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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frumdebang said, 6 months ago
Pretty risky behavior just before Christmas, Toby. Better rein yourself in, boy.
Perkycat said, 6 months ago
I remember when my daughter was in the pre-talking stage and sitting outside with friends who were a little older. She was babbling on and they were talking to her like they understood everything she said. I often wonder…
Allan said, 6 months ago
LoL oh Toby Toby Toby.
MelvinLott said, 6 months ago
My older brother once did something very similar to what Toby did. Did I mention he did that once?
Comic Minister said, 6 months ago
Hee hee hee!
Hunter7 said, 6 months ago
Seems that seatbelt is riding a little low on Toby. Maybe it should be higher? Like over the mouth?
shytimes2
said, 6 months ago
I might have thought what Toby is saying- but to speak it out loud?
Never would have happened.
Llywus42 said, 6 months ago
@Perkycat
According to my mother and grandmother my younger brother by four years never spoke a coherent sentence until almost the age of four. He and I spoke a gibberish language and then I translated for the adults. And then finally, shortly before his 4th birthday, he just started talking, full coherent sentences, and we quit speaking our private language.
Jerry Carlson said, 6 months ago
My wife has a wanting definition of “we” and a working definition. The wanting definition, as in “We want …” is first person singular, while if the subject of a sentence is “We” and the predicate involves work, it’s second person singular.