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.
© Greg Cravens - All Rights Reserved.
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Doctor Toon said, 3 months ago
Doctor Toons World Famous Nuclear Coffee?
Perkycat said, 3 months ago
@Doctor Toon
He could use some of that right now!
celecca
said, 3 months ago
Each time I look at the first panel, I see an ant farm. Go fig. (yes, I know is Frankenstein’s monster)
Gee Man said, 3 months ago
@celecca
That’s what I saw first too…
Comic Minister said, 3 months ago
You mean yes?
Night-Gaunt49 said, 3 months ago
I’d like to see what he would be using for his reanimation experiments? Normal electricity won’t cut it.
Number Three said, 3 months ago
LOL LOL… I love your ideas, Toby.
xxx
eric sanders
said, 3 months ago
@celecca
The monster was the second thing I noticed, too!