Catonic wrote:
I don't know if it's because of the demographic I'm in, or my odd choices in life, but as of late, I find myself increasingly drawn to NPR because of some of the material they have been or will be covering. The Calvin & Hobbes story linked to here is a perfect example. As is the story they will be doing soon on The Boondocks, which recently premiered an animated series on Cartoon Network. I first ran into The Boondocks when I was in summer school my senior year of high school, when a classmate dropped off a copy of Source magazine in the classroom as he was done with it. I was quickly drawn to the comedic style of the artist. I guess I'm one of those people who has broad enough interests that I can find humor and something to respect in most people. Even though Aaron McGruder may be an angry young man, I respect his comedic approach to life and the ironies that it presents to us each and every day.

Per my norm, I end this post with a bit of randomness:

"I, for one, welcome our robotic overlord masters."

I think there's alot of influence on the Boondocks by Calvin and Hobbes, they both have the same feel, depicting children who seem to have fully formed (if heavily skewed) senses of morality. Granted Calvin and Hobbes is quite a bit more gentle, but it's easy to find connections between Calvin's Dad's cruel deceptions and Grandpa's endless spins on the subject of beatings, for example.

It also takes alot of guts to write a newspaper strip that isn't Middle of the Road. One of the great things about both C&H and Boondocks is that they both actually evoke something, compared to the standard like Family Circus, I think it's hard to do that with just four panels.