The Boondocks: Because I Know You Don't Read The Newspaper - Aaron McGruder

I'd read most of the strips that make up this anthology online a year or so ago but it was good to see they stood up well to a re-read.

It's a solid compilation of the first couple of years worth of newspaper strips and is full of slick characterisation that you just slip right into. The art is beautiful and it's good to see how much they kept of his design when they transferred it to TV.

There's and extra character in these books. A white girl called Cindy who begins the book being a friend to Jazmine but soon transitions into an annoyance for Huey. The mains are all as expected with Huey very much taking centre stage for most stories.

Originally published in 1999 it is getting a little old now but happily it isn't even slightly dated.

ps - the first series of the cartoon is amongst the funniest and best written TV it's ever been my pleasure to watch. Do yourself a favour and hunt it down post haste.