Brewster Rockit by Tim Rickard for April 14, 2019

“Things as certain as death and taxes, can be more firmly believed.”

Daniel Defoe, in The Political History of the Devil, 1726.

Next week’s cartoon will be about capital punishment: ‘Death and Texas’.

Who would want to audit you?

You can but it’s value has depreciated over the years.

DEATH must be unsure – he’s not talking boldly…

Death of ’Toons?

Only 666 easy monthly payments!

The IRS audits the Dead, all the time. Lots of dead people file returns every year. So why not audit death himself?

♪♫ "If you drive a car, I’ll tax the street,

If you try to sit, I’ll tax your seat.

If you get too cold I’ll tax the heat,

If you take a walk, I’ll tax your feet.

And if you’re Death, I’ll tax your Scythe,

for even you can’t dodge my tithe…" ♪♫

Reminded me of the Marx Brothers routine, and honestly I had to go look it up:

Prosecutor : Something must be done! War would mean a prohibitive increase in our taxes.

Chicolini : Hey, I got an uncle lives in Taxes.

Prosecutor : No, I’m talking about taxes – money, dollars!

Chicolini : Dollars! There’s-a where my uncle lives! Dollars, Taxes!

Not anymore.

Whatever that thing is, it’s no scythe. The little handle attached to the sneathe is a nice touch, but the “blade” is hopeless (I have yet to see a realistic scythe in a cartoon).

He has to buy a New Scythe every few months because the Blade wears out from the frequent sharpening.

You would not want Your Soul to be Reaped with a dull blade, would you?

If it didn’t have Brewster Rocket up in the corner I would’ve said that Go Comics stuffed up on the upload.