That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for July 25, 2024

Vlad perusing the help wanted page. “Maybe I should branch out from torture to communications?”

Gary appears as a mild mannered draftsman but he can somehow “draw” any confessions out of you.

/// With a beauty the blacksmith’s enamored.

He tried asking her out, but he stammered.

In the paper he read

she’s about to be wed,

so he filled up a glass to get hammered.

Odd, Police are looking for a bearded drifter who leaves restaurants’ without paying for his meal. Guess I better move on.

Final Notice: Return those drafting tools or ELSE! Signed, Jimmy Kapone

“No wonder I keep getting calls from frustrated housewives; the ad agency misspelled my ad! It’s supposed to be ‘my firm, solid toolS will solve your problems’!”

Why did she leave me? The book clearly says women like a man with a big tool and I have several.

He really wants to look like he’s an intellectual, but holding those papers upside down does not help at all.

I think of Steve Martin as the dentist in Little Shop Of Horrors

Yeah, I think the guy who did my extractions before getting dentures chose a career in dentistry after watching the torture scene in “Marathon Man.”

Terrific!

“Fast Cat in the second at Hawthorne looks good!”

Everybody dissing this guy, but we should be congratulating him. He’s the one that discovered that Double Stuf Oreos don’t really have twice as much cream.

Portrait of the Blacksmith Jech: 

Paste (including the quote marks) 

"Category:Paintings of blacksmiths" Wikimedia 

(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, Brave, 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 Karel, and click its link for info and links that point to more info (perhaps best viewed by the Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox browsers, which can automatically translate most webpages if necessary) about this painting. File history has strip coloration image. 

Again, a larger strip image is also shown by merely clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2149 (March 1, 2019) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment. I have added a comment there pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, only work by him used here (2 times total, including this repeat), the March 1, 2019, strip being its first use.

Some comments from March 01, 2019:

BE THIS GUY: Vacal was proud to be the only drunk blacksmith who had all his fingers.

juncarlo: Honestly, I don’t like anything of this menu, I only come for the toys that they give.

Bilan: Nothing like a newspaper and iced tea to unwind after grilling the Marathon Man.

WoodstockJack: The Most Interesting Man in the World considers his choices for the next PowerBall.

Buzzworld: “These IKEA instructions say all I need Is a phillips head screwdriver. Dang it I loaned it to Bob yesterday”

Egrayjames: The ad reads: “SWF looking for man with the right tool.” This could be my best chance for happiness!

J Short: He was known to keep a lot of people on “File”.

Linguist: Karl, the Vice President of the Czech Inquisitors Club, reviews this week’s list of heretics.

Rev Phnk Ey: Vlad puzzling over a 5 letter word for “implements used to carry out a particular function”.

pkdphd: That’s sure a lot of added fees for a single drink.

Indianapolis Smith: “Top Ten Ways to Have Them Screaming in Under Ten Minutes – You Won’t BELIEVE Number Six!”

MissScarlet: I see that Speedy Girl won the Steeplechase. That guy better pay his shoeing bill now that he has some cash.

Papared25: “‘Horseless carriage to replace horses in the next five years?!’ Criminy! That would’ve been good to know before I plunked down 1000 guilders on the DeVry blacksmithing course with its lead-plated starter tool set!”

Ratbrat: Vlad reading “Watch Repair for Dummies”.

Before Jech was a blacksmith, he was a lumberjack.

Wonderful! Pantyhose on sale!

“Portrait of the Blacksmith Jecha”, 1860