Mr. Block
American comic strip character / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mr. Block is an American comics character, created by Ernest Riebe in 1912 and commemorated in a song written by Joe Hill. He is the protagonist of an eponymous satirical comics series which appeared in left-wing publications to sympathize with the common worker.[1] Decades later Mr. Block gained historical importance for being a predecessor to underground comix.[2]