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.
© Greg Cravens - All Rights Reserved.
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Pacopuddy said, 12 months ago
Yet she looks as though she’s sort of happy and embarrassed and proud . . .
x_Tech
said, 12 months ago
Horns and Mondays should never be combined!!!!!!!
Oops, just used up my monthly allotment of !s.
Gary Albert said, 12 months ago
“I DON’T LIKE MONDAYS” by Boomtown Rats
ODDBALL
said, 12 months ago
@Gary Albert
“I don’t like mondays” Brenda Ann Spencer
Tue Elung-Jensen said, 12 months ago
He got the right approach though.
Pacopuddy said, 12 months ago
@x_Tech
Have a few of mine – I’ve got loads.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Strod said, 12 months ago
@Gary Albert
I was going to say I don’t like Mondays by Bob Geldof, but it turns out Geldof was the leader of Boomtown Rats.
(Sorry, that was just before my times. In fact, that is the first musical video of which I have full recollection of when I watched it for the first time.)
Strod said, 12 months ago
@ODDBALL
I had to look up who Brenda Ann Spencer was. Fascinating and chilling story, and apparently true.
Strod said, 12 months ago
Ok, so let me bring the music down a notch: Manic Monday authored by Prince and made popular by the Bangles. (Actually I just found that acoustic version and I find I like it more than the original.)
Aaaaah, the 80’s!
jamesrobin said, 12 months ago
I like Sundaes, spesh’ly on Mondays!!
jeffc42
said, 12 months ago
@Gary Albert
That was the first thing that came to my mind as well.
Allan said, 12 months ago
Just don’t let Rebecca Black get ahold of this song! She’ll auto-tune it to hell!
What happened to the ‘good old days’ when people who were popular musicians actually COULD sing?
Hunter7 said, 12 months ago
today`s morning news quote``Just once I would like to wake up and be told Monday has been cancelled. Go back to sleep`.`author unknown.
Comic Minister said, 12 months ago
I guess Eddie doesn’t like Mondays.
Number Three said, 12 months ago
There should be MANY songs on how depressing Mondays are.
LOL xxx