Once just a comic strip, Aaron McGruder‘s The Boondocks is now a full-fledged animated series on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim. It’s also been plastered all over the city like CourtTV, but unlike our feelings toward Ashleigh Banfield, that hasn’t made us hate it any more so.
Its premiere last night meant Intern Molly’s weekend came to an abrupt halt as we made her put down the Ketel One and pick up the TiVo remote.
I wasn’t sure how The Boondocks was going to translate into television. Honestly, I was never really sure who was letting its controversial and radical content run on the same page as the sickeningly saccharine Family Circus and For Better or For Worse in the first place.
Admittedly this was my first experience with Adult Swim, or even the Cartoon Network, so I’m probably not in any position to comment on the artistry or animation. In any event, since I was asked to, I will.
We ask Intern Molly to do a lot of things she doesn’t want to — nor does she have experience doing. And after the jump, you’ll find out why.