The Perishers enchanted into a dog by a gypsy wench (as he puts it, "I knew I should have bought those damn clothespegs!") – the strip gives occasional hints that this is actually true as opposed to another fantasy. As a lord, he demands to be treated with respect, and often tells Wellington so to his face. Unfortunately Wellington only hears barking. Wellington thinks Boot is lazy and should help out with the household chores, but Boot usually manages to find some way to "accidentally" mess things up in the hope that he won't be asked again. He hates taking baths, and
The Boondocks (comic strip) syndicate said it was among the biggest launches the company ever had. McGruder sold the television and film rights for the strip to Sony Pictures Entertainment. "The Boondocks" animated TV series premiered on the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block on November 6, 2005. McGruder launched an unsuccessful Kickstarter campaign for a live action movie featuring the "Boondocks" character Uncle Ruckus in 2013. The strip debuted on Hitlist.com on February 8, 1996. It later appeared in the University of Maryland newspaper "The Diamondback" under editor-in-chief Jayson Blair on December 3, 1996, paying McGruder $30 per strip—$17 more than other cartoonists.