Art holds a mirror up to Nature. The Buckets come along, turn the mirror on Art and say, “Look how goofy you’re acting. Now get to work, Art. Your kids need an Xbox 360.”
The Buckets comic strip isn’t a parody of family life. Parodies are filled with hearts and rainbows or enraged tirades and dramatic confrontation. The Buckets, though? Nope. Real life, baby. It’s funny because it’s on a page and not in your house at the moment. Next week, when it’s happening to you, you’ll thank us for reminding you that it’s supposed to be funny.
Greg Cravens looks in the mirror and see not himself, but all of us. And then he draws up the silly, grand, goofy, thrilling, utterly human things we do and calls it The Buckets.
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beviek
said, 12 months ago
Awww, I bet he thinks he’s going to go for a walk. That’s what my dog thinks when I put on my shoes.
ODDBALL
said, 12 months ago
A minute ago Dogzilla was licking his…nevermind, you know what I mean.
M2MM said, 12 months ago
I love these “point-of-view” strips. :D
DevilsNight said, 12 months ago
@ODDBALL
that’s why I trained my dog not to lick me when ever she did i would grab her tongue not enough to hurt her just for a sec or two to make her finally stop
The J.A.M. said, 12 months ago
We have a cat that does that whenever we’re trying to read a book…
Strod said, 12 months ago
Dogzilla rocks!
I love the coloring of the Sunday strips. No offense to Joey who does a wonderful job, but Greg’s coloring is probably the best of all the comics I follow.
I love in particular the shades that give the figures a sort of three-dimensionality some weeks. Greg: do you do that in Photoshop perhaps using some gradient or something like that, or do you use special drawing/painting tools for the Sundays as you described last week?
Comic Minister said, 12 months ago
I guess he wants to play with you Larry.
Number Three said, 12 months ago
I got the shock of my life when I seen Dogzilla’s big eyes.
LOL LOL. It’s so sweet.
xxx
Hunter7 said, 12 months ago
Play Time!!!
Number Six said, 12 months ago
@Greg Cravens.
“You’re full of surprises!”
I’ll try not to pinch it for my *Oscar & Wild strip!
Allan said, 12 months ago
Ah, the annoying joy of having a dog. :D
K M
said, 12 months ago
This is just one reason why even my sneakers are loafers.
david_42 said, 12 months ago
Boss Bailey understands, “Shoes, THEN walk.” Never a problem.
Greg Cravens
said, 12 months ago
@Strod
I color everything flat, then use a photoshop tool to do the shadows. Typically, it’s only on flesh tones, but sometimes I get carried away, and sometimes, I think it won’t look good and leave things flat.
Strod said, 12 months ago
@Greg Cravens
Thanks, Greg. That’s very interesting!