That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for July 31, 2023

He: “I am perfect for speed dating, as I am the fastest man alive!”She: “Next!”

Did you really get that hat from Pharrell?

Stijn took the “talk like a pirate day” a little too far.

/// In An Officer and a Girl Smiling,

the vain soldier finds laughter beguiling.

The real reason she snickers,

(nearly wetting her knickers),

is his ludicrous huge headgear styling.

Is that Antonio Bandaras under that hat?

Does anyone recognize something familiar on that map on the wall?

Margo first thought; is big hat compensating for something else?

Looks like this is where the Barbie movie got its map.

Sitting there with an intrepid smile, all the time thinking….“What a blowhard…. that stupid fedora…..ugly flamingo pink jacket….and what’s with those girly cuffs. Please please please go back to your wife and leave me be!”

The fierce Netherlandish sun/

Has everyone on the run/

Each one of them’s made/

Their own brand of shade/

Since of trees they have almost none.///

Have you ever noticed how many of Vermeer’s works are from the exact same perspective? I totally believe he used a camera obscura.

I have no idea what a “camera obscura” is. Please elaborate.

While in Spain she admired El Cid, and the wonderful things that he did, But Cid left her one day, So she moved far away, Now she’s dating the Cisco Kid.

…having tried Speedo dating and finding it highly unsatisfactory, especially with the more ‘prosperous’ burghers.

There were no issues getting reservations in the map room.

Der Rosenkavalier was delighted that Sophie laughed at his corny jokes and flowery poetry. Little did he know that she was really planning to laugh all the way to the bank with his gold guilders.

Sid told Elsa he used to be one of the three musketeers until he got stabbed, “RIGHT HERE”.

She’s a fool for that fancy sombrero/

Which you find on the stylish vaquero/

She like men who wear “mask-ez”/

And works of Velasquez:/

To her, Vermeer is no hero !

Thanks to a Blaidd Drwg !

“Seriously, you paid _how much _ for a tulip bulb!?!”

“I don’t believe a single word of any of this, d’Artagnian. Why don’t you sell these wild tales to a novelist?”

Ah my angel, your smile is so inviting. My name is Alessandro and I see you in my future! She: Hit the road Jack!

“Woman Wearing Original Hoodie.”

She tried to overlook the fact that his outfit was prettier than hers. Especially his hat.

He: “See that map behind you? I’m going to join the French Foreign Legion and fight in that country to the south if you don’t promise to marry me.” She: “Oh, Beau, surely you gest!”

Officer and Laughing Girl: 

Paste (including the quote marks) 

"Category:Officer with a Laughing Girl (Vermeer)" site=commons.wikimedia.org 

(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, Ecosia, and Yandex search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Category: found, and once there find the text string Delft, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting. File history has the strip coloration image.

 

Again, a larger strip image is shown by merely clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #55 (February 11, 2011) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment. I have added a comment there (awaiting Mr. Melcher’s approval, may take days while he’s away) pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 8 works by him have been used here (10 times total, including this repeat and a prior one), the February 2, 2012, strip being its first use. GoComics has deactivated the hyperlinks and removed the new lines in my comment and 3 replies there; but, perhaps the text remains informative. The June 8, 2020, strip has the prior by him.

“Pardon me, ma’am, but you want me to go to Helle? I know of no such place on the map!”

“Do you know two other Musketeers . . . for my friends.”

Feeling a bit peckish, what she really wanted was a Three Musketeers, but all she got was this joker and some Snickers.

As long as I have my Doc Toon’s Nuclear Coffee, I don’t care how long this guy rambles on.

Jose, i’ll give it up if you give me your hat and coat, i feel a bit risqué today.

“Officer and Laughing Girl,” ca. 1657

She really didn’t know how to respond when he said “I’m not wearing any pants.”, so she kept smiling.