That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for May 24, 2021

It seemed ironic to be playing hangman in prison.

The architect insisted that no one leaves until somebody explains why that balcony is not on the outside wall.

“It’s either an apparition of the Virgin Mary, or a water stain from that broken gargoyle on tower 666.”

Why is that block here? That block was supposed to go into the South wall. You’re going to have to take take it apart and do it all over again

“Stella, there’s some weird dude yelling your name from the street below.”

But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?

It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.

Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,

Who is already sick and pale with grief…

Guard: You’d be sick too if you had to listen to this stuff, day after day, year after year…

Yesterday, you was wanting the Romans to lend you their ears…

“Okay, let explain it again… you can see, if enough of us buy GameStop stock, we can make a little money and screw the Wall Street guys…”

His jailer and cell mates all saw / how peerlessly Stella could draw. / Still he failed in his try / with art, freedom to buy. / Graffiti? That, too, broke the law.

“ I told you I wanted a gothic structure,not Romanesque. Sheeesh. “

It’s hard to beat Steve Melcher’s caption – I laughed out loud

The righteousness he exudes/ tells me an’ the other dudes/ that he may have talent/ or its equi-valent/ – but he ain’t gonna paint us no nudes..

“…and if you get three X’s or three 0’s in a row you win the game”

See that, right above that crack…..“Brooks was here.”

Guy in lower right…” Borrring!”

Welcome to “architecture for dummies. This, gentlemen, is called a wall”

Before spray cans were invented, there was a lot more risk to being a graffiti artist.

Yes, it is true, talking to this wall is like talking to congress.

A construction crew, 1400 A.D. Not so much difference than today.

ROMEO: JULIETTE, WHEREFORE ART THOU YOU TRAMP! WHO ARE ALL THESE GUYS???

“this is called an ‘arch’. It helps hold up the ceiling. Question in the back there?”

“What’s this flat thing called?”

“That’s the ‘wall’. It separates rooms.”

Jean-Claude began to realize that being a mural painter wasn’t all it was cracked up to be … Everyone’s a critic!

What happens when you’re forced to use union spacklers.

“When the Sun hits this point on the wall, it’s called the Spring Equinox. Repeat after me. Spring…..”

The line “A little magic happens here” disqualifies your geometric proof of trisecting an arc.

It’s true, it says “Kilroy was here.”

I intend to paint a fantastic mural right here of pure pornography!

Ahhhh….whale of a tale to tell you lads, a whale of a tale or two, about the flappin fish and the girls I’ve loved….

One of my very favorite escape plans was foiled by the fact that the door was locked. (will anyone get this?)

Missed it by that much…

None of you will ever remember seeing me. My name is Banksy.

Stella in Prison: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fran%C3%A7ois_Marius_Granet_-_Stella_en_prison.jpg 

(best viewed by Google Chrome, which can automatically translate most webpages as necessary) has info and links that point to more info about this painting.

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/granet_francois-marius.html 

https://www.wga.hu/bio_m/g/granet/biograph.html 

https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/artists/3615/francois-marius-granet-french-1775-1849/ 

http://www.arthistory.upenn.edu/ashmolean/Granet/Granet_entry.html 

https://prabook.com/web/fran_ois.granet/3727103 

all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist, perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL. 

First work by him used here, though some may recognize the name from his portrait strip 

http://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2013/09/10?comments=visible

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2713 (May 23, 2021) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

The confrontation between the guy that wants to play charades and the guys that want to use the table for poker.

“Are you sure this is how Banksy got his start?”

The switch that opens the secret passage door should be here somewhere! :>)

Brian starting to write “Romans Go Home”