Bad Taste: the North-West Frontier

by Cormac · Socialist Challenge No. 153, 26 June 1980 · p. 14 of the scan · 145 words

The scan: sc-n153-jun-26-1980.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: the North-West Frontier. Note: printed without the Bad Taste title panel or a number, at the head of the letters page (June 1980).

page 14 of the scan

The strip, panel by panel

1. "As a child, did you ever read thrilling stories about the 'North-West Frontier'?"

2. "But now the savage and barbaric tribesmen from the hills of Afghanistan have been transformed into proud peace-loving defenders of freedom!"

3. "And even Mugabe, the cowardly murdering terrorist has become Mr Robert Mugabe, the eminent African statesman!"

4. "... So they'll have to rely on the traditional method — driving the British army out of Ireland!"