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# Political Cartoon Analysis: "Going to Work" (Judge, May 1, 1920) The cartoon depicts a man in formal attire driving an old automobile, titled "Going to Work." The accompanying article references a railroad workers' strike and resulting transportation chaos. The satire targets the disruption caused by labor strikes: the well-dressed commuter must navigate an "unsightly barrel"—likely representing makeshift or inadequate transportation alternatives during the strike. The man appears disheveled and awkwardly positioned, suggesting the indignity of dealing with strike-related hardships. The text humorously notes that *Judge* magazine itself lost printing supplies due to strike-related theft and disruption, creating meta-commentary: the magazine covering the strikes was itself victimized by them. The piece satirizes both labor unrest and its collateral damage on ordinary citizens and institutions.
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$7.00 a Year “THE HAPPY eMEDIUM ” Entered as second-class matter, October 7 panes rt pact 2 Tew - : Published Weekly by Leslie company BF Gat af the Pose Dinas at New York, New York, May 1, 1920 Fifth Avenue. New York City Prnren, 25 (Gents Drawn by Warren De Mants “Goinc to Worx” Struck But Not Stricken WING to the general strike of railroad em- result that we have been compelled to utilize a size ployes and the ensuing chaotic condition of sheet which narrows down the margins and does not transportation, JUDGE finds itself in the admit of edge trimming. If you find this number position of the swimmer whose clothes «vere stolen of JUDGE uncut and somewhat lacking in its usual from the beach while he disported himself in the beauty of form and clearness of impression, we ask pleasant sea and later had to walk home clad only your indulgence. JUDGE may have to walk home in a barrel. Several carloads of paper on their way in an unsightly barrel and, perhaps, wobble a bit grotesquely in its gait and poise, but walk home it will, despite all strikes and strikers. to our printing shop and intended for use in this issue have been “lost, strayed or stolen,” with the comicbooks.com