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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The J.A.M. said, 5 months ago
Sorry, Grandpa. I bet you still think Venus has its day the same length as its year, right?
simpsonfan2 said, 5 months ago
The Vikings wouldn’t have known about the place if the Irish hadn’t told them about it after St. Brendan’s voyage.
Pacopuddy said, 5 months ago
Toby is brighter than I thought.
Is the sullen, lazy, ignorant teenager thing just an act to achieve social acceptance?
capnLaz
said, 5 months ago
Are you sure that Mercury doesn’t have a day the same length as its year?
unnormal said, 5 months ago
@Pacopuddy
Yeah, man . . .
It ain’t cool to know all this stuff unless you can use it to fluster old guys who think they know all there is to know.
Ulan said, 5 months ago
I love the smirk on Toby’s face in the last panel.
Greg Cravens
said, 5 months ago
@Pacopuddy
Nooo. Toby just didn’t learn the 1950s version of History. Give him a few decades and he’ll be screaming at HIS grandkids the same stuff he’s saying here, and his grandkids will have a whole new paradigm they’ve learned. Prob’ly about Bigfoots and Space Aliens discovering America.
Number Three said, 5 months ago
LOL LOL… That’s just what I was going to say.
I love the smirk too.
xxx
Allan said, 5 months ago
@Greg Cravens
Greg … is this yet another family conversation? :P
Comic Minister said, 5 months ago
Sorry Frank.
david_42 said, 5 months ago
Chris never got to the continental coast, just a couple of the islands in the Gulf.
octagon said, 5 months ago
Columbus, nothing but Euro trash.
lookwhatbobfound said, 5 months ago
David, Columbus (or more correctly Colombo) didn’t land in the Gulf. He landed on San Salvador in the Bahamas, in the Atlantic.
Hunter7 said, 5 months ago
Love Toby’s smile. As to the history …. stupid *&!%# revisionist history! Next thing will be the Martians colonized Earth when they lost their water.
Strod said, 5 months ago
@david_42
Actually Chris C. did get to the continental coast, just not on his first voyage. He got to South America on his third trip and to Central America on the fourth one.
He never got to the continental USA, though, but that is not very relevant because America is also the name of the whole landmass. (Check your dictionaries and encyclopedias if you don’t believe me.) We also call the landmass “The Americas” to avoid the confusion with the name of the country.