey Newton]], who is older than Lewis.

In February 2019, approximately 13 years after the original comic series ended (and about 5 years after the (seemingly) final season of the TV series had aired), Aaron [=McGruder=] and Seung Eun Kim [[https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2019/02/the-boondocks-comics-back-aaron-mcgruder created some new comic strips]] that were posted on Instagram by Charlamagne tha God, satirizing the current sociopolitical climate of the UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump administration. These new comics were released just a few months ahead of a later announcement in June 2019 that [[https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2019/06/sony-return-the-boondocks-creator-aaron-mcgruder the TV series would also be continued]], now tackling social issues related to Trump-era America as well.

Other important characters include Huey's [[HeterosexualLifePartners best friend]] Michael Caesar, another black kid who is also a newcomer to Woodcrest. Even though he didn't appear until a year into the comics' run, Caesar quickly became a co-protagonist to Huey, and often provided additional commentary to Huey's rants. There's also the multiracial Dubois family; Tom Dubois is a successful black lawyer [[WhereDaWhiteWomenAt married to a white woman]] (Sarah), whose moderate left-wing beliefs clash with Huey's radicalism. Jazmine Dubois is Tom's [[MixedAncestry biracial]] daughter and Huey's only other friend, whose overwhelming [[ChildrenAreInnocent naivete]] makes her [[LiteralMinded believe everything]] she is told by adults.

''The Boondocks'' is a newspaper comic strip created by Aaron [=McGruder=], which was originally published by the Universal Press Syndicate from 1999 to 2006, with an unexpected revival in 2019. All of the UPS comics can be found [[http://www.gocomics.com/boondocks/1999/04/19/ here]]. It was adapted into an [[WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks animated television series of the same name]] that has aired intermittently on Creator/AdultSwim since 2005.

* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: When Robert punishes Riley by forcing him to see Creator/HalleBerry's ''Film/{{Catwoman}}'' movie, Riley doesn't take it well and tries to [[FelonyMisdemeanor have Robert arrested on child abuse charges]].

* TheWarOnTerror: A very frequent target of the later comic strips, and to a much lesser extent some episodes of the show.

-->'''Huey:''' Who wants to watch two guys make obscure Star Wars references and ridicule Hollywood all day?
-->'''Caesar:''' But isn't that what we do all the time?
-->'''Huey:''' Yeah, but nobody expects us to be entertaining.

* WhoWouldWantToWatchUs: Done on occasion for a gag, like this strip comparing Huey and Caesar to Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack.

* MundaneMadeAwesome: A common joke in the strip involves Huey and Caesar thinking up strange and mundane ways to affect change, like when they debated the merits of [[https://hueyfreemanonlyspeaksthetruth.tumblr.com/post/73035058820/the-boondocks-comic-strip-875 using thumb wars instead of debates for all political disagreements.]]

''The Boondocks'' is a newspaper comic strip created by Aaron [=McGruder=], which was published by the Universal Press Syndicate from 1999 to 2006. All of the comics can be found [[http://www.gocomics.com/boondocks/1999/04/19/ here]]. It was adapted into an [[WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks animated television series of the same name]] that aired intermittently on Creator/AdultSwim from 2005 to 2014.

In 2019, well after ''The Boondocks'' comics and TV series both ended, Aaron [=McGruder=] and Seung Eun Kim [[https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2019/02/the-boondocks-comics-back-aaron-mcgruder created some new comic strips]] that were posted on Instagram by Charlamagne tha God, satirizing the current sociopolitical climate of the UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump administration.

!Tropes used in the comic strip:

* AuthorAppeal: [=McGruder=] is OneOfUs and a self-proclaimed nerd.

** Also Riley. While he says and does some boneheaded things while trying to emulate the Music/GangstaRap lifestyle, he can be pretty clever and perceptive at times too.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The strip was very topical, and a lot of the humor revolved around the Bush administration and other pop culture of the time; it stands out as a product of [[TVTropes/TheOughts the early-to-mid 2000s]], in the same way [[''ComicStrip/BloomCounty'' Bloom County's]] humor made it a product of UsefulNotes/The80s.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Huey and Caesar.