After leaving a friends’s birthday celebration last night, I was taking my customary travels through the streets of Atlanta when I saw the mural above.
If you’re not familiar, it’s a silhouette of Huey Freeman from Aaron McGruder’s The Boondocks. What is so dope about this, even though it’s a “corporate mural,” is that unless you know about The Boondocks, this mural means nothing to you. There are no words, just the silhouette and start date for the new season. Great silent advertising on the side of a corner store in the middle of the city.
From searching Instagram, there is a similar mural in Brooklyn, as well as subway and bus stop ads in NYC and possibly Washington, D.C.
If you’re in Atlanta and want to check it out, it’s on the side of the Southern Food Store at the intersection of Randolph and Irwin Streets in the Old Fourth Ward.
Lee From EP 
I also saw this promo on a bus stop poster, while heading southward on Peachtree Street. It is an ill image.
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For sure! Simple, clean and dope!
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I was driving by when the guy was painting this. But you’re exactly right, if you don’t know about the Boondocks, you’ll have no idea what it is.
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Very cool. That wall changes out often with Adult Swim ads, so it’s always cool to see what’s coming next.
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