That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for July 22, 2020

The new cowhand misunderstood what it means to ride bareback.

The horse looks at his and is not impressed.

David Bowie got away with a lot in his MTV music videos, but this one went too far.

Flicka secretly hoped that the burr that had been under his saddle was still there.

Uh-oh, thought Chestnut, I hope this isn’t a scene from Equus !

Is anyone else tripped out about this painting being done by an artist from China? Mind kinda blown!

Daniel Radcliffe grandfather?

Searching for his lady Godiva

The horse is jealous.

He’s going to have some sore “bits”!

“The Temptations of Catherine the Great”

Mr.Ed and Wilbur on Brokeback Mountain

Riding like that could really hurt. Avoid trotting and cantering…

Ride Side Saddle? Are you kidding me?…..You bet your @ss I’ll be riding side saddle!

Novice zoophile unclear on the concept of mounting a horse.

Two studs, waiting to be mounted.

Great Moments in Phallic Portraiture (Implied series)

No need to horse around – that horse looks like a very stable ride.

The Marlboro Man’s reaction to the competitor’s slogan, “I’d Walk A Mile For A Camel.”

Yeah, you Canadian Mounties do it your way; here in Belize, we do it our way.

Tennessee stud he’s long and lean

color of the sun and his eyes are green

He’s got the nerve and he’s got the blood,

and there never was a horse like a Tennessee stud.

Ok, got the horse…now where was I going?

You’ll chafe your bits off!

We all need a suitable source/ for sexual solace, of course/but one probably ought/to avoid being caught/ in a compromised state with a horse.

It’s my Constitutional right, I don’t have to wear a mask!!

Slim loved riding au naturale but he learned early on that a saddle horn was nothing you wanted to get stuck on more than three or four times.

THE HORSE: “Ugh. Well, at least he doesn’t have spurs on”

Horse: “Oh, oh. Is this the guy the sheep were taking about?”

Meanwhile, on the Brokeback Mountain set,…

So many great comments here today. Thank You all.

gives “riding bareback” a whole new meaning

Young “Blaze the Wonder Horse” Having that Stereotypical Dream Where You Show Up On the Set of “Rio Bravo” Naked

The original “rough rider”

Good Friend: 

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/original-classic-oil-painting-man-body-art-male-nude-and-horse-039-hongtao--huang.html 

has the strip image of this ca. 2014 (my guess) painting, title shown by 

https://www.hongtaoart.com/product-page/oil-good-friend

https://www.hongtaoart.com/artist 

has what little info I could find about the artist. 

Based on his portfolio 

https://www.hongtaoart.com/gallery 

he isn’t this Hongtao Huang 

https://www.askart.com/artist/Hongtao_Huang/11239432/Hongtao_Huang.aspx 

(again, can be read in full for free on Fridays), some of whose works are shown by 

http://www.artnet.com/artists/huang-hongtao/past-auction-results 

A same titled recent drawing by the strip’s artist 

https://www.hongtaoart.com/product-page/drawing-good-friend 

provides clarity regarding this one. First work by him used here.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2497 (July 21, 2020) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

Geoff’s intention was to impress a certain lady watching from the stands. Instead he attracted the attention of the Men’s Glee Club.

The day Clara Bow took on the USC football team. Ride’em Cowgirl!!!

Joe proving he really is hung like a horse.

Sylvester Stallion posing with Metro’s Golden Mare.

Moments later, much to it’s chagrin, the horse finds out that isn’t a carrot, and he’s not happy to see him.

we had horse hair seats in old car, believe me this is no fun, like siting on bed of needles.but beautiful body, man’s too.

don is waiting for erection to help him get up on horse.

Nice legs.

The American West, where men were men, and horses were nervous.

Jerry Lee Lewis having an epiphany. That would make a GREAT song title!

Billy misunderstood the concept of bareback riding.

The problem with bareback (of course)/ is the matter of “frictional force”/ for there’s just no escaping/ the severe scrotal scraping / though it seldom troubles the horse.