Recent Comments

1. almost 3 years ago on The Boondocks

   And thus we have the perfect triangle : Huey, Jazmine and Cindy. The possible weekly threads Aaron McGruder can spin out of this triangle is practically infinite. It’s a shame the strip didn’t go on and on for decades.

2. almost 3 years ago on Gil Thorp

   This strip needs some players named Nelda, Olga, Harriet, Linda, Barbara, Matilda, Ursula, Gretchen, Agatha, Lucy and Lulu.

3. almost 3 years ago on Gil Thorp

   This is just sad. Gil Thorpe used to delve into serious issues : high schools recruiting athletes from neighboring districts, teachers giving students grades to keep them eligible, players using steroids to gain weight or performance advantages, college recruiters offering illegal inducements, school board members pressuring Gil to play sons of prominent fathers, etc. Now we’re mired in trivia.

4. almost 3 years ago on The Boondocks

   It gets better. The next three streets over are Cuddly Cat Drive, Fuzzy Fox Road and Bouncy Bunny Boulevard. What’s about to happen is one of Boondocks’ greatest threads.

5. about 3 years ago on The Boondocks

   This is one of the threads that caused many newspapers to cancel the strip.

6. about 3 years ago on Gil Thorp

   Fact is, letters are usually sent to the school at the beginning of the recruiting process. And, yes, players are often called out of class to the office or the AD’s office to have the letters handed to them.

7. about 3 years ago on The Boondocks

   This is a leafy gated Washington suburb. There are no police here. Only nibby neighbor ladies.

8. about 3 years ago on Gil Thorp

   The Delaware Blue Hens won a bunch of championships down in their league running the Wing-T. Since nobody else ran it, defenses had to prepare specifically for Delaware one week a year, which was practically impossible. There were only a handful of plays, so Nelson (and his successor) could work on them over and over until the team ran them with precision. The Wing-T is perfect for a team with kids of average size and talent but willing to work hard. Nelson coached a technique he called “brush blocking,” which meant you didn’t have to bowl your opponent over, just knock him off stride for a second. In that second, the runner would be through the gap. The Wing-T is still popular with coaches at small high schools, and down in Division III.

9. about 3 years ago on Gil Thorp

   Interesting how the artwork on Heather changes. Some days she looks mature, older, professional. Some days, like today, she looks like a wide eyed high school girl. Do they rotate artists? Or does the single artist’s mood swing back and forth?

10. about 3 years ago on The Boondocks

    Just plow it up and plant it in garden. Tomatoes, Peppers, Lettuce, Kale, Green Beans, Cantaloupe, Watermelon, Corn, Zucchini. Let the Homeowners Association go nuts. It would feed Huey’s need to be a revolutionary.