Ni dieu ni maître!

Did you know that the phrase “no gods, no masters” dates back to 1912 when a two hour pay cut at the Lawrence textile mill sparked a two month long strike by primarily immigrant and female workers? I didn’t until I began researching it to do this comic. The phrase is based on the French slogan “Ni dieu ni maître!” (‘Neither God nor master’) coined by Louis Auguste Blanqui in 1880.

This is why, when someone asks me how long does it take to make a comic, I don’t really have a good answer. This one took about an hour to draw, and the idea came to me practically unbidden, but I didn’t want to use it for my goofy breakfast joke without first researching the etymology. Unsurprisingly, this sort of over-preparation is a big part of why I only publish once a week.