The Boondocks by Aaron McGruder for October 23, 2015
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Transcript:
Huey: Well, it's good to know I'm not the only person who always thought the X-Men comic is a rip-off of the black liberation struggle. Caeser: Of course not... while it's unknown if it influenced Stan Lee and Jack Kirby when they created the X-Men in 1963, or even Len Wein, who created the new X-Men in 1975, it's well known that around the '80's the comic book began to increasingly draw upon civil rights and black power movements for inspiration--the pivotal moment of change being "God Loves, Man Kills," published in 1982. Huey: It's also good to know I'm not the only person with a wealth of useless information. Caeser: (Sigh) guess that's why we boys...
For anyone who isn’t hip on the reference, “God Loves, Man Kills” was the first X-Men graphic novel. The plot revolved around secret government plans to withhold fundamental rights from mutants and turn the population against them.
Excellent read, btw, even if the time-travel part of the plot is a little forced.