That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for October 10, 2019

Gutenberg soon realized restaurant menus were where the big money was.

The one and only selfie Lucas had printed up. It was quickly disposed of.

Another rejection notice from the School of Clown Arts and Larks. Willard wondered what it’d take to get into that august pillar of high jinks education; paint his face white, wear a red rose, and act like a Bozo? Heeey, maybe he had something there.

“ ‘Ken, 25, is a mounted policeman with a difference’ – ah yes, this will finance all my legitimate printing.”

Apparently, they even had trouble with Ikea desks back in 1875.

How the expletive do you stuff the duck in this ACME Duck Press! These instructions are quakers!

I think that was an episode of Friends where they watched an episode of Frasier where he dabbled in lithography.

“Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane

Ain’t got time to take a fast train

Lonely days are gone, I’m a-goin’ home

My baby, just-a wrote me a letter

I don’t care how much money I gotta spend

Got to get back to my baby again

Lonely days are gone, I’m a-goin’ home

My baby, just-a wrote me a letter

Well, she wrote me a letter

Said she couldn’t live without me no more

Listen mister, can’t you see I got to get back

To my baby once-a more

Anyway, yeah!"

—The Boxtops

Larry Fine (AKA, LARRY of 3 Stooges)reading the script to a classic.

“I’d love to order a pizza for lunch….. I just wish someone would hurry and invent a telephone. “

Bob making sure the dimensions of his throwing star will break the Guinness Book of World Records.

Yes, this is a good one – it’s tabloid quality.

“Dear….come quick….we’ve been asked to help a young Nigerian prince!”

“Guess I’m gonna have to learn how to read”

Some day my prints will come….

Larry Fine of “The Three Stooges” at his old job before vaudeville took off.

Frank deciding whether to print more porn or just keep it to himself.

“I before E except after C? I before C except after P? E before I but never with Z? I wish someone would make up their mind!”

Gutenberg reading that one day something called Twitter will replace the need for a printing press.

“Okay. a-HEM.. says here next is a large, red, puffy nose. Got to head to the store again.. then, big floppy polka dot shoes.. all right.. I’ll get this Bozo thing down pat if it kills me.”

Where’s my glasses?

WTF? Who mixed Comic Sans font into the Times Roman tray?

Fraiser went for about 20 years in Cheers and Fraiser. A very long time for any character in television.

Procrustes working on a bed design that is easier to clean.

Craig, personally checking his list.

I can even do drawings on this device. I think I’ll call it an Etch-a-Sketch. Every kid will want one of these.

“Dear valued customer: We note that the warranty on your printing press is due to expire. We would like to offer you an extended warranty at a price we think you will appreciate.”

Anyone seen Mbrnt lately?

This was his best etching by far. He could hardly wait to ask Gretchen to come and see it.

Ian Anderson printing a copie of Thick as a Brick for the producer..

The Etcher or The Printer of Engravings: 

https://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/detail.php?id=89997 

has info and links that point to info about this painting.

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

https://www.the-athenaeum.org/people/detail.php?ID=5236 

https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O14970/a-flemish-kitchen-garden-la-oil-painting-braekeleer-henri-de/ 

http://www.askart.com/artist/Henri_De_Braekeleer/11140813/Henri_De_Braekeleer.aspx 

https://books.google.com/books?id=LK5LAAAAMAAJ&q=Braekeleer&pg=PA308#v=onepage&q=Braekeleer&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. So far, 2 works by him have been used here. 

https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2016/07/10?comments=visible 

had the prior. I say “had” because that strip, as well as the prior day’s strip, have disappeared from GoComics (the URL currently doesn’t work) for some reason. Maybe I used the same artist info URLs back then as well. The blog entries for those two days are 

https://thatispriceless.blogspot.com/2019/07/masterpiece-2239.html 

for the missing prior day’s strip, and 

https://thatispriceless.blogspot.com/2019/07/masterpiece-2240.html 

for the missing one by this artist, respectively.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2304 (October 10, 2019) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

Herr Gutenberg’s printing of a porno story, takes longer than expected.

“What’s this squiggly marks all over this paper that I’m suppose to print for em? And why are they in lines underneath each other to the bottom of the page?”

“Congratulations! You have been selected to be in ‘That is Priceless’ comic! For $49.95, you can receive an autographed copy! Just send a cashier’s check to …”

“This will be the finest bathroom tissue ever made! Complete with the images of your favorite politicians.”

Hmmm, what’s this? Dear Aunt Blabby??? Damn! Now I need to hire a female! :<)

This ought to do the job! _"Dear Monsieur Braekeleer, Being a proud German, I can no longer remain in your employ, you Belgie! ". :>)

The birth of the first chain letter.