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). One of Cormac's Bad Taste strips: strident. Note: printed without a number ("By # Cormac"), between no. 63 (17 January 1980) and no. 64 (31 January 1980).
Cormac, "Bad Taste" (unnumbered), Socialist Challenge no. 131, 24 January 1980, page 14. From the Marxists Internet Archive scan.
The strip, panel by panel
1. BAD TASTE by # Cormac.
2. "You know what I mean — she's so STRIDENT!! — you know — she's always going on and on — I mean, it's just too much — y'know?"
3. "Like, there's some MAN who works at her place and doing exactly the same job — only he gets paid more — stuff like that she goes on about —"
4. "— And babbling about the housework and looking after the kids — as if it were difficult, for Christ's sake! — doing two jobs, she says! — God! — And once I said something about penis envy — hysterics!! I swear to —"
5. "— But listen — ah — I mean — like, don't get me wrong — I support the women's movement! — I mean, I really do — I — ah — well, you know —"
