Mr. Block gets news only from the bosses' paper. Reads: “This anarchist paper from Spokane is the limit. It says a workingman can’t get rich by saving his money. T’ain’t so.” He stuffs the paper into the wood burning stove. Then sits down with a corporate paper. “It says everyone can be successful if he puts his mind to it.” Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34919110
Today in #LaborHistory 11/7/1912: Ernest Riebe's "Mr. Block," #IWW labor comic strip 1st appeared in print. #JoeHill wrote a song about "Mr. Block," who was a boss-loving, American Dream-believing, self-sabotaging knucklehead. Some call Riebe the first "underground" #comic book artist.
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