Bad Taste: who put the lights out?

by Cormac · Socialist Challenge No. 147, 15 May 1980 · p. 14 of the scan · 139 words

The scan: sc-n147-may-15-1980.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). One of Cormac's Bad Taste strips: who put the lights out?. Note: the number in the title panel is not legible in the scan; it falls between no. 72 (1 May 1980) and no. 73 (22 May 1980).

page 14 of the scan

Five-panel cartoon strip: in a blacked-out house a butler with a candle tells his master the workers have struck for the 14 May Day of Action; does it really help their cause? No, sir — but it's a start! — Cormac, "Bad Taste" (number not legible), Socialist Challenge no. 147, 15 May 1980, page 14. From the Marxists Internet Archive scan.

The strip, panel by panel

1. BAD TASTE — Cormac [number illegible].

2. (In darkness, a pair of eyes:) "Who put the lights out?!?"

3. (A butler with a candle:) "Workers, sir ... May 14th — Day of Action .... strikes ..."

4. "Ludicrous! Do they really think that this will help their cause?"

5. (The butler, grinning, holds the candle under his master's chin:) "No, sir .." "....But it's a start!!"

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