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About The Buckets
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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Nachikethass said, about 2 years ago
Unnatural punishment!
cabalonrye said, about 2 years ago
Doesn’t that fall under unusual and unjustly cruel punishment? I thought torture had been forbidden in school?
Llywus42 said, about 2 years ago
@cabalonrye
School is out of session. This is part of the summer reading requirement.
D Lee
said, about 2 years ago
Obviously not written by a teacher. Why? well, there’s checking in the new books, organizing lesson plans, finding lesson plans, decorating your room, make up work for students who need it, getting the materials needed for the project being done in summer college classes etc etc etc. Anyone who thinks that teachers work 9 months a year was never a teacher.
Comic Minister said, about 2 years ago
Uh oh!
Boots at the Boar said, about 2 years ago
I’ve heard school administrators described as a “necessary evil”, but I’m not so sure I accept the “necessary” part.
Hunter7 said, about 2 years ago
and if the boys pay attention, he might help them out at the end, ….. or not. He’s a teacher, with 3 trapped students that are afraid he will call the cops on them. Or worse….. call their parents.