Knights of Labour

A cadre of historians, artists and activists champion social justice via comic books. In 2013, they published a free comic on Canada’s early labour movement. This one is called Dreaming of What Might Be: The Knights of Labor in Canada 1880–1900.

Illustrated by Sam Bradd; written by Sean Carleton, Julia Smith & Robin Folvik

 — Posted January 27, 2014
 
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