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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david_42 said, 6 months ago
Yeah, like he ever crawls under the raised floors or through the ceiling to run cables. Never had a “desk job” in my life, even when I had a desk job.
Comic Minister said, 6 months ago
So much for the office Larry.
Number Three said, 6 months ago
Awwwww, Poor Larry.
xxx
Allan said, 6 months ago
Oh running cables through ceilings is NOT as easy as they say it is! ESPECIALLY if it’s a drop down ceiling! L
Agent54 said, 6 months ago
Poor smuck lost another jacket to the office.
Josh Lyons said, 6 months ago
Much like your kid “going” to school.
Shirl Summ
said, 6 months ago
@david_42
IC , IT guy eh. :)
Gary Fabian said, 6 months ago
What time is e going to the office? It looks like the sun is half way to noon.
Comic Lover said, 6 months ago
This has so been my week this week. Thanks Greg for making me smile after such a bad week.
msowards said, 6 months ago
@david_42
Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life. Yeah, Right!
Greg Trail _ I'm a Dillo!
said, 6 months ago
Oh man, I rarely laugh out loud at comics. So thanks for today, Greg :)
Neo Blakkrstal said, 6 months ago
@david_42
Anyone who has never had a desk job, is in no position to decide if office work constitutes work. Having an office job I can tell you that I come home exhausted, barely able to think, every night because the job is so draining. It is different than blue collar work but it is still work.
mklange
said, 6 months ago
Well, at least he gets to leave when the sun is shining.This past couple of days has been really funny
Hunter7 said, 6 months ago
Poor Larry. There is a solution. Change cubicles. And computers. And your phone and software. It has been 4 weeks. Four weeks of me saying…. I’m sorry. I don’t have access to that information. No. I can’t do that. I don’t have the software. And so on and so on ….. Maybe next week?
Merzing said, 6 months ago
@msowards
Worked for me. Our expression “It’s one of those days,” meant it was one of those days we’d pay them to let us come in here and play.