Work Force

A self-published labor of love from underground cartoonist Clay Geerdes, Work Force is a two-issue series from 1981 that captures the gritty, blue-collar spirit of the early Reagan era. Geerdes, a key figure in the small-press comics scene, used the series to explore the lives of working-class characters with a raw, unpolished style that rejected mainstream superhero gloss. Though brief, it stands as a distinctive artifact of the alternative comics movement, showcasing Geerdes’ commitment to telling stories about everyday people often ignored by the industry.