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.
Broom Hilda by Russell Myers
Buni by Ryan Pagelow
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Pacopuddy said, 8 months ago
You’re on a hiding to nothing.
He’s happy, he seems (against all the odds) to be reasonably healthy – let him be. If you’re really worried, invite him for dinner more often and you can feed him broccoli.
Shyygirl27 said, 8 months ago
At least those meals usually include a vegetable.
Allan said, 8 months ago
@Shyygirl27
Exactly!
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I’d like to thank Greg for the awesome book I got yesterday. Oh, and 1+1=3 right, and 2×2=99? Am I right?
Comic Minister said, 8 months ago
Oh boy.
Linda Dean
said, 8 months ago
being a collector and inventor of numerous e-z recipes, I deplore the fact that anyone of any sex or age, cant cook something!…for example: take a small package of chicken thighs, open a can of cream of mushroom or chicken soup and spead it over the thighs…bake for an hour at 350…add a veggie/salad…you have dinner…you could add some sliced carrots chopped onion and/or broccoli,(raw – if you use frozen or canned it/they will turn to mush) etc. if you want to liven it up… E-Z’st dish anyone can make is tacos…brown a pound of hamburger, add Old El Paso or other taco seasoning mix, add the amt of water the package says to, have shredded cheese, chopped lettuce (you can buy it already shredded in both instances) and put it on a soft totilla or buy the crisp ones…there ya go, dinner….personally, I add Pace Picante Sauce (hot), canned mushrooms and slice up about a dozen black olives and throw them all in with the meat to cook down…I make mine with small bites of avacado, onion, tomatoes, lettuce, shredded cheese all on one 10’ soft flour burrito size tortilla and man am I a happy camper!
Both of these recipes do this single lady for quite a few meals, they can both be frozen and hold up well when reheated. Save those plastic take out dishes from the chinese joints, and use them for indivial plates.
Night-Gaunt49 said, 8 months ago
I usually do less in order to eat. The least amount of time fixing a meal works for me.
Cuddleman said, 8 months ago
@Linda Dean
Sounds good! I wish my wife could cook. She’s not anybody and found out since I could cook she will have no part of it other than eating. You are right though, it’s pretty easy and not expensive to cook and eat fairly healthy.
Been married 40 years next Feb.
cabalonrye said, 8 months ago
My husband had to cook while I was recovering from surgery. By the second day he was opening cans and feeding them to me. I swore never to be sick again.
Cartoonacy said, 8 months ago
@Cuddleman
She’s not anybody? I do hope that was an Autocorrect error.
saxie5 said, 8 months ago
I’m lucky my husband can cook. We take turns.
Hunter7 said, 8 months ago
@Linda Dean
sounds tasty. But takes over an hour for prep & cook. If I cant prep & cook within 30 minutes…..
Linda Dean
said, 8 months ago
@Cuddleman
Congratulations and here to many more!
I really like your i.d., she is a very lucky lady indeed.
Linda Dean
said, 8 months ago
@Hunter7
The only thing that really takes any time is letting the meat cook down and you do that on low while doing other things…like reading here at go comics…lol…