{"id":304,"date":"2004-04-13T09:14:32","date_gmt":"2004-04-13T13:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tradermike.net\/movethecrowd\/2004\/04\/boondocksaaron_mcgruder_article_in_the_new_yorker\/"},"modified":"2004-04-13T09:14:32","modified_gmt":"2004-04-13T13:14:32","slug":"boondocksaaron_mcgruder_article_in_the_new_yorker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2004\/04\/13\/boondocksaaron_mcgruder_article_in_the_new_yorker\/","title":{"rendered":"Boondocks\/Aaron McGruder Article in The New Yorker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/newyorker.com\/fact\/content\/?040419fa_fact2\" title=\"Why do editors keep throwing The Boondocks off the funnies page?\">New Yorker&#8217;s article on Aaron McGruder, creator of the Boondocks<\/a>.  <strike>I haven&#8217;t read it yet, but I will as soon as the market calms down today.<\/strike><\/p>\n<p>OK, now I&#8217;ve read it&#8230;. It&#8217;s a little long-winded but it does give a good look at McGruder&#8217;s life.  Who knew being a cartoonist was so stressful?      After reading that I know why we haven&#8217;t seen much of the other characters besides Huey, Ceasar, Riley and Granddad.  Hopefully the animated series will indeed bring back some of the flavor of the earlier days.  <\/p>\n<p>(Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maoxian.com\/\">Chairman MaoXian<\/a> for the link)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out the New Yorker&#8217;s article on Aaron McGruder, creator of the Boondocks. I haven&#8217;t read it yet, but I will as soon as the market calms down today. OK, now I&#8217;ve read it&#8230;. It&#8217;s a little long-winded but it does give a good look at McGruder&#8217;s life. Who knew being a cartoonist was so&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2004\/04\/13\/boondocksaaron_mcgruder_article_in_the_new_yorker\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Boondocks\/Aaron McGruder Article in The New Yorker<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":315,"url":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2004\/04\/25\/i_knew_it\/","url_meta":{"origin":304,"position":0},"title":"I Knew It!","date":"April 25, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"The Boondocks reveals Bush's evil plan to conveniently capture Osama Bin Laden just before the election. :-)","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Current Events&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":137,"url":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/08\/06\/kobe_oj_part_deux\/","url_meta":{"origin":304,"position":1},"title":"Kobe &#038; O.J. Part Deux","date":"August 6, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"I've often said that Aaron McGruder, the Boondocks' creator, is in my head. This is why.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Current Events&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":17,"url":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/06\/25\/makes_perfect_sense_to_me\/","url_meta":{"origin":304,"position":2},"title":"Makes Perfect Sense to Me","date":"June 25, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"Today's Boondocks: You have to love little Riley's thought process. I swear Aaron McGruder is inside my head sometimes. Hmmm... I wonder when Hiro Otomo will make an appearance. It's good to see that the Boondocks.net is back online now.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Just for Fun&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":418,"url":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2004\/11\/17\/boondocks_flood\/","url_meta":{"origin":304,"position":3},"title":"Boondocks Flood","date":"November 17, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Aaron McGruder's been on a roll of late with the Boondocks comic strip. In case you missed any of them, here are some of my favorites from the last couple of weeks: Funny that this one was actually done before the election (October 24th) and before people actually flooded Canada's\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Current Events&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":423,"url":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2004\/12\/01\/the_boondocks_on_the_recent_fights\/","url_meta":{"origin":304,"position":4},"title":"The Boondocks on the Recent Fights","date":"December 1, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"I told you that Aaron and I think alike!","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Just for Fun&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":121,"url":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/07\/29\/the_boondocks_on_the_kobe_bryant_scandal\/","url_meta":{"origin":304,"position":5},"title":"The Boondocks on the Kobe Bryant Scandal","date":"July 29, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"You knew it was coming. :-) The 'Kobe Beef' crack was cheap... I'm disappointed in Aaron. lol","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Just for Fun&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}