Author: Steve Melcher

Giovanni Paolo d’Agostino, Italian

Five Minutes Into Their Date, Sir Gerald Suddenly Realized That He and Lady Evelyn Had Absolutely Nothing in Common…Other Than Roughly 95% of Their DNA, ca. 1520

Oil on canvas

William Henry Lippincott, American

As Edwin Would Later Tell the Police, It Was Only AFTER He Had Discharged His Stun Gun That He Remembered That Lily Was Going To Be in Town For the Weekend, 1890

Oil on canvas

Saul Tepper, American

When 2 a.m. Rolled Around and Douglas’s Party Guests Didn’t Take His Yawning as a Hint, He Opted For a More Direct Approach, 1925

Oil on canvas

Heinrich Rettig, German

“Well, That Depends. If I Tell You I Like It, Will You Agree To Turn the Heat Up in Here?,” Before 1921

Watercolor on paper

François Alfred Delobbe, French

Friday is National Wheat Sifting Day. Mark Your Colanders!, 1882

Oil on canvas

Georges Cain, French

“Looks Totally Real, Right? I Had It Made So I Can Use the Carpool Lane,” Before 1919

Oil on canvas

Hugo Simberg, Finnish

“Still Not Feeling Anything? Hmm. I’m Starting To Wonder If Maybe Voodoo Statues Aren’t a Thing,” Date Unknown

Oil on canvas

Stuart G. Davis, British

“Don’t Get All Huffy With Me, Nate. I’m Just Asking — Are You Sure Doing a Daily 3-Panel Comic Strip As a Series of Frescoes Is the Most Efficient Format?,” 1897

Oil on canvas