That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for March 01, 2019

Vacal was proud to be the only drunk blacksmith who had all his fingers.

Jakub was upset that Antoni’s name was mentioned first in the torturers for hire column.

“Here’s my ad! ‘Have thumbscrews, will travel’.”

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

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

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

Very early Cracker Barrel restaurant…… “I’ll have what’s left in the barrel.”

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

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

“Hm. Looks like Poe’s got another weird story going. ‘Tell Tale Heart’. I can outdo that. NEXT!”

I don’t see the anesthetic hanging on the wall. No wonder he’s getting bad reviews.

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

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

“Hmmm, Little LuLu in the 6th looks like a good bet!”

That’s a wall even Pink Floyd can respect.

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

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

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

Hmm. Dentistry performed by a blacksmith. Not a pleasant idea. Here’s a short wiki on thevartist with a link to the picture.

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

There’s also a Wiki Commons category on him with lots of links to his portrait work.

https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Karel_Purkyně

And there’s an article and video in Czech at https://ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/kultura/1200386-karel-purkyne-podobizna-kovare-jecha. For the article, at least, you can try Google Translate, which isn’t reliable but it may work for you.

Portrait of the Blacksmith Jech: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Karel_Purkyn%C4%9B_-_Politizuj%C3%ADc%C3%AD_kov%C3%A1%C5%99.jpg

(best viewed by Google Chrome, with Google Translate added to chrome://extensions, which can automatically translate most pages as necessary) has info and links that point to info about this painting. See File history for strip coloration image.

http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00146988 

https://www.arthousehejtmanek.cz/en/archive/auction-2016-12/list-of-artworks/portrait-of-a-man-19838 

https://books.google.com/books?id=cG570mijBF4C&pg=PA535&q=Purkyne#v=onepage&q=Purkyne&f=false 

https://books.google.com/books?id=sadAQXx8kvoC&pg=PA239&q=Karel#v=onepage&q=Karel&f=false 

https://my.meural.com/artists/766 

all have info about this artist, perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the first URL. This is the first work by him used here.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2149 (February 28, 2019) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

Sadist waiting for his next masochist to arrive.

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

Steve Martin contemplating what he’ll do if he gets his tools on Seymour!

“‘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!”

Vlad reading “Watch Repair for Dummies”.

Oh goody, another sale at Harbor Freight Tools.