Cartoonists not surprised ‘Boondocks’ is ending

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1. mark

   If “The Boondocks” doesn’t return, I’m going to send Aaron McGruder a personal “Thank You!”
   I’ve never been impressed with his work. I never found it groundbreaking in any sense of the word. Nor did I find it offensive.I did find it uninspired and predictable. And as is true for any one-trick pony act, it passed tiresome a long time ago.
   What I fail to understand is the praise that’s been heaped upon his work as if he were some gifted chronicler of society’s ills.
   In one of his strips, he made a reference to the special olympics and the awarding of a ribbon just for showing up. I believe “The Boondocks” was embraced by the industry largely because it was so different from anything on the comics page. McGruder’s ribbon was in his strip’s continued syndication.

2. mark

   If “The Boondocks” doesn’t return, I’m going to send Aaron McGruder a personal “Thank You!”
   I’ve never been impressed with his work. I never found it groundbreaking in any sense of the word. Nor did I find it offensive.I did find it uninspired and predictable. And as is true for any one-trick pony act, it passed tiresome a long time ago.
   What I fail to understand is the praise that’s been heaped upon his work as if he were some gifted chronicler of society’s ills.
   In one of his strips, he made a reference to the special olympics and the awarding of a ribbon just for showing up. I believe “The Boondocks” was embraced by the industry largely because it was so different from anything on the comics page. McGruder’s ribbon was in his strip’s continued syndication.