That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for December 19, 2012

Do you think he pi$$ed her off ?

What is it really?Blessed Be

He should have known better than to buy her a frying pan for Christmas.

Judith and Holofernes, maybe? Though I don’t think she had an assistant…

Tell the truth now, does this sword make my @$$ look big?

The Gillette Sisters.

Methinks the apprentice lady barber is a bit unclear on the “close shave” concept.

Man’s first attempt at Esophageal surgery, circa 1614

Welcome to “Hortense’s Hair & Massage Hut”

…where gratuities and “Happy Endings” ….go “Hand in Hand”…

Thanks, mabrndtAt first I was thinking exorcism. I thought the sword handle was a crucifix.

That’s going to make quite a mess.

You know, a woman/women murdering a man in his sleep seems to be a weirdly popular topic for paintings. That’s at least three we’ve seen in this strip alone…

Click-to-enlarge image can be found here (along with a description), or at Mr. Melcher’s blog entry.Judith and Holofernes (link shows Wikipedia page on this subject) is shown by its current-location page (Chrome can translate, but not Google or Bing) with a different coloration, click-to-enlarge image. It hangs in the room named for yesterday‘s artist.@orinoco womble: A religious description points to the verse depicted in the painting. It says she gave the head to her maid (Abra). But Judith 13:4 says Judith was alone in the room; so, IMHO, the artist took some artistic license with this painting and a 1612 version (pointed to in the religious description, another description, Wikipedia page). Both religious descriptions seem to have no problem with the maid participating, and this religious description of a work by yesterday’s artist goes so far as to say Abra was with Judith every step of the way, even though Judith 13:3 has her commanding Abra to leave the room. Odd.In addition to those two, the artist also painted this (religious description), and this (also described in this video) showing Judith and Abra after the beheading.Another different coloration image of this painting can be found here; but the are countless different coloration and detail images of those works available online. The artist’s WIkipedia page and collection (more under Subcategories at each level).So far, 2 works by this artist (click the green right arrow at the bottom for more) have appeared in Mr. Melcher’s blog.

And still husbands haven’t learned.

She’s meeting him at the cutoff to get a little head.

P.S. If you read the descriptions in my first comment, you already know the artist had been raped shortly before painting these and what part that may have played in the depictions. Yesterday, I attached interesting to that artist’s Wikipedia page. I meant to say that for this artist as well, but I’m not going to re-write the whole thing again.

then, the women will bind up her husband, and peg him.

Indeed it appears to be that. Usually you have a joke buried in the comment though. This time I can’t find it! Hmmm.

Ooh, my favorite painting! I love Artemisia Gentileschi!

Another work by this artist can be found here.