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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chefcass said, 6 months ago
Stingy Nana!
Greg Cravens
said, 6 months ago
The packages of cookies at the grocery store… I think of them as a single serving. According to the nutrition thingy on the back, a single serving is what I consider a big mouthful.
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‘Nother quick reminder- the ads for the Buckets book are up there at the top. Click on over for some good Christmas presents… Unlike a year’s subscriptions to Nana Noonan’s Cookie of the Month club.
AndiJ said, 6 months ago
Sounds like my husband. A serving is 2-3 cookies, he wants 12! :P
Number Three said, 6 months ago
LOL LOL…
xxx
Allan said, 6 months ago
A “serving” as they call it, is 1/2 of my preferred snack!!
Which could explain why I’m so fat and ugly…
Comic Minister said, 6 months ago
I think so Toby.
Hunter7 said, 6 months ago
Toby’s right. Gasp! that’s a pretty small box of cookies. To last a month? Maybe a Saturday afternoon munchies. For one.
Neo Blakkrstal said, 6 months ago
@AndiJ
That is a serving for a child. A man’s serviing is the package. Plain and simple. Box of Oreo’s and the milk. Notice I did not say “a glass” of milk, I said, THE milk.