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― Big Mr. Guess U.S.A. Champion (crüt), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:13 (twelve years ago) link
lol Boondocks 4eva <3
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
As a white dude, I would never feel comfortable saying that "99% of white people believe x", but hey.
― polyphonic, Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
nothing against you crut; i just can't stand that cartoon. or mcgruder, really. i respect that guy as much as i do jim davis or scott adams.
― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:15 (twelve years ago) link
contenderizer, keep digging
― flagp∞st (dayo), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
i respect that guy as much as i do jim davis or scott adams.
:O
― dream words & nightmare paragraphs from a red factory in a dead town (Abbbottt), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
Is it because he wrote Red Tails?
boondocks is great wtf
― if you ever leave me peggy, leave some propane at my door (zachlyon), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
xp oh did he? ha, no but that's funny.he's just not a good cartoonist or comic strip writer. he's a good businessman. you ever read his comics journal interview?
― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
fwiw I think Boondocks works a LOT better as a show than a comic strip, but still, wtf
― Big Mr. Guess U.S.A. Champion (crüt), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
i like that i'm discussing my distaste for aaron mcgruder in the "is this racist" thread. lost before i started.
I don't understand how anyone could find the R.Kelly episode unfunny
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:26 (twelve years ago) link
i'm not a connoisseur of the show; i've watched maybe three episodes here or there and i find the outsourced animation very bleh and the stories hamhanded on a par with family guynot my thing
― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:27 (twelve years ago) link
Boondocks was the best written and best animated show on Adult Swim (damn w/faint praise).
― dream words & nightmare paragraphs from a red factory in a dead town (Abbbottt), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:29 (twelve years ago) link
forks
family guy
why
Also you realize Beetle Bailey is the only good modern comic strip anyway
― dream words & nightmare paragraphs from a red factory in a dead town (Abbbottt), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
"modern"
I'm not gonna argue "best animated" but yeah, I definitely think it's on a level above every other piece of programming they've ever had aside from Futurama
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
see, i'd argue venture brothers and mutts but what do i know
― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
i think we're all forgetting a superior piece of animated entertainment called 'american dad'
― omar little, Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
Venture Bros looks like a Flash animation (esp first season)
― dream words & nightmare paragraphs from a red factory in a dead town (Abbbottt), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:32 (twelve years ago) link
no doubt, first season was weak but the building blocks were there. looks great now!but i also have always hated futurama's lack of body. different strokes, folks.
― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
If you watched more eps of Boondocks you would probably not regret it.
― dream words & nightmare paragraphs from a red factory in a dead town (Abbbottt), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
venture bros i think WAS flash animation in its pilot but the visuals improved from there pretty quickly
― some dude, Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
― dream words & nightmare paragraphs from a red factory in a dead town (Abbbottt), Thursday, February 23, 2012 2:30 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
haha
I haven't read a new Beetle Bailey strip in probably like 10 years but I imagine they're still making jokes about high-ranking US military official Gen. Halftrack trying to comprehend "e-mail" while leering at women dressed like 1966
― Big Mr. Guess U.S.A. Champion (crüt), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
OK, 1) American Dad is actually really, really funny, head and shoulders above the other MacFarlane joints, and 2) ATHF had some of the funniest writing although obvs the animation was for shit.
― A Full Torgo Apparition (Phil D.), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
Halftrack is all about these very deep alcohol/marriage problems now, I love it.
― dream words & nightmare paragraphs from a red factory in a dead town (Abbbottt), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:36 (twelve years ago) link
This will keep you up to speed on 21st century Beetle Bailey: http://joshreads.com/?cat=26
― A Full Torgo Apparition (Phil D.), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:36 (twelve years ago) link
i have given so many friends and family members the coldest, most dead-eyed stare i can muster when they tell me that American Dad is great
― some dude, Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:36 (twelve years ago) link
tbh, the only comic strips i regularly read (outside of comics curmudgeon's filter) these days are by old dead guysjosh is a real neat guy btw, i did a web based show with him at one point
― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:37 (twelve years ago) link
Boondocks (cartoon) had very good character development. The one where Uncle Ruckus met his family was astonishing.
― dream words & nightmare paragraphs from a red factory in a dead town (Abbbottt), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:38 (twelve years ago) link
"oh, what racist thing happened today? *opens thread*"
I rank them:BoondocksFuturamaVenture BrosMetalocalypseChildren's HospitalNTSF:SD::SUV:::OG Space Ghost/Brak Show/Sealab/Frisky Dingo/Harvey BirdmanATHF/SquidbilliesFamily Guy/American Dadall those random 15 minute shows that aren't around anymoreTim and Eric Stupid Show Fuck Off
BoondocksFuturamaVenture BrosMetalocalypseChildren's HospitalNTSF:SD::SUV:::OG Space Ghost/Brak Show/Sealab/Frisky Dingo/Harvey BirdmanATHF/SquidbilliesFamily Guy/American Dadall those random 15 minute shows that aren't around anymoreTim and Eric Stupid Show Fuck Off
"*closes thread* fucking ILE..."
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:38 (twelve years ago) link
Boondocks -- comic strip and tv show -- was brilliant. I think I slightly preferred the comic, partly because I have a soft spot for newspaper comics, and partly because when you read it you knew this was the best thing since Calvin & Hobbes.
― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:41 (twelve years ago) link
I did have an actual 'is it racist' question, about this brand of shirts a lot of my students wear that looks like all those stupid MMA brand shirts. The shirts say WHITEBOY on them in big letters. They get them at this store in the mall that sells a bunch of MMA brands that my friend says is run by the KKK (I don't even know how you confirm whether the KKK is running a store). Anyway, I kind of want to know and I kind of don't, because I don't want to see these kids and think 'ugh white supremacists.'
― dream words & nightmare paragraphs from a red factory in a dead town (Abbbottt), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:43 (twelve years ago) link
Anyway these shirts give me the creeps whether or not they are actually being sold by the KKK.
― flagp∞st (dayo), Thursday, February 23, 2012 11:17 AM (25 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:44 (twelve years ago) link
I had trouble reading boondocks because every once in a while, he would do a really obvious straight Bloom County or Calvin & Hobbes rip and I internalized those comics when they were fresh. Yeah, I know they were doing the same thing to Pogo and Krazy Kat and whatever, but it was an irksome experience for me.
― beachville, Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:45 (twelve years ago) link
I think if the shirts say WHITEBOY on them, you have as much as you need to know right there. Still, what's the store? I bet ilx could do a little digging.
― beachville, Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:46 (twelve years ago) link
It is a store called Hardc0r3 101 in the p4rk Pl4ce M4ll.
― dream words & nightmare paragraphs from a red factory in a dead town (Abbbottt), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
maybe someone licensed some ultra-rare Jewel material
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.rockcityrec.com/cwc/Images/CWC_Main.png
― Unleash the Chang (he did what!) (Austerity Ponies), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
the "I'm not a racist but" clothing companyI'm not even sure why I had to ask, sorry everyone.
― dream words & nightmare paragraphs from a red factory in a dead town (Abbbottt), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
Boondocks the comic strip eventually became just Huey sitting impassively in front of a television that said things for four panels in pretty much every strip, as far as I can recall from my newspaper-comic-reading days. Which were a while ago now.
― Nicholas Pokémon (silby), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
Abb, did you happen to hear about Floyd Mayweather?
http://www.sportaphile.com/2009/07/21/floyd-mayweather-mma-is-for-white-boys-who-couldnt-cut-it-in-boxing/
― pplains, Thursday, 23 February 2012 20:01 (twelve years ago) link
haha I feel like Floyd could support his own "why did he say that" thread
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Thursday, 23 February 2012 20:02 (twelve years ago) link
i always sort of liked or maybe wanted to like boondocks, both as a strip and a cartoon, but never quite managed to close the gap and actually enjoy it. macgruder's sense of humor just never really clicked with me.
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Thursday, 23 February 2012 20:02 (twelve years ago) link
ikwym i don't really like rap music dunno why
― Nicholas Pokémon (silby), Thursday, 23 February 2012 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
I didin't even know what mma was until I looked it up and Mayweather was the first result.
If the KKK is behind Mixed Martial Arts, than I just don't know what to think.
― pplains, Thursday, 23 February 2012 20:06 (twelve years ago) link