“I can’t tell if it’s mist over land, or burning forest fires. Since we didn’t bring any proper masks to protect against smoke, we must Leiv and return to Greenland..”
Bjarni Herjólfsson ( pictured above ) was really the first to spot Vineland but Lief Erikson got the credit because his name was easy to pronounce and spell! Lucky Leaf, Poor Barney!
(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, and Ecosia 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 4,594, and click its link for info and links that point to more info (perhaps best viewed using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, which can automatically translate most webpages if necessary) about this huge painting.
Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3199 (October 6, 2023) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu (even larger, if you trim what’s after .png from the URL). I have added a comment there pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 2 works by him have been used here, the January 8, 2018, strip being the prior.
Hi all! When I went to upload today’s comic, I got a message telling me the server was full. Not sure what the workaround is for that, but I plan to look into it in the morning. In the meantime, today’s installment is on the blog (), Facebook, and Twitter, if you want to take a look at it that way. I’ll try to get it on here ASAP. Thanks! Steve
BE THIS GUY 12 months ago
Leiv Eirikson discovered America but Christopher Columbus had the better publicity agent.
Say What Now‽ Premium Member 12 months ago
“Wow, look at that wave. It must be over 100 feet high. I say we ride it out.”
rmremail 12 months ago
Leiv Eirikson discovers a new continent when his GPS sends him the wrong way from Greenland.
Solstice*1947 12 months ago
/// To the “New World” Leiv Eiriksson sailed;
reached America (and thus prevailed).
In five hundred years Chris
sailed from Spain hit-or-miss.
If Chris hoped to be first, he had failed.
ronaldspence 12 months ago
How about instead of calling you Ishmael, we call you “obnoxious”
Ubintold 12 months ago
Surf’s up!
Jayalexander 12 months ago
Not on your life! We’ll just call it Moby, in case children want to read about it too.
Call me Ishmael 12 months ago
An immortal classic:
“aboard good ship Venus/
My God – you should have seen us !/
the figurehead /
was a wh*** in bed /
and the mast was a petrified p***$..”
PraiseofFolly 12 months ago
“I can’t tell if it’s mist over land, or burning forest fires. Since we didn’t bring any proper masks to protect against smoke, we must Leiv and return to Greenland..”
PraiseofFolly 12 months ago
Leiv Eriksson, whose father was Erik the Red
Might just as well have stayed home in bed.
Did he by accident sail off course?
An embarrassing thing for a man called Norse!
A few measly vines and lots of stony cold ground —
Not much incentive to long stick around.
It took an Italian man with Spanish backing
To provide what poor lame Leif was lacking:
Greed to seek out riches and plunders
And Old World diseases to reduce natives’ numbers..
GoComicsGo! 12 months ago
“Is that your wife come after ya?”
bobpeters61 12 months ago
Just pee overboard. The ocean’s big enough to absorb it seemingly unaffected.
Slowly, he turned... 12 months ago
Any pot in a storm!
dexterwhite 12 months ago
Better yet, just go to the Leeward side and relieve yourself….
Egrayjames 12 months ago
“Captain….please let me take the rudder and save us all…..YOU ARE NOT A TEAPOT!……..You’re Mad!”
Buzzworld 12 months ago
“Thank God, there’s a Starbucks.”
mac04416 12 months ago
When as a kid I took sailing lessons. “Pee to the Lee” was instilled.
MS72 12 months ago
Izzzat one of those fancy submarines Trump was telling us about?
Call me Ishmael 12 months ago
These Vikings are not very cute/
But at sea they’re supremely astute:/
You can count on the Norse/
To plot the right course:/
They’re just taking the scenic route.
Rev Phnk Ey 12 months ago
Captain distracting his crew so they wouldn’t notice he was about to loose his do-rag.
The Wolf In Your Midst 12 months ago
“This is the ACIFIC OCEAN. Notice there is no P in it. Please keep it that way.”
Linguist 12 months ago
Bjarni Herjólfsson ( pictured above ) was really the first to spot Vineland but Lief Erikson got the credit because his name was easy to pronounce and spell! Lucky Leaf, Poor Barney!
KEA 12 months ago
there’s a reason they called it the poop deck
Csaw Backnforth 12 months ago
Herman Melville – “Thar she blows!” Thus coming up with the idea for a very long novel about his whaling adventures.
Bilan 12 months ago
Land Ho! But we’re too late, they finished building the wall.
mabrndt Premium Member 12 months ago
Leiv Eirikson discovering America:
Paste (including the quote marks)
"Category:1893 paintings in Norway" Wikimedia
(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, and Ecosia 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 4,594, and click its link for info and links that point to more info (perhaps best viewed using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, which can automatically translate most webpages if necessary) about this huge painting.
Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3199 (October 6, 2023) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu (even larger, if you trim what’s after .png from the URL). I have added a comment there pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 2 works by him have been used here, the January 8, 2018, strip being the prior.
Call me Ishmael 12 months ago
They knew him as “Lucky Leif”/
For he never once came to grief/
His skilled navigation/
Built his fine reputation../
And he never once struck a reef
anomaly 12 months ago
“If you listen real hard, you can hear the ocean!”
mshaw Premium Member 12 months ago
“Leiv Erikson Discovering America,” 1893
d1234dick Premium Member 12 months ago
there is Hawaii guys now they all hate us. load up the pineapples.
goboboyd 12 months ago
You dare not soil the nest!
Billy Yank 12 months ago
Thanks to Mabrndt’s helpful information, if you look closely in the top left corner, you will see that someone has been splicing the main-brace.
Call me Ishmael 12 months ago
Of all of his numerous talents/
Leif’s best was his keen sense of balance/
He never lost face/
When he spliced his main brace/
And he clambered among the t’gallants.
MuddyUSA Premium Member 12 months ago
Ay, look thar buckoos, a topless mermaid……
Call me Ishmael 12 months ago
This much can be said of the crew/
They can sleep through the worst I can do-/
Thus my pitiful jokes’ll/
All fail in the foc’sle/
No matter how tasteless or “blue”.
Steve Melcher creator 12 months ago
Hi all! When I went to upload today’s comic, I got a message telling me the server was full. Not sure what the workaround is for that, but I plan to look into it in the morning. In the meantime, today’s installment is on the blog (), Facebook, and Twitter, if you want to take a look at it that way. I’ll try to get it on here ASAP. Thanks! Steve