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Users cannot link directly to a page with the flash file without the interstitial launch page. Because of its controversy, many newspaper publishers either relegate the strip to the op-ed section of the paper, pull more potentially controversial strips from being published, or do not publish the strip at all, tactics also similar to Doonesbury.
. Clicking this button spawns a pop-up window showing the flash file. Some attribute the disputes over the strip to a political correctness that discourages any discussion or recognition of racial distinctions. Linking to an item on Newgrounds can only be made to a launch page, where the reader has to find and click on a Watch this movie button. In particular, the principal characters often discuss racial and American socio-economic class issues. These could be blocked using the browser or add-on software, except that to use the site, users would have to configure an exception for Newgrounds, exposing them to the advertising. In this aspect, it is similar to Doonesbury.

Newgrounds uses pop-up advertising. The comic strip has been withheld by newspapers several times. Around 2004, people began to complain that Newgrounds.com had been adding spyware, such as 180 Solutions to certain webpages. The Boondocks is very political and occasionally subject to great controversy, usually sparked by the comments and behavior of its main character, Huey. Astroseries 2 became the very first submission to be received by Newgrounds in 2006. Their young daughter Jazmine is very insecure about her racial identity and is often the subject of Huey's antipathy for being, in his opinion, out of touch with her African ancestry. None have been made since spring of 2005, and it's unlikely that more will be made. The Freemans' neighbors are NAACP member Thomas Dubois (a reference both to WEB DuBois and Uncle Tom) and his White wife Sara, who are both lawyers.

These collections have no theme, and seem to be primarily compilations of rejected or unused daily collection animations. He is also a budding comedian, although most of his humor consists of trying to play the dozens on Huey, which always falls flat. Some daily collections were submitted simply under the name "DailyToon________" with the cartoon's submission date in the blank space. Huey's best friend is Michael Caesar, a dreadlocked aspiring MC who agrees with many of Huey's criticisms but serves as a positive counterpoint to Huey's typically pessimistic attitude by taking a humorous approach to issues. Certain collections are based after people, while others have been based on movies, cartoon characters, and video games. Their grandfather is a firm disciplinarian who is offended by their values and ideas. Most of them are based on TV shows, mainly sitcoms, anime productions, and kids' shows. Riley, on the other hand, is enamored of gangsta rap culture and the "thug"/bling-bling lifestyle.

The daily collections are generally themed. Newton) and is harshly critical of many aspects of modern Black culture. As such, various other "Clocks" have guested on daily collections, as well as members of the similar "Star Syndicate", who also produce their own type of daily cartoons. Huey is a devotee of black radical ideas of the past few decades (as explained in the May 4, 1999 strip, Huey is in fact named after Black Panther Huey P. These collections are masterminded by Newgrounds user "Coolboyman", better known as "Strawberry Clock", the self proclaimed "King of the Newgrounds Portal" and leader of the infamous Clock Crew. The strip depicts Huey Freeman and his younger brother Riley, two black children who have been moved out of Chicago by their grandfather to live with him in the predominantly white suburb of Woodcrest (most likely in Maryland, as seen from the area code stated in the March 16, 2000 strip). Each collection features from four to five animations, typically with each cartoon produced by a single animator. The Boondocks animated series premiered on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim on November 6, 2005.

Due to the short timeframe, the majority of the included animations are of poor quality, featuring little (if any) animation and for the most part, speech to voice synthesis used for voices. McGruder has sold the television and film rights for The Boondocks to Sony Pictures Entertainment. They were written, created, and submitted to Newgrounds within the course of one day. I think I'm a better writer than artist." ^[1] Seng has since left and Carl Jones has illustrated the strip since late 2004. Daily collections are existed between 2004 and 2005. In an interview with The New Yorker, McGruder said, "If something had to give, it was going to be the art. Currently there are a lot of collaborations based on songs, with each participating author animating one or more line each, because of the huge amount of collabs being started at the same time and spamming the Newgrounds Flash forum some members took it upon themselves to create the website NGCollabs where people with a batting average (average score of their Flash submissions) of lower than 3.00 could start collaborations. In the fall of 2003, McGruder passed art duties on to Boston-based artist Jennifer Seng.

They are also a great way for up-and-coming artists to get in the spotlight with the bigshots. Blair's help to the budding strip went unnoticed during the allegations against the latter of article fabrication, as McGruder joined others in lampooning Blair. Collaborations are a great way for artists to work together and get to know each other. The strip got its start as a result of The Diamondback's editor Jayson Blair (of New York Times source falsification infamy), who decided to pay McGruder $30 per strip, $17 more than the others at the time. It began with group works by the Clock Crew and flourished when the Newgrounds Time Trials sparked a more general interest among authors. . Another popular activity on Newgrounds is the collab—various animators, artists and programmers collaborating on a single movie or game. In the fall of 2005, The Boondocks was adapted into an animated television series of the same name for Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block.

Various flash series submitted exclusively to Newgrounds. A popular and highly controversial strip, The Boondocks deals with various issues involving African-American culture and American politics, as seen through the eyes of its main protagonist, a ten-year-old Black radical named Huey Freeman. His work includes:. As it gained popularity, and a loyal following the comic strip was picked up by the Universal Press Syndicate in 1999 and made its national debut on April 19 of that year. These are referred to as Newgrounds Originals. Created by McGruder in 1997 for The Diamondback, the student newspaper at the University of Maryland, College Park, the strip moved from the college pages and was printed in the monthly hip-hop magazine, The Source, in 1997. Tom Fulp has submitted several movies and games to Newgrounds. The Boondocks is a daily comic strip written and originally drawn by Aaron McGruder.

The NG chat has spawned many spinoffs, such as #radiogrounds (The radiogrounds.com chat), #ngdrunks for the NGDr0kns (dr0kn.com), #blamclub for the blamclub (ADG/BlamClub Forums) and many other (smaller) user-made channels such as #ngpoker for the NG Late Night Poker Club, #nazigrounds.com, and #minimanjapan.com (minimanjapan.com). 2005: Public Enemy #2. The NG Chat is accessible via any IRC client by entering the java.webchat.org, area.webchat.org or irc.webmaster.com servers and joining the channel through the irc command: /join #newgrounds.com. 2002: A Right to Be Hostile (treasury). You go in, you get insulted and insult back. 2001: Fresh for '01...You Suckas!. The Insult room is somewhat self-explanatory. 2000: Because I Know You Don't Read the Newspaper.

The Hookup room is for any users who wish to "Chat intimately", trade pictures of one another, etc., to deter users from doing so in the main chat. Has struggled trying to debate with Huey during class. NG Chat also has two other smaller, less frequented channels: the Hookup room (#nglove) and the Insult room (#ngwar). Old-fashioned and not used to dealing with Blacks, he is intimidated by Huey's intellect. If an AOL user enters the NG Chat, they are automatically kicked upon entry. Petto - Huey and Caesar's teacher, who is as clueless about how to handle them as the principal is. America Online (AOL) users on Java clients are not allowed into the NG Chat, because their IP Mask changes dynamically when the user begins a new dial-up session, so bans and akicks can't directly affect one person using that ISP (in any geographical region). Mr.