'The Masses' and the Importance of Political Cartoonists During WWI

 

A cartoon by Robert Minor for The Masses magazine.

Derf Backderf has a new graphic novel, The Dissidents, which is the true story of a group of political cartoonists that were jailed for their cartoons. More than once. It all happened just over 100 years ago and they all worked at The Masses, a magazine with a small circulation but it had a big impact. 

Here's Derf talking on The Chris Hedges Show.