Socialist Challenge 1980 Socialist Challenge No. 130, 17 January 1980 Bad Taste no. 63: welcome to the eighties
by Cormac · Socialist Challenge No. 130, 17 January 1980 · p. 14 of the scan · 162 words
The scan: sc-n130-jan-17-1980.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)
This text was corrected by hand against the scan: the strip at the head of page 14, which the machine reading did not see; image taken from the scan and its lettering transcribed (18 Oct 2026). Number 63 of Cormac's weekly Bad Taste strip: welcome to the eighties.
page 14 of the scan
Cormac, "Bad Taste" no. 63, Socialist Challenge no. 130, 17 January 1980, page 14. From the Marxists Internet Archive scan. The strip, panel by panel
1. BAD TASTE — Cormac #63.
2. "On behalf of the Tory government I would like to welcome you to the eighties ..."
3. "... unless you happen to be black or Irish ... or a woman ... or young ... or on social security ... or ....."
4. "Of course, you could be all these things ... in which case your life isn't going to be worth living ..." (A small figure thinks:) "Grotesque!"
5. ".... and the Tory government will make your life as short and miserable as possible!"
