The two comics, Wee Pals by Morrie Turner and Boondocks by Aaron McGruder, handled the issue of race in radically different manners. Wee Pals included many racial groups in addition to white and African American including Asian and Native American. Turner’s diverse group of characters take turns poking fun at each other with such gags as comparing the Rotary Club to a gang. While the comic started in sadly few papers, the popularity of this comic went through the roof after the death of Martin Luther King. This was due to the fact that people were more eager to support the civil right movement following this tragic even. Wee Pals was very mild in its approach to race and has run for around 50 years due to its popularity. Boondocks, on the other
