The subversive adventures of Mr. Block

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Mr. Block is a comic from the early 1900s following someone that might seem eerily familiar, named Mr. Block. This comic was created by Ernest Riebe for the still running International Worker, a newspaper published by the Industrial Workers of the World. The IWW is an international syndicalist union who believe workers run the world. They have existed since 1909, with famous organizers like Mother Jones as founding members. While this community is focused on Mr. Block, all IWW comics are welcome!

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Mr. Block invests his savings (lemmy.world)

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Panel 1:

Mr. Block burning a copy of the International Worker: This anarchist paper from Spokane is the limit. It says a working man can't get rich by saving his money. T'aint so.

Panel 2:

Mr. Block reading a different paper: Here's a respectable paper. It says everyone can be successful if he only makes up his mind. That's the dope.

Panel 3:

Mr. Block: There's success staring me right in the face. I am going to invest my savings at once.

Panel 4:

Investor: Thank you, Mr. Block

Mr. Block: it took me ten years of hard labor to save it.

Panel 5:

Mr. Block: The ambition of my life will soon be realized. I will be rich and won't have to work anymore. I will build a nice house and enjoy life. Hurrah!

Panel 6:

The investment company explodes

Investor flying away in an airship: Meet me in Monte Carlo.

Mr. Block: Busted!

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[–] ArgentRaven 1 points 4 months ago

1912? That artist would've been more correct than he knew about a decade later.