That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for March 20, 2020

“None of these jerks have manners to help a lady with her jugs!”

I don’t know what the sport is, but the one vendor’s going to clean up.

Maybe she misunderstood ‘dessert wine’ and showed up with ‘desert wine’.

“Quite complaining about your part. Napoleon himself is barely visible in this tableau.”

Are you sure this is where you saw the Sandworms?

“Yo, local denizen! You’ll have to move! His Shortness can barely see over his own boot tops, and your backside is ruining his view of the desolation around here.”

That crazy thinking he’s Napoleon…when I really am!

I’m telling you for the last time this is not a beach and there is no ocean.

good thing bonaparte’s got his sheet together…

“This is Emperor Bonaparte’s spot, now move your ass!”

I AM the Emperor! Do you like my new clothes?

Look you, I called for artist’s models for a desert scene; Napoleon’s “naked banquet” portrait was last week. Scram.

Wouldn’t ‘shorts’ set him off?

Hello Sir? The Emperor is very impressed with your clothing. He would like to purchase the entire line.

“We’re not moving one inch, not an inch do you hear me, until we find the sunblock!”

And cover up your hands too, he is embarrassed by his short fingers.

“You! Back of the line!”

Pack up everything, and let’s fill up the Louvre!

“Sorry sir, you’ll have to leave…No shirt, no shoes, no service!”

“What? We hired all these extras and we still don’t have a script? Well, just have them mill about and occasionally moan in some foreign language. We’ll dub it in post-production.”

ONE woman in the whole damn painting – and she isn’t even naked ! What the Hell, Cogniet?

That comma at the end makes it seems like there should be more. :p

Napoleon in Egypt: "They’ve told me to stay out of groups../ it’s a plague, and it’s no time for coups !/ We’re best by “La Peste”../ forget this conquest ! / It is time to abandon my troops !" (Which he did – 40,000 of them !)

“We’re BESET by La Peste !” TYPO !!

He said “Shorts” in front of the Emperor! Watch the hilarity ensue!

No, I don’t have the key to the chains, but you’re not allowed to sit on the Rosetta Stone.

Typical road crew 3 hours into deciding who will handle the “SLOW – CONSTRUCTION” sign that day.

I’ll put on pants if he’ll pull his hand out of his shirt…

“What’s so hard to understand? You take all this sand and you move it from here to over there. You’ll get your pay when you finish.”

The 1798 Egyptian Expedition Under the Command of Bonaparte: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leon_Cogniet_-_L_Expedition_D_Egypte_Sous_Les_Ordres_De_Bonaparte.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 more info about the painting, that followed the Other versions sketch featured in the strip. The painting is attached to the museum’s ceiling.

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/cogniet_leon.html 

https://www.wikiart.org/en/leon-cogniet 

https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZdAAAAAYAAJ&q=Cogniet&pg=PA220#v=onepage&q=Cogniet&f=false 

https://books.google.com/books?id=Q9A7AQAAMAAJ&q=Cogniet&pg=PA121#v=onepage&q=Cogniet&f=false 

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.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2409 (March 19, 2020) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

The Egyptians consider this The French Connection.

during a fashion show outdoors Sam (the man nude) said if he couldn’t wear the gold dress he wasn’t going to be in the show. he got the dress he wanted.

Lady and Gentlemen, now swerving: beefcake on a slab!

And the Dragoncat Award for Best Writing goes to … Call me Ishmael!

Brilliant work!

Sorry sir. You counted from the wrong end of the aisle. Seat 13 is over there.

Before rubber was invented, bungee jumping with chains set apart the men from the boys.