I hope you’re sitting down, because I have some thrilling news just in time for the gift-giving season: there’s a new “That Is Priceless” book out in paperback!
You can take a look by clicking on the top left ad underneath the comments (I think that might be fuschia?).
So what IS this book exactly? Well, as some of you may know, about 4 years ago, I released the Best of the Decade book as an ebook. It featured 25 top Masterpieces from each year 2009-2019 and was a 344-page monster. You can still get it on Amazon for a measly $2.99 (the top right ad down there).
At the time, several people asked for it in paperback so they could give it as a gift, but a book that humongous was going to cost about 50 bucks to print, so I kept it as an ebook. However, I recently had the epiphany that I could update it by adding 50 favorite Masterpieces from the past 4 years, then trim it down to just the best of the best and sell the streamlined 160-page result for a fairly reasonable $8.99. And that’s what I’ve done.
So just to be clear: if you bought the earlier ebook, the stuff in the front will be the same, but the stuff in the back will be new. Fortunately, if you’re buying the paperback as a gift (or you never saw the first one), the repeats shouldn’t matter!
Anyway, if you do end up buying a book, I humbly ask that you please consider leaving a brief review on Amazon to give it some street cred. And by brief, I mean literally a single line and some stars. No need to make it a chore.
“To the average observer it appears that the bundle of newsprint was being protect by the scrap of material wrapped around it from the elements. But those, as it is said colloquially ‘in the know’, know the reason why it is being protected as we are witnessing before us as a customer tries in bidding for one but whose offer is being rejected by the seller. Shall he succeed with another offer?”
“I tell you, not two minutes ago the witch was standing here, just like you are now, and the downpour happened. Give me two bits and I’ll tell you the whole story.”
(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia and Yandex search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Category: found and once there find the text string Luck, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this roughly B4 papersize painting.
Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3218 (November 8, 2023) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu (even larger, if you trim what’s after .png from the URL). I have added a comment there (awaiting Mr. Melcher’s approval) pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 2 works by him have been used here, the July 22, 2016, strip being the prior. GoComics has deactivated the hyperlinks and removed the new lines in my comment there; but, perhaps the text remains informative.
BE THIS GUY 11 months ago
Tired of being sweeper, Ernest looked for an opportunity to break into journalism.
Solstice*1947 11 months ago
/// Ginger paperboy wizard is yelling,
“Get today’s Daily Prophet.” He’s selling
them for only two sickles,
(that’s about sixteen nickels).
“A new Wizarding War, it’s foretelling!”
(Apologies to readers unfamiliar with the Harry Potter books or movies.)
Steve Melcher creator 11 months ago
Greetings everybody –
I hope you’re sitting down, because I have some thrilling news just in time for the gift-giving season: there’s a new “That Is Priceless” book out in paperback!
You can take a look by clicking on the top left ad underneath the comments (I think that might be fuschia?).
So what IS this book exactly? Well, as some of you may know, about 4 years ago, I released the Best of the Decade book as an ebook. It featured 25 top Masterpieces from each year 2009-2019 and was a 344-page monster. You can still get it on Amazon for a measly $2.99 (the top right ad down there).
At the time, several people asked for it in paperback so they could give it as a gift, but a book that humongous was going to cost about 50 bucks to print, so I kept it as an ebook. However, I recently had the epiphany that I could update it by adding 50 favorite Masterpieces from the past 4 years, then trim it down to just the best of the best and sell the streamlined 160-page result for a fairly reasonable $8.99. And that’s what I’ve done.
So just to be clear: if you bought the earlier ebook, the stuff in the front will be the same, but the stuff in the back will be new. Fortunately, if you’re buying the paperback as a gift (or you never saw the first one), the repeats shouldn’t matter!
Anyway, if you do end up buying a book, I humbly ask that you please consider leaving a brief review on Amazon to give it some street cred. And by brief, I mean literally a single line and some stars. No need to make it a chore.
Thanks!
Steve
ronaldspence 11 months ago
Certs..:two…two…two mints in one!
Say What Now‽ Premium Member 11 months ago
“It’s two coins extra if you want see the page 6 girl.”
GoComicsGo! 11 months ago
“To the average observer it appears that the bundle of newsprint was being protect by the scrap of material wrapped around it from the elements. But those, as it is said colloquially ‘in the know’, know the reason why it is being protected as we are witnessing before us as a customer tries in bidding for one but whose offer is being rejected by the seller. Shall he succeed with another offer?”
phritzg Premium Member 11 months ago
“If you hide the date with your hand, they won’t realize they’re buying yesterday’s paper”.
PraiseofFolly 11 months ago
“Now swear to me this copy of ‘Saucy Ankles’ is really for your adult Uncle!”
Call me Ishmael 11 months ago
“The price is a tuppence – no less !”/
Said the lad in the ragged dress./
“But the news is so bad,”/
Said the other poor lad,/
“That you really should sell it for less..”
wincoach Premium Member 11 months ago
Listen kid, I only find a new stash under my dad’s side of the bed every couple of weeks so the price has increased.
rmremail 11 months ago
The red-shirted kid is a young Mike Lindell. He’s buying the newspapers wholesale & reselling as pillows, at a steep markup
rmremail 11 months ago
The lead up to the Newsboys’ strike of 1899
rugeirn 11 months ago
The title of this one is, “Luck in a Moment”. Anybody get it?
Csaw Backnforth 11 months ago
Two? It’s not even worth the one I’m offering. I sweep up after the horses in the street, so I know what kind of news your printing in that rag.
The Wolf In Your Midst 11 months ago
“The rebroadcast fee is two shillings. No less!”
anomaly 11 months ago
Young Harry Potter negotiates the purchase of fish wrappers.
Bilan 11 months ago
The little boy accidentally used his Dad’s newspaper as tp. If he doesn’t get a replacement by the time the coffee’s ready, he’s toast.
mokspr Premium Member 11 months ago
The Great Quidditch Fixing Scandal of 1874!
Ken Holman Premium Member 11 months ago
“I tell you, not two minutes ago the witch was standing here, just like you are now, and the downpour happened. Give me two bits and I’ll tell you the whole story.”
mabrndt Premium Member 11 months ago
Luck in a Moment:
Paste (including the quote marks)
"Category:1874 in London" Wikimedia
(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia and Yandex search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Category: found and once there find the text string Luck, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this roughly B4 papersize painting.
Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3218 (November 8, 2023) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu (even larger, if you trim what’s after .png from the URL). I have added a comment there (awaiting Mr. Melcher’s approval) pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 2 works by him have been used here, the July 22, 2016, strip being the prior. GoComics has deactivated the hyperlinks and removed the new lines in my comment there; but, perhaps the text remains informative.
d1234dick Premium Member 11 months ago
little joey found a pile of dog poop, but no one wanted to take it from him, underneath was shiny quarters
Call me Ishmael 11 months ago
Nuthin’s as infernal as the bloody Wall Street Journal in the mor-ornin’ …
mshaw Premium Member 11 months ago
“Luck in a Moment,” 1874
Blatherskite 11 months ago
“… and if you buy these Amway products I have here I swear you’ll make twice as much re-selling them as you make sweeping, or my name ain’t Bob Ponzi!