A laughing matter.

• Author: Groff-Palermo, Sarah
• Position: Arts - Cartoonist Aaron McGruder - Brief Article

Cartoonist Aaron McGruder is a troublemaker. Instead of the studied silence of many comic strips, the young African-American characters in The Boondocks have tackled the war in Afghanistan. They point out that the U.S. government once financed Afghan rebels, some of whom are now fighting under Osama bin Laden's banner. "I really struggled with it," McGruder says. "But this is one of those critical moments in history, and I did not want to look back and regret not having said something." A handful of newspapers, including the New York Daily News, chose...