Boondocks Gets Longer Hiatus
“The Boondocks” one of the greatest comic strips of all time, has been on hiatus since last February. New strips were supposed to start running next week but Aaron McGruder, the strips creator, just announced that the hiatus will last indefinitely.
For anyone un-cultured enough to have read the strip before, its about a black family living in the suburbs that cracks on everything from politics, racism, BET, and about everything in-between. I have the first two collected volumes and the first season of the cartoon that ran last year on Cartoon Network.
In a press release, McGruder says that he plans to start doing the strips again but isn’t ready yet. He says that he focusing a lot of energy on the second season of the TV show and has other comic ventures he wants to finish before returning to the daily comic strip.
"It's my understanding, in the communications with Aaron and his agent, that the biggest problem is finding the right time to make a decision," said Lee Salem, president of the “Boondocks” strip distributor told the AP. "He's not ready to do that at this point. I don't know the answer to (the comic's future)."
I’m all about McGruder giving attention to the TV show, but I’m really sad the new strips have been put on hold.