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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Pacopuddy said, 6 months ago
I spend hours thinking up spontaneous retorts!
Number Three said, 6 months ago
LOL LOL… I love these characters.
xxx
david_42 said, 6 months ago
The French have a phrase for that, l’esprit de escalier. “staircase wisdom”.
Allan said, 6 months ago
Hind Sight is 20/20… unless Rosie O’Donnell is in your rear view mirror… then it’s not so nice to see.
piksea
said, 6 months ago
Esprit d’escalier strikes again!
Oh! And I’m with you @hardware Dept Comic!
tr.phipps said, 6 months ago
Reminds me of the joke, “When asked whether the greatest problem facing the country was IGNORANCE or APATHY, the two most popular responses were, ‘I Don’t Know’ and ‘I Don’t Care’”.
Comic Minister said, 6 months ago
Some talk Toby.
Jerry Carlson said, 6 months ago
How I know I’m Somebody: If I think Somebody should do something, I do it.
Greg Cravens
said, 6 months ago
@Jerry Carlson
That’s pretty good! I might have to steal that for a comic strip.
omwae said, 6 months ago
COS — confirmed ∀
message continued to ‘starfool’ — … for further instructions.
Greg Cravens
said, 6 months ago
@omwae
Cool! The secret code folks are back!
K M
said, 6 months ago
Repartee is what you think of after you become a departee.
Greg Cravens
said, 6 months ago
There was some fast repartee going on during the #cravensLIVE tweetfest that gocomics was kind enough to put on. If you want all the answers, just re-ask the questions right here!
Hunter7 said, 6 months ago
I missed the tweet up. went to lunch with my clerk. I have a clerk. My first. I thought we were bonding well – but I lose him after next week. And get another clerk. … After 11 years – I have help. Feels strange. ….. Much like listening to Toby trying to think.