Word: aarons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...libs, all eyes drew to me. But, alas, with my luck, my moment of glory, of course, was bathed in a tub of sarcasm. "And look back there," the host suddenly said, after giving appropriate recognition to his researcher, who sat adjacent to me behind the set. "That's Aaron. He goes to Harvard. At the X Games, we have people from Harvard doing menial, behind the scenes work, while we have people like Rick Thorne on the air." (Mind you, Rick Thorne is a BMX "expert" who has tattoos that creep up and down his arms and, perhaps most...
...Aaron R. Cohen '00 is editor of Fifteen Minutes, the weekend magazine of The Crimson...
That is no surprise to Aaron McGruder, the 25-year-old African American who created The Boondocks for his student newspaper at the University of Maryland. The strip, he says, "requires people to go outside their comfort zone." Born in Chicago, McGruder grew up in Columbia, Md., where he dealt with "the intimidation of being one of two or three black faces in a sea of faces that don't look like you." He still works out of his bedroom in his parents' split-level ranch house, his collection of Star Wars toys strewn about. Besides "an addiction...
Newspapers see The Boondocks as a way to attract younger readers turned off by the blandness of most comics pages. With its hip-hop references, its Japanese manga-style drawings and its candid discussion of race, "the strip speaks to Aaron's generation the way Doonesbury speaks to boomers," says syndicate executive Lee Salem. Perhaps for that reason, the strip has drawn complaints on more than just racial grounds. In one strip Riley whacks Cindy with a toy light saber. "See?!!! You're still alive!!" he complains. "This thing is worthless!!" McGruder was stunned by the howls of outrage from...
...Aaron R. Cohen '00 is the editor of Fifteen Minutes, The Crimson's weekend magazine...