Brewster Rockit by Tim Rickard for December 21, 2023

Gotta agree with Dr Mel on this one. Just as long as it doesn’t mean winning the lottery the day before I die.

A ghost in space station can only means he is …. SPAAAAACE GHOOOOOOST!!!

How much will it cost for you to be my friend?

But if you’re rich and you also have friends, you’ll probably outlive most of them anyway.

Is being the Ghost of Christmas Future a reward or a punishment?

You’ll win the Powerball then have a heart attack!

Is the ghost addressing us or Mel in the last panel? Because I wanna be rich too

“I’ve had enough of this guy! I’m going back to being the Coin-Taker for the Ferryman…”

If money can’t buy happiness I guess I’ll have to rent it.

The true meaning of Christmas is 3 ghosts torturing your boss until you get a raise.

“He who dies rich dies disgraced.” – Andrew Carnegie

I don’t think you understand Dr. Mel, you can’t claim your life insurance when you are dead.

“Bought friends won’t last.”

“They’ll last as long as the money does.”

Dr. Mel is right because if he is poor, he’s probably not going to have any friends anyway,

Reminds me of an old Goon Show skit based in ancient Rome. A gladiator told the emperor a soothsayer had promised he would die rich.

“So you shall. Give him this purse of gold and strangle him.”

NOTE WELL: You can only RENT such friends.

Real friends can’t be bought, they can however be leased.

“You have no friends” means what it says. If you bought any, they didn’t stick around.

He’ll be the richest corpse in the cemetery.

if you hit it rich, “friends” will find you…

Dickensian: The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come being a Grim Reaper, Miss Havisham’s Wedding Cake, Madame Defarge’s Knitting. Dickens really had a grasp on the dark side of humanity.

As long as Dr. Mel has test subjects, he doesn’t need friends.

He will Die before he has time to Spend any of it.