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, 3 months ago
Well played, Dad.
Agent54 said, 3 months ago
Same theory used by most religions.
inshadowz said, 3 months ago
@Agent54
In religion it’s “Fear of the Unknowable”, which is ever so slightly different, and far more frightening.
win said, 3 months ago
I don’t fear the the unknown, but I know fear.
david_42 said, 3 months ago
@win
The unknown, that’s why we have Science!
win said, 3 months ago
@david_42
“She blinded me with science!” But I still fear what I know to fear. You have to be there…
Plods with Beer ( did I mention beer? )
said, 3 months ago
I’m so going to use this on my grandson.
Number Three said, 3 months ago
Way to go, Larry!
xxx
Comic Minister said, 3 months ago
He doesn’t want to know.
Hunter7 said, 3 months ago
like how Toby is drawn today. In the last panel I think I detected “worried”