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Bad news for 'Boondocks' fans
Chicago Tribune ^ | September 25, 2006, | Terry Armour

Posted on 09/26/2006 5:29:42 AM PDT by tlb

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To: HangnJudge

And don't forget "well-drawn," something missing in most comics today. Most of today's comic "artists" slap together panels that look like they were drawn by a chimpanzee.


21 posted on 09/26/2006 6:48:57 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: tlb
The TV version is actually funny, but is definitely adult oriented. Every side gets their fare share of bashing.
22 posted on 09/26/2006 6:52:23 AM PDT by BallyBill (Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I wonder what Bill Waterson is up to these days...

I think the US could use another jolt of Calvin.


23 posted on 09/26/2006 6:54:35 AM PDT by Kieri (A Grafted Branch (Rom. 11))
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Hard to pull off the detail these days with the cost of printing and smaller panels...

But I loved this cartoon in it's time.
My family is 8 generations West Virginia folk
and to us it was a scream,
too bad people have such a hard time
laughing at themselves these days...


24 posted on 09/26/2006 6:56:25 AM PDT by HangnJudge
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To: PBRSTREETGANG
How will the comics fulfill it's "mean-spirited racist claptrap quotient" now?

Wait until you see the latest re-working of Peanuts... Snoopy's gonna get biz-zeh!

25 posted on 09/26/2006 7:11:12 AM PDT by gridlock (The 'Pubbies will pick up at least TWO seats in the Senate and FOUR seats in the House in 2006)
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To: tlb

Good riddens, scumbag.


26 posted on 09/26/2006 7:24:07 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (DON'T BELIEVE PESSIMISM: FEELINGS ARE FOR LOVE SONGS. FACTS ARE FOR PREDICTING WHO WINS IN NOV)
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To: Kieri
I wonder what Bill Waterson is up to these days...
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I hear he paints, but since he doesn't give interviews who really knows?

Whatever he's doing it's what he really wants to do.
27 posted on 09/26/2006 7:32:20 AM PDT by Cheburashka (World's only Spatula City certified spatula repair and maintenance specialist!!!)
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To: tlb

"McGruder has decided not to resume the newspaper adventures of..."

Good riddance to bad rubbish! I was so glad when our local rag got rid of this racist screed. The comic page is a wasteland -- not what I remember as a kid growing up in the 50's!


28 posted on 09/26/2006 7:40:29 AM PDT by Polyxene (For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel - Martin Luther)
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To: Chickensoup

Seconded! Day by Day is phenomenal!


29 posted on 09/26/2006 7:47:36 AM PDT by Malacoda (A day without a pi$$ed-off muslim is like a day without sunshine.)
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To: Larry Lucido
So did Nancy ever grow up to be hot (like her Aunt Fritzi)?

Hot tempered, maybe...


30 posted on 09/26/2006 8:11:14 AM PDT by NewLand (Always Remember September 11, 2001)
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To: tlb

Racist pigs!!!


31 posted on 09/26/2006 8:14:43 AM PDT by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: raybbr

good one.


32 posted on 09/26/2006 8:15:44 AM PDT by roaddog727 (Bullsh## doesn't get bridges built.)
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To: tlb

My local newspaper is very liberal but they cancelled this piece of crap a long time ago.


33 posted on 09/26/2006 8:17:39 AM PDT by Gone GF
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To: PBRSTREETGANG
How will the comics fulfill it's "mean-spirited racist claptrap quotient" now?

Perhaps they can send Jesse Jackson to art school.

34 posted on 09/26/2006 8:19:26 AM PDT by Redcloak (Speak softly and wear a loud shirt.)
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To: tlb

The distribution syndicate is advertising for a vacancy in its cartoon lineup. They are looking for something similar to Boondocks. The ad reads:

"Cartoon must deal with current events. Must also be a complete ripoff of Bloom County (artwork, lots of shouting, 'pause' panels) with a smaller cast. Finally, must display a complete lack of humor."


35 posted on 09/26/2006 8:22:50 AM PDT by relictele
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