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Photo, Print, Drawing The Boondocks. Hello, FBI? It's me, Huey, just checkin' in to see how the war's going

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About this Item

Title

  • The Boondocks. Hello, FBI? It's me, Huey, just checkin' in to see how the war's going

Summary

  • Five panel cartoon drawing shows Boondocks character Huey Freeman talking on the telephone with a representative of the FBI. Huey wants to know how the war on drugs is progressing, after all, "the government has spent a fortune, thrown countless people in jail, [and] invaded a country"; when Huey asks "how much longer", the conversation comes to an end. In the final frame of the comic strip, Huey's younger brother, Riley, agrees that "this is much more fun than playing outside", Huey replies, "Isn't it? Now let's call the CIA!"

Names

  • McGruder, Aaron, artist

Created / Published

  • 2002 Jan. 6.

Headings

  • -  United States.--Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • -  Drug control--United States--2000-2010
  • -  Government policy--United States--2000-2010
  • -  Communication--2000-2010

Headings

  • Comics--2000-2010.
  • Computer graphics--2000-2010.
  • Drawings--Color--2000-2010.

Genre

  • Comics--2000-2010
  • Computer graphics--2000-2010
  • Drawings--Color--2000-2010

Notes

  • -  Exhibit caption from "Timely and Timeless," section for Modern Life in Comic Strips. Comic Filled with Commentary. Aaron McGruder casts a sharply satirical eye on relations between blacks and whites in his highly successful, provocative comic strip The Boondocks. Through the voices of Huey Freeman, his brother Riley, and their grandfather, McGruder fearlessly targets American presidents, public office holders, performing artists, and institutions. In this Sunday feature that is produced entirely digitally, Huey and his friend Caesar take on the FBI. McGruder launched his strip in print in 1997 in the University of Maryland's student newspaper while completing a degree in African American Studies. When syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate in 1999, Boondocks appeared in 195 newspapers, making McGruder one of the few black cartoonists represented on the comics pages of major daily newspapers.
  • -  Title from item.
  • -  Viewable copy is a derivative of original digital file.
  • -  Copyright 2002 by Aaron McGruder. Used by permission of Universal Press Syndicate. All rights reserved.
  • -  The CD used to transmit the digital image to the Library of Congress is controlled under call number PR 06 CN 1267.
  • -  Gift; Universal Press Syndicate; (PR 13 CN 2006:068)
  • -  Facsimile Exhibited: "Timely and Timeless" at the Graphic Arts Galleries, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2011-2012.

Medium

  • 1 drawing (digital) : TIFF file, color.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LC-DIG-ppbd-00369 (ONLINE) [P&P]

Repository

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2011647561

Reproduction Number

  • LC-DIG-ppbd-00369 (original digital file)

Rights Advisory

Online Format

  • image

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  • Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppbd-00369 (original digital file)
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Mcgruder, Aaron, Artist. The Boondocks. Hello, FBI? It's me, Huey, just checkin' in to see how the war's going. United States, 2002. Jan. 6. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2011647561/.

APA citation style:

McGruder, A. (2002) The Boondocks. Hello, FBI? It's me, Huey, just checkin' in to see how the war's going. United States, 2002. Jan. 6. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2011647561/.

MLA citation style:

Mcgruder, Aaron, Artist. The Boondocks. Hello, FBI? It's me, Huey, just checkin' in to see how the war's going. Jan. 6. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2011647561/>.