Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for August 10, 2014

but none as lovely as thee, Janis

I only recognize Rembrandt and Norman Rockwell. Who are the others?

The first and third Leonardo and van Gogh. (Who I’m surprised you didn’t recognize – van Gogh’s self portraits are pretty famous.) Don’t know who the one before Rockwell is, though.

As a side note – photographic self-portraiture goes back pretty much to the first days of photography, too. A quick google of ‘early selfies’ brings up a whole bunch of examples (pretty much all mirror-selfies, due to the nature of the cameras).

Nice are work, Jim.

Difference is a selfie is posting a picture for the sake of promoting yourself. So, narcisism. While others in the past is for technical, artistic, or similar more useful reasons.

T E-J & B at the B: Youse got it all wrong. Except for Rockwell, they couldn’t afford to hire models unless they were woking on a commission. Certainly with Rembrandt and VanGogh,they paintd themselves when they had nothing better to do. At times, Rembrandt would paint Saskia, his spouse, and Van Gogh, a recluse, painted his mailman.Thanks, JJ. Your Sunday stuff is special.

Anyone remember the old “Kodak moment” of the graduate?

I do not know why but, the Man with the beard I think is Ansell Adams. I am most likely wrong but that’s my guess .

That’s not a mirror image that’s…well, I don’t know what you’d call it, but just one portion is changed in a way a mirror wouldn’t do..In any case, it matches the actual Rockwell painting (as does the glasses/no glasses part).

How about a selfie of JJ?

note the jaunty angle on the painted pipe

I’ve broken a lot of cell phones through selfie….

Panel 4 is Claude Monet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Monet)

I love it when a comic artist shows that, whatever the regular strip looks like, he can actually draw well. Bill Watterson was the best, but this one today is a reminder as well.

DaVinci, Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Monet, Rockwell