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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FUNG1 said, 3 months ago
I’ve seen this before, but it is still very funny!
Greg Cravens
said, 3 months ago
Durn! I try so hard to be original. Did I do some version of this before, or was it in some other comic strip, TV show, book or something?
Comic Minister said, 3 months ago
I see.
amaryllis2 said, 3 months ago
Watched a hawk plucking a dove it had just caught for its dinner last night. The feathers wafting away were lovely but the truth was expensive to the dove. The hawk, though, was a gloriously beautiful big bird: it had my raptor attention.
Hunter7 said, 3 months ago
Saw an eagle do that to a squirrel. Yes. They will perch on the nearest power pole or bridge to have their dinner. Even in a large city.
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so why do birds have feathers instead of fur? Because they line their nests with the fur from dinner. Well if they are rapt’d with their food, they do.
Hunter7 said, 3 months ago
oh, and did anyone notice? All,or almost all the icon pictures for the comics have changed. Buckets now show Toby & Eddie instead of Larry.