There's "The Boondocks" comic strip by Aaron McGruder, its attitude and language restrained by the inoffensive and politically correct standards of daily newspapers designed for family readership. [...] there's "The Boondocks" of Cartoon Network, airing after primetime in the frequently outrageous "Adult Swim" block, a sort of McGruder unleashed. Like the strip, the animated version focuses on the black family of young radical Huey, 10, and his hip-hop-influenced brother, Riley, 8.

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