That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for September 30, 2020

“Ok, I made a wrong turn, but I brought back tobacco. That’s a good thing.”

“You’re now telling me the bathroom is that way‽”

Queen Isabella, it is Spain’s manifest destiny to go forth and pillage the new world.

Unfortunately, this time no one fell for the reliable “Look over there!” trick as his lawyer altered the document.

While everyone’s distracted, Carlos makes his move up in the mezzanine.

“Yes, yes, yes. I understand you’re pointing to the wall. But I don’t understand what a homer is or who this guy Babe you’re talking about.”

“That’s right, I’m going to sail west to find a quicker way to the east. What’s so crazy about that? It’s not like a large land mass is going to get in my way.”

“ mene, mene, tekel, upharsin .” I tell you, your Highnesses, the writing’s on the wall. You need new wallpaper!

Just stayin’ alive.

Oh it was one of those nights/One of those nights when you can feel the world stop turning…

‘who wants to be first for a wet willie…?’

“I dare anyone in this room to pull my finger.”

“Which one of you is Chris Wallace? I wanna see you outside…”

“Your majesty, please, get a clue !/ There’s a world over there, an’ it’s new !/ I can bring ‘em ’The Faith’ (the Dad, Son, and Wraith)/ and a dash of diphtheria, too !”

“So what course do you intend to follow?”

“I’ma go that-a-way”

Asia is just 500 miles that way. If you give me $10k, I will prove it to you!!

I bought this deed to the palace from an old Jew, so get out of my house.

One of these days, to the moon Isabella, to the moon! >:(

Henry VIII and his advisors, desperately searching the map of Europe for a country with a princess who might be willing to marry serial adulterer.

In your honor, your highness, I’ve shaved my beard. But on closer inspection, I see that I needn’t have included the mustache in my efforts…

Isabella looks like she wants to jump his bones!

He tried to get everyone to avert their eyes away but it was too late, the 3 old men on the left already noticed his open zipper.

Here’s a nice take on the painting:

https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/media_player?mets_filename=evr9392mets.xml

“So you can refinance another expedition, or you can have what’s in the box in front of Door Number 1. So what will it be, your Majesty? Deal? Or No Deal?”

Hah! Made you look!

My arms hurts when I point this way. The DON’T point that way! NEXT.

When they moved the table, there was the proof; Chris had cut his cloak from the rug.

In the land I discovered the locals wear very little clothing.

“Someday, your Highness, all of this can be yours!”

“What? The curtains?”

Picture of Christopher Columbus Trump proving that never shutting up, being rude to rulers, and out-shouting everybody else was hereditary.

stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive…

Columbus before Isabella: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:V%C3%A1clav_Bro%C5%BE%C3%ADk_l_Columbus_and_Isabella.JPG 

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

https://books.google.com/books?id=8IvAYW9vJygC&pg=PA335#v=onepage&q&f=false 

http://www.all-art.org/DICTIONARY_of_Art/b/Brozik1.htm 

https://www.askart.com/artist/Wenceslas_Vaclav_von_Brozik/11019497/Wenceslas_Vaclav_von_Brozik.aspx 

http://www.galleryofthemasters.com/b-folder/brozik-vaclav-gallery.html 

all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist (again, if the askart.com bio is truncated, it can be read in full for free on Fridays), perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL. So far, 2 works by him have been used here. 

https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2018/07/10?comments=visible 

has the prior (my comment there included 2 of the artist info URLs).

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2546 (September 29, 2020) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

“Ah, your Carta’s not so Magna. Mine is Magna-er by a mile.”

Notice the crown prince in the far right balcony. He’s watching the treasury being given to a lunatic Italian for an idiotic reason.

Why is the recording Secretary Richard Wagner ?

“Look ! Up in the sky..it’s a bird !” " It’s a plane ! “It’s Superman !”

“Out, damned spot!”

“I’ve mapped it out very carefully. It’s somewhere over in that direction. Maybe.”

Now LOOK, Columbus Baby! I’m the bloody Queen and I demand a prezzie!! At once, or I’ll chop off your head!! :>)

So that finger-pointing thing is a disco trait? I’ve seen it done, but never knew why.