Aaron McGruder

Aron McGruder (born May 29, 1974) is an American Cartoonist best known for writing and drawing The Boondocks, a Universal Press Syndiacate Comic Strip about two young African-American brothers from inner-city Chicago now living their grandfather in a sedate suburb. Through the exptionally intelligant Huey (named after Huey P. Newton) and wannabe gangsta Riley, the strip explores issues involving African-American culture and American Polotics.

Life
Aaron McGruder was born in Chicago,Illinois. When McGruder's father accepted a job his family moved to Columbia,Maryland at age six. He attended a Jesuit school from seventh to ninth grade. He then attended Oakland Hills Highschool. He graduated the University of Maryland in African-American Studies. The Boondocks debated at the newspaper The DiamondBack. He is the author of Five Boondocks Collections. He is co-author to the graphic novel, Birth of A Nation.

Controversy
McGruder's strips have been a veritable lighting rod for critism since it's debate in 1999, with newspapers consighning it to editorial sections or suspending the strip altogether. One infamous comic strip following the 9/11 attacks involved calling the FBI to report Ronald Reagan on promoting Terrorism. Another controversy is when he said that Obama wasn't black.