That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for October 29, 2018

Mr. Huxley could not figure out why the police suspected him of the murder.

“This is what happens to those who make fun of my lamb chops!”

The man has a skeleton key to the cemetery …

“Are you accusing me of skullduggery?”

Burke and Hare, together for the last time.

Alas,poor Yorrick…..

“This? Oh, I found it under the bed.”

Sorry, sir, just the one portrait in this style. I’ve run out of black paint.

You’ll wonder where the yellow went when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent!

I carry this with me to mess with the facial recognition security cameras.

“And you’ll never guess what I found on my way to Sleepy Hollow!”

“You’ll never roll a strike with that thing, Sir !”

That’s one way to get a-head of the competition.

Darwin’s bulldog fetching the wrong bone after Charles threw the tibia.

Not following the instructions, Heathcliff puts his new noise canceling headphones on too low.

Thomas Henry Huxley: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Collier_-_Thomas_Henry_Huxley.jpg 

has info and links that point to info about this painting.

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

https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-collier 

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8879070/john-maier-collier 

https://books.google.com/books?id=hh5VCAAAQBAJ&pg=PT2#v=onepage&q&f=false 

http://www.artnet.com/artists/john-collier-2/biography 

http://www.avictorian.com/Collier_John.html 

http://www.victorianweb.org/painting/collier/index.html 

https://www.artrenewal.org/Artist/Index/706 

http://hoocher.com/John_Collier/John_Collier.html 

all have info about this artist (except the 3rd has the middle name wrong – should be Maler), perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the first URL. So far, 9 works by him have been used here (10 times, with 1 repeat using a different caption). 

https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2018/10/09?comments=visible 

has the prior, which had the same artist info URLs in my comment there. The sitter was the artist’s father-in-law (twice) – traditionally, gives away the bride at the wedding. But, since by English law at the time (couldn’t marry sisters, even if one had died, as in this case) the 2nd had to take place in a foreign country (Norway was chosen), I wonder if he attended that wedding.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2070 (October 28, 2018) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

“Honey… are you sure there has never been anyone else?”

He’s trying to be one of the ghoul kids.

Looks like George C. Scott in his Scrooge role addressing Yorick.

Looks like crazy Uncle Ned dug up a date for the family reunion.

Mr. Burke has Hare and goes to the Skull of Hard Knox.

Obviously, a member of the Skull and Bones Society.

Mortimer, quite full after eating his friend, saves the rest for later

George C. Scott as Ebenezer Scrooge, playing Hamlet and holding Yorick’s skull.

Not knowing which way was up is why he failed to get a callback on Hamlet.

Yes, he is definitely one of my ancestors. But, no, that doesn’t make me a monkey’s uncle.

“Why is that strange man skulking in the shadows, fondling a skull?… And how is he relate to us?”

“EDGAR ALLEN POE’S MONSTER MOM PROBLEM”

Poe resurrected from the dead

By dear departed mom’s side it is said

DNA is of the unearthly kind so sublime

A giant black “spider” he can be one anytime

Halloween is every day he can see some people

If local’s disappear and loath the night

A giant crawling “spider” may set them aflight

Poe is the spirit of the night forever more…

Where is dear old mom he will find he fore swore.

“I’m sorry to inform you, Mr. Jones, that after we made an impression of your teeth we discovered you’re lower teeth are all missing, and so, apparently, is your jaw. We agree that this is no laughing matter, but even if he was, (snicker) it seems you don’t have the tools to laugh along with us.”