Hold That Line!: Drawing Blood on the Waterfront
$15.00 USD
By Jessalyn Aaland
A collection of illustrations from The Waterfront Worker, a 1930s San Francisco newspaper by and for longshore workers. Published during the era of the infamous 1934 West Coast Waterfront Strike, these drawings are often humorous, sometimes bizarre, and always deliver a biting critique of capitalism and the bosses who inflict suffering on everyday workers. Recurring characters include prolific representations of everyone’s favorite labor icon, the rat, alongside greedy shipowners complete with top hats, Lilliputian bosses trampled by burly giants, and classic baddies: cops.
48 pages, 6" x 9", 2-color Risograph printed cover, 1-color Risograph printed interiors, saddle stitched, 2nd edition, 1st printing of 640, April 2025
Current Editions No. 11