That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for August 20, 2012

I won’t buy that calendar.

I’ll bet he’s Mr. November.

Can’t you knock before entering?~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Ariel, how many times must I tell you to leave those air-breathers alone?

Bachelor number five is Dave. Dave is very big in the marine world and I expect lots of you here, tonight will be ready to bid. So ladies- AND gentlemen; how much am I bid.

Aw, come on, release the Kraken!

I didn’t know this is what they ment when the agency asked if I still had my appendix.

Beerdrinkers Division.

Where the mermaids at?!. . ..

Sometimes a trident handle is just a trident handle.

How about a wet t-shirt shot, after all he is the god of the sea.

Does this drapery make me look fat ?

Click-to-enlarge image can be found here or here or Mr. Melcher’s blog entry.Portrait of Andrea Doria as Neptune (click links for their Wikipedia pages, his name is above the tines) can be found here (Google translation) at its current-location. It is described here, along with a different coloration, click-to-enlarge image. The painting is discussed in more depth here and here. The artist’s Wikipedia page and collection (more under Subcategories).So far, 5 works by this artist have appeared in Mr. Melcher’s blog.P.S. For anyone interested, the current-location page (image) in last Wednesday’s strip, that wasn’t there when I posted my comment, should now be available. Click the More Details link there for the physical description.

Thanks as always for your enlightenment and hard work.The title poses an irony perhaps lost on younger readers.Andrea Doria as Neptune gives me a sinking feeling ( sorry, bad pun ) . Neptune was god of the oceans and the Andrea Doria was an Italian ocean liner that met with a disastrous end.I remember vividly all the news reports of that tragedy.

“Why are those Sea Nymphs laughing and why do they keep saying ‘sardine’?”

Neptune was a Roman deity and would not have lived on Mount Olympus. Now Poseidon…There was a (mer)man to reckon with.

Now cough!

My pole??? Oh,… you mean my trident!

Here is another work by this artist.