Author: Steve Melcher

Gerard ter Borch, Dutch

“Gentlemen, We’re Ordering Lunch From KFC Today, So Let Me Know How Many Sides Everyone Wants,” 1648

Oil on copper

Samuel Smith Kilburn, American

“I Know, I Know — This Is Not a Great Time To Be in Stocks. You’re About the Hundredth Person To Use That Line Today,” ca. 1880

Engraving

Artist Unknown

“Everyone’s Talking About How This New Abortion Ruling Will Violate Our Right To Privacy. Um, What’s ‘Privacy?,'” Date Unknown

Illustration

Caravaggio, Italian

Deleted Scene From the Last “Jackass” Movie, ca. 1594-96

Oil on canvas

Wilhelm Marstrand, Danish

Niels Liked To Kick Off the Art Museum Board Meetings With a Little Air Guitar, 1868

Oil on canvas

Clara Murray Hawkes, English

Young Queen Victoria, Seriously Considering Getting a Neck Tattoo, Before 1930

Oil on canvas

Henry Richard Graves, English

“Great Moments In Phallic Portraiture: Outdoorsman Edition,” 1871

Oil on canvas

Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch

Portrait of Man With Blobfish on Head, 1632

Oil on canvas