The Boondocks

The Boondocks
Author: Aaron McGruder
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2012-12-11
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1449400116

The first anthology of the beloved comic strip that inspired the critically acclaimed Cartoon Network show. In 1999, Aaron McGruder launched a cultural phenomenon with his smart and bitingly satirical comic strip, The Boondocks. It centers on the experiences of two young African-American boys, Huey and Riley, who move from inner-city Chicago to the suburbs (or the "boondocks" to them). The strip fuses hip-hop sensibilities with Japanese anime-style drawings and a candid discussion of race. In this first collection of Boondocks cartoons, you'll discover the funny yet revealing combination of superb art and envelope-pushing content in one of the most unique strips ever.

All the Rage

All the Rage
Author: Aaron McGruder
Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: African American cartoonists
ISBN: 9780307352668

Aaron McGruder's hilariously offensive comic strip has never been afraid to tell it like it is. Now Huey, Riley and Granddad have their own hit animated series on the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim, the masses are praising McGruder's precocious preteens and their brilliant politically and racially charged humour. Also available are Public Enemy # 2, Birth of a Nation and A Right To Be Hostile.

Public Enemy 2

Public Enemy 2
Author: Aaron McGruder
Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA)
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2005
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1400082587

A collection of more than five hundred strips from the popular and subversive comic strip The Boondocks provides a satirical look at the follies, foibles, and complexities of modern life from an African-American perspective as it offers a provocative take on Condoleezza Rice's love life, Dick Cheney, the war in Iraq, The Passion of Christ, and more. Original. 75,000 first printing.

All the rage

All the rage
Author: Aaron McGruder
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2007
Genre: African American cartoonists
ISBN: 0307352668

UFOlogy

UFOlogy
Author: James Tynion, IV
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2016-05-03
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1608868214

Becky Finch never wanted to be special. She just wanted to be a normal high school student in the small, Midwestern town of Mukawgee. Malcolm Chamber wanted something more. A destiny. An answer from the stars. When Becky is marked by an alien’s touch, she’ll stumble into a mystery she never wanted. A mystery that almost ripped apart both their parents’ lives 12 years ago. She’ll need the help of her eccentric young classmate, Malcolm, as she finds the power within herself to uncover the truth.

Black Comics

Black Comics
Author: Sheena C. Howard
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2013-03-14
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1441135286

Winner of the 2014 Will Eisner Award for Best Scholarly/Academic Work. Bringing together contributors from a wide-range of critical perspectives, Black Comics: Politics of Race and Representation is an analytic history of the diverse contributions of Black artists to the medium of comics. Covering comic books, superhero comics, graphic novels and cartoon strips from the early 20th century to the present, the book explores the ways in which Black comic artists have grappled with such themes as the Black experience, gender identity, politics and social media. Black Comics: Politics of Race and Representation introduces students to such key texts as: The work of Jackie Ormes Black women superheroes from Vixen to Black Panther Aaron McGruder's strip The Boondocks

Birth of a Nation

Birth of a Nation
Author: Aaron McGruder
Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004
Genre: Graphic novels
ISBN: 9781400083169

A scathingly funny graphic novel from a veritable dream team of collaborators, premised on the question: what would happen if East St. Louis seceded from the union? Remember the 2000 election debacle in Florida, what would happen if the same thing were to happen in East St. Louis? What if the dissed city seceded and declared itself the sovereign Republic of Blackland? Written by one of America's leading political satirists and a pioneering black filmmaker, this takes the botched election of 2000 and turns it into an absurd conclusion - this is political humour at its best.

Anthony Bourdain's Hungry Ghosts

Anthony Bourdain's Hungry Ghosts
Author: Anthony Bourdain
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2018-10-02
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1506706908

Hungry Ghosts is cooked up by the best selling author and veteran chef, Anthony Bourdain (Kitchen Confidential, Emmy-Award winning TV star of Parts Unknown) and acclaimed novelist Joel Rose (Kill, Kill, Faster, Faster) back again from their New York Times #1 best seller, Get Jiro!. Featuring real recipes cooked up by Bourdain himself, this horror anthology is sure to please--and scare! On a dark, haunted night, a Russian Oligarch dares a circle of international chefs to play the samurai game of 100 Candles--where each storyteller tells a terrifying tale of ghosts, demons and unspeakable beings--and prays to survive the challenge. Inspired by the Japanese Edo period game of Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai, Hungry Ghosts reimagines the classic stories of yokai, yorei, and obake, all tainted with the common thread of food. Including stellar artists Sebastian Cabrol, Vanesa Del Rey, Francesco Francavilla, Irene Koh, Leo Manco, Alberto Ponticelli, Paul Pope, and Mateus Santolouco as well as amazing color by Jose Villarrubia, a drop-dead cover by Paul Pope.

Population: 485

Population: 485
Author: Michael Perry
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2009-10-13
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 006185297X

“Part portrait of a place, part rescue manual, part rumination of life and death, Population: 485 is a beautiful meditation on the things that matter.” — Seattle Times Welcome to New Auburn, Wisconsin (population: 485) where the local vigilante is a farmer’s wife armed with a pistol and a Bible, the most senior member of the volunteer fire department is a cross-eyed butcher with one kidney and two ex-wives (both of whom work at the only gas station in town), and the back roads are haunted by the ghosts of children and farmers. Michael Perry loves this place. He grew up here, and now—after a decade away—he has returned. Unable to polka or repair his own pickup, his farm-boy hands gone soft after years of writing, Perry figures the best way to regain his credibility is to join the volunteer fire department. Against a backdrop of fires and tangled wrecks, bar fights and smelt feeds, Population: 485 is a comic and sometimes heartbreaking true tale leavened with quieter meditations on an overlooked America.

Boondock Kollage

Boondock Kollage
Author: Regina N. Bradley
Publisher: Black Studies and Critical Thinking
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017
Genre: African Americans
ISBN: 9781433133046

Boondock Kollage: Stories from the Hip Hop South is a collection of twelve short stories that addresses issues of race, place, and identity in the post-Civil Rights American South. Using historical, spectral, and hip hop infused fiction, Boondock Kollage critically engages readers to question the intersections of regionalism and black culture in current American society.