About The Man
Aaron McGruder (born May 29, 1974 in Chicago, Illinois) is
an American cartoonist best known for writing and drawing
The Boondocks, a Universal Press Syndicate comic strip
about two young African-American brothers from inner-city
Chicago now living with their grandfather in a sedate suburb.
Through the leftist Huey (named for Huey Newton) and his
younger brother Riley, a gangsta-wannabe, the strip explores
issues involving African American culture and American
politics.
With McGruder's father working for the National
Transportation Safety Board, McGruder moved to Columbia,
Maryland, at age six with his parents and his older brother
Dedric. He attended a Jesuit school from grades seven to
nine, followed by public high school and the University of
Maryland, from which he graduated with a degree in African
American Studies. The Boondocks debuted in the campus
newspaper, The Diamondback, in late 1997, under its
then-editor, Jayson Blair. McGruder created the comic while
working at the Presentation Graphics Lab on campus.
As of the mid-2000s, McGruder lives in California, where his
projects include the Boondocks animated TV series. He is
also the co-author, with Reginald Hudlin, of a 2004 novel,
Birth of a Nation, drawn by cartoonist Kyle Baker, and a
frequent public speaker on political and cultural issues.
Aaron McGruder (born May 29, 1974 in Chicago, Illinois) is
an American cartoonist best known for writing and drawing
The Boondocks, a Universal Press Syndicate comic strip
about two young African-American brothers from inner-city
Chicago now living with their grandfather in a sedate suburb.
Through the leftist Huey (named for Huey Newton) and his
younger brother Riley, a gangsta-wannabe, the strip explores
issues involving African American culture and American
politics.
With McGruder's father working for the National
Transportation Safety Board, McGruder moved to Columbia,
Maryland, at age six with his parents and his older brother
Dedric. He attended a Jesuit school from grades seven to
nine, followed by public high school and the University of
Maryland, from which he graduated with a degree in African
American Studies. The Boondocks debuted in the campus
newspaper, The Diamondback, in late 1997, under its
then-editor, Jayson Blair. McGruder created the comic while
working at the Presentation Graphics Lab on campus.
As of the mid-2000s, McGruder lives in California, where his
projects include the Boondocks animated TV series. He is
also the co-author, with Reginald Hudlin, of a 2004 novel,
Birth of a Nation, drawn by cartoonist Kyle Baker, and a
frequent public speaker on political and cultural issues.
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