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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capnLaz
said, 6 months ago
’Sokay!
Tue Elung-Jensen said, 6 months ago
Cause they suck at organic things like humans.
Zuhlamon said, 6 months ago
Same reason why I spent a summer of my youth humping out a barrel of antique ore crusher balls – ‘cause it’s bitchen.
Shyygirl27 said, 6 months ago
So they can blend in and not become somebody’s science experiment.
Number Six said, 6 months ago
In order to make a killing…
…in merchandising!
Allan said, 6 months ago
Why? Because they needed to.
Number Three said, 6 months ago
LOL LOL… Excellent!
xxx
Comic Minister said, 6 months ago
Sorry Toby.
Hunter7 said, 6 months ago
Why not?
Cartoonacy said, 6 months ago
Because it wouldn’t be any fun if they turned into buildings.
Greg Cravens
said, 6 months ago
That’s right. It’s not enough to be a superstrong technologically marvelous race with the ability to shoot rays out of body parts, manifest energy swords at will, or take on the aspects of other random machines at the blink of an eye… you have to sneak around, too.
Night-Gaunt49 said, 6 months ago
Just don’t confuse Autobots with Voltron, not the same thing. Voltron can create the sword. Also Sym-Biotic Titan can create an energy sword and shield. (Whole another dimension.)
K M
said, 6 months ago
That’s what dads do, kid.
TrekkerMint said, 6 months ago
Giant robots like Mecha, Transformers,Voltron, they’re all fun.
Ulan said, 6 months ago
That was tricky, Dad. A monosyllabic question is to short to be muffled out by a teenagers hearing and can actually start a thinking process in its mind.