That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for December 31, 2020

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    BE THIS GUY  almost 4 years ago

    “This is my good side!”

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    rmremail  almost 4 years ago

    When the paleontologists were assembling this fossil, I think they forgot to put in the neck

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    Say What Now‽ Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    This is Howard’s reaction when he was told the cliché about how Germans are always too serious.

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    Strob Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    “Put on a happy face..”

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    Papared25  almost 4 years ago

    Albert got the loan officer job following the shortest interview on record.

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    Bilan  almost 4 years ago

    Is that the criminologist from Rocky Horror, 45 years older?

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    gopher gofer  almost 4 years ago

    waiting grimly for the laxative to finally kick in…

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    MS72  almost 4 years ago

    Where’s that girl that was here on Christmas Eve?

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    Call me Ishmael  almost 4 years ago

    If I had to choose one or the other/ of the two, I think that I’d druther/ spend a week (maybe two!)/ in a leaky canoe/ with this geezer than with Whistler’s”Mother”.

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    Call me Ishmael  almost 4 years ago

    “Portrait of a newly divorced man contemplating the property settlement”

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    Buzzworld  almost 4 years ago

    Thinking..“So that was 2020. Good riddance!!”

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    Ubintold  almost 4 years ago

    I feel a little down in the mouth.

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    cdward  almost 4 years ago

    The caption made me laugh. An honest-to-goodness laugh. I needed that. Thanks.

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    Egrayjames  almost 4 years ago

    Original Title: ‘Waiting for the Proctologist’

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    J Short  almost 4 years ago

    After all these years, Greg Norman is still trying to make the mullet work.

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    Call me Ishmael  almost 4 years ago

    Vicious McConnell, the handsomer brother of Mitch.

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    Helen Frx  almost 4 years ago

    Prince Andrew regrets his terrible TV interview

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    aerilim  almost 4 years ago

    Ebenezer Scrooge having a change of mind right before new year…

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    Bookworm  almost 4 years ago

    As the Old Year ebbs and wanes, Silas is forced to ponder the proposition that perhaps, just perhaps, the Hokey Pokey is what it’s all about.

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    smokysilver.so Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    This is a lesson on painting – what wrinkle makes this fabulous expression?

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    Reader  almost 4 years ago

    Henry tries to hide his hickey from his wife.

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    lagoulou  almost 4 years ago

    Ebenezer Scrooge….the young years!

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    Blaidd Drwg Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    And so the phrase “Look down your nose” was born.

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    thebashfulone  almost 4 years ago

    The original judge—the guy from whom the unbroken mould was made.

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    Blaidd Drwg Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Looking down his nose / A the old saying goes / He saw warts and hair / And a greasy glare / But he could not see his toes. With apologies to Ishmael.

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    Linguist  almost 4 years ago

    Judge Hangum’s happy face before pronouncing the death sentence.

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    jel354  almost 4 years ago

    Criminal profile shots were elaborate and harder to construct back then.

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    MuddyUSA  Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    “Wait for it. It is coming, wait…wait………………….BURP!”

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    Calvins Brother  almost 4 years ago

    Wondering when he might be able to get a haircut again.

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    Another Take  almost 4 years ago

    The rare Mitch McConnell voter showing remorse for what he has helped subject the country to – again. Of course, moments later, he justified it as having helped save the country from evil socialist, commie liberals whereupon he drove to Georgia to help Perdue and Loeffler win bigly!

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    stamps  almost 4 years ago

    Where’s that grindstone I can put my nose to?

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    PO' DAWG  almost 4 years ago

    To appear younger “Skip” Hyram tried to hide his turkey waddle neck.

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    mabrndt Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Theodor Mommsen

    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Theodor_Mommsen_by_Franz_von_Lenbach.jpg 

    (best viewed by Google Chrome, which can automatically translate most pages as necessary) has info and links that point to info about this painting.

     

    http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/lenbach_franz_von.html 

    https://www.the-athenaeum.org/people/detail.php?ID=281 

    https://prabook.com/web/franz.von_lenbach/3727290 

    https://www.bavaria.by/experiences/city-country-culture/museums-galleries/lenbach-museum-in-schrobenhausen/ 

    http://www.all-art.org/history458-2.html 

    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/168750143/franz-von_lenbach 

    https://www.artrenewal.org/Artist/Index/1786 

    https://thebiography.us/en/lenbach-franz-von 

    https://www.wga.hu/bio_m/l/lenbach/biograph.html 

    https://www.guggenheim-venice.it/en/art/artists/franz-von-lenbach/ 

    https://www.lenbachhaus.de/en/discover/collection-online/collection/franz-von-lenbach-audioguide-32 

    http://www.askart.com/artist/Franz_Seraph_Von_Lenbach/11198110/Franz_Seraph_Von_Lenbach.aspx 

    http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/famous-artists/franz-von-lenbach.htm 

    all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist (again, askart.com can be read in full for free on Fridays, and Chrome can automatically translate as necessary), perhaps in addition to than what’s perhaps pointed to by the title URL. So far, 2 works by him have been used here. 

    https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2019/08/05?comments=visible 

    has the prior (my comment there included 9 of the artist info URLs, the second of which may be unresponsive).

     

    Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2610 (December 30, 2020) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

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    Serendewi  almost 4 years ago

    Wolfgang distinctly remembered the optometrist told him to look through the top of his new progressive lenses for distance vision, but in a senior moment, he forgot they weren’t on his face!

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    mabrndt Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    P.S. I may be adding info to the title URL provided I get a reply to an e-mail I just sent. Also, Mr. Melcher has informed me that, like last week, the next strip will be Monday.

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    MissScarlet Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Melvin Udall (Jack Nicholson) realizing that this really is as good as it gets.

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    anomaly  almost 4 years ago

    George, on being told he won the lottery, knew this would be the high point of his life.

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    6turtle9  almost 4 years ago

    Hard to keep your chin up when your motto in life is to always look down on everyone.

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    Indianapolis Smith  almost 4 years ago

    Despite his smoldering intensity, the laxative STILL hadn’t started working.

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    Call me Ishmael  almost 4 years ago

    On a more serious note (Germans, you know) Mommsen is perhaps Germany’s greatest historian. Nothing like the study of history to break your spirit !

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    Running Buffalo Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Rumor has it that heads will soon roll.

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    Running Buffalo Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Proof that people can sleep with their eyes open.

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    JH&Cats  almost 4 years ago

    It was a challenge: to test the painter’s skill, a photographer stood beside him and shot the subject at the same time, saying, “Don’t move a muscle or there’ll be a blur.”

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    GoComicsGo!  almost 4 years ago

    The weight of his nose always make him look like he’s looking down at the world.

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    MS72  almost 4 years ago

    Geez Louise! You get more time off than Schulz!

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    rugeirn  almost 4 years ago

    Just for the record, here’s a pretty thorough take on the subject.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_Mommsen

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    Sassy's Mom  almost 4 years ago

    That’s an interesting portrait. Very unusual.

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    khmo  almost 4 years ago

    The infinite Christmas portrait was so much better than Uncle Grump.

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