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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Broom Hilda by Russell Myers
Buni by Ryan Pagelow
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unnormal said, 5 months ago
Eddie! . . . I’m surprised it’s only now that you’re coming to that conclusion!
Mom’s are LIKE that; get used to it, little guy.
Number Six said, 5 months ago
Nice aerial shot in the first panel!
Shyygirl27 said, 5 months ago
I have 6 children, 5 still at home. Everyone has someone to pick on except for the youngest but she gives as good as she gets.
david_42 said, 5 months ago
Two older sisters and two younger sisters, one boy in the middle. Guess who got the junker bicycles, because he could fix them?
Doctor Toon said, 5 months ago
My brother were 18 months apart, I followed up four years later
Not sure how I survived childhood, not sure how my mother survived us boys
Number Three said, 5 months ago
I have no siblings…
Well I have ONE but I’ve never met him.
Trouble is that I’m the younger sister, So if we ever met then he would be picking on me.
LOL xxx
Greg Cravens
said, 5 months ago
@Number Six
Thanks. You can only do ‘stage-plane’ perspective so often before you get tired of that honkin’ big space over Eddie’s head, then you have to draw something to keep yourself and everyone else entertained.
Number Six said, 5 months ago
@Greg Cravens
Agreed.
The perspective is spot on between them!
Comic Minister said, 5 months ago
I think she is.
Redhead55
said, 5 months ago
My grandson just found out yesterday he’s going to be a big brother soon. When posed with the question of whether he’d want a brother or a sister he said, “both”.
msowards said, 5 months ago
@Redhead55
A real politician in the making.
Night-Gaunt49 said, 5 months ago
I never thought about picking on my younger brothers, always to help them and protect them.
Hunter7 said, 5 months ago
No siblings. But I have pulled a Sarah. Five kids, aged 3 & 4. I yelled at them to stop doing what they were doing when my back was turned. When I turned around – there they all were – frozen in mid step with saucer sized eyes. Wish someone had taken a picture.