That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for December 31, 2020

“This is my good side!”

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

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

“Put on a happy face..”

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

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

waiting grimly for the laxative to finally kick in…

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

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”.

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

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

I feel a little down in the mouth.

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

Original Title: ‘Waiting for the Proctologist’

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

Vicious McConnell, the handsomer brother of Mitch.

Prince Andrew regrets his terrible TV interview

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

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.

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

Henry tries to hide his hickey from his wife.

Ebenezer Scrooge….the young years!

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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.

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!

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.

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

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

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

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

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 !

Rumor has it that heads will soon roll.

Proof that people can sleep with their eyes open.

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.”

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

Geez Louise! You get more time off than Schulz!

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

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

That’s an interesting portrait. Very unusual.

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