That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for January 17, 2012

So that’s why we say’ Colder than King Otto’s brass balls.

Snerk! and an THAT Note…Exit Laughing! Have Fun Y’all! :-)

And you can have this fine commemorative copy of this genuine gold coin, clad in 14 milligrams of .999 pure gold, for your very own! The original release price was scheduled to be $50, but for a limited time only, it can be yours for only $19,95, plus shipping and handling. (translation: You’re blowing about thirty bucks to buy a relatively worthless slug that might bring you a buck or two at auction as a novelty in 50 years).

@Baslim the beggar — You’d think Otto would be warmer, but only because you can’t see that Auggie’s armor is lined with polar fleece.

If you’ve got them you may as well decorate them…..or get a friend (or Faberge) to do it.

Polar fleece AND he’s wearing long Auggie’s!

I have a pack of cards with kings like that.

To bring down a kingdom// all one needs is a magnet.

Either way - it’s still better than being black-balled. . ..

Does King Otto have one hanging down each leg? Ow!!

those are his knee’s

@Melchershow me one of those old guys with balls of fire and i will be real impressed.

Well that answers the question of where the family jewels used to be kept.

Didn’t those start out as scented doo-dads in the carriage?

A 2 for 1 sale. Mr. Melcher published the first 5/19/10 (enlargement available from here), and the second 7/4/10 (only enlargement I found of him is what you see if you click that image), in his blog. Neither the image here nor here can be enlarged. One says it was painted in the 17th century and other the 18th. He died in 1572, long before this was painted. One wonders about the authenticity.

and here I thought they are two Stick-Ball Captains….

Ambrose Bierce: “Armor – the kind of clothing worn by one whose tailor is a blacksmith”. Hard to top that!In these 2 cases, I think the armorer’s skills far exceed those of the painter. It’s a much more difficult medium…

“Which side do you drape on, Sir?”

Those chain-mail Jockeys! AAAAGH!

and they both carry long, hard, rods.

I giggle and laugh every day thanks to your take on art! Thank you so much.

Free Dogsniff!and banish Nancy Grace!

Fools! those are bottles of Chambord!

Nice Holy hand grenade.

Today’s “Who wears it better” contest, goldie or bluie.

This strip has a lil too much innuendo for my tastes.

btw: Otto IV is not a King, he’s a (Holy Roman)Emperor (Kaiser) – another danged Hapsburg.

The Imperial bowling team. Might have been great, but for the crosses on their balls….

And Bon Scott is famous for his big balls.

I’m not sure, but I think Otto’s sceptre is longer.

I was probably named after the guy who was named after him.

I play a courtier at the court of Holy Roman Emperor Fredrich the II. He had the most fun court with the best foods and indoor plumbing and wonderful collections of birds (falcons and hawks for hunting) and parrots etc for amusement (including a talking umbrella cockatoo like the one on my coat of arms who was my soulmate of over 20 years). The personna I invented was an English lady at his court because her father was one of his jewelers, who instructed those who cared for and taught the parrots. I also like to play in the jewelry arts;-)

Those are medieval Pokeballs. These guys are gonna have an intense battle.

Glad to here that Dogsniff is free. I sent an illustration to Susan that I thought of using on the many toons I read here, but did not know how to post other than changing my avatar to that and I asked her advice (by email) about advisability of doing that.

Only work by named artist to appear, so far, in Mr. Melcher’s blog.

Fourth, of the at least 16 works (for whatever reason, this is no longer in the list; perhaps others won’t be in the future), with no attribution, that have, so far, appeared in Mr. Melcher’s blog, to also appear here.Here is another work without artist attribution. This was missing from the count there, here, and here.

First painting in this strip repeated here.