IMGpapers 1980–83

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1980–83

Bad Taste no. 72: Raid on Entebbe

· Socialist Challenge No. 145, 1 May 1980 · p. 15 of the scan · 146 words

The scan: sc-n145-may-01-1980.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 15, which the machine reading did not see; image taken from the scan and its lettering transcribed (18 Oct 2026). Number 72 of Cormac's weekly Bad Taste strip: Raid on Entebbe.

page 15 of the scan

Five-panel cartoon strip: two men in a pub agree Jimmy Carter should never have seen "Raid on Entebbe" — gunboat diplomacy mingled with John Wayne is called statesmanship — and imagine Carter striding down the streets of Tehran like Clint Eastwood.
Cormac, "Bad Taste" no. 72, Socialist Challenge no. 145, 1 May 1980, page 15. From the Marxists Internet Archive scan.

The strip, panel by panel

1. BAD TASTE by Cormac #72.

2. "They should never have let Jimmy Carter see that film 'Raid on Entebbe'"

3. "The echoes of gunboat diplomacy mingled with a pop culture of John Wayne and assorted spaghetti westerns .. ... it's called statesmanship!"

4. Thinks: "Jimmy Carter boldly strides down the Tehran streets. His hand hovers near the butt of trusty forty-five ..."

5. "Clint Eastwood's equipment never seems to develop technical faults!"

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