Bad Taste no. 75: the open spaces

by Cormac · Socialist Challenge No. 149, 29 May 1980 · p. 14 of the scan · 121 words

The scan: sc-n149-may-29-1980.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 75 of Cormac's weekly Bad Taste strip: the open spaces. Note: printed "#75!!"; no. 74 has not been found.

page 14 of the scan

Five-panel cartoon strip: with the rulers calmly discussing nuclear war, a man heads for the open spaces to avoid the horrors of 20th-century technology — and sits down beneath a battery of missiles. — Cormac, "Bad Taste" no. 75, Socialist Challenge no. 149, 29 May 1980, page 14. From the Marxists Internet Archive scan.

The strip, panel by panel

1. BAD TASTE — "Cormac?" "#75!!"

2. "The insane ones who rule are talking calmly about the possibility of nuclear war!"

3. "I think I'll head for the open spaces!"

4. "Fortunately it is still possible to avoid the horrors of 20th century technology!"

5. (He sits on a rock beneath a launcher bristling with missiles.)

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