Bad Taste: this time pigs will fly

The scan: sc-no218.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

This text was corrected by hand against the scan: the strip at the foot 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: this time pigs will fly. Note: numbered by year: "81#4".

page 14 of the scan

Five-panel cartoon strip: a man tells Jimmy the British Leyland workers were asking for trouble, letting the boss act like a school bully — but this time it's going to be different, Terry Duffy will be resolute and fearless — and this time pigs will fly. — Cormac, "Bad Taste" (numbered 81/4), Socialist Challenge no. 218, 22 October 1981, page 14. From the Marxists Internet Archive scan.

The strip, panel by panel

1. BAD TASTE by Cormac. "81#4".

2. "You've got to admit, Jimmy — the British Leyland workers were asking for trouble ...."

3. "After all, if you let your boss act like a school bully ...."

4. "Never mind all that, son ... this time it's gonna be different! This time ...."

5. "Don't tell me — this time Terry Duffy will be totally resolute and fearless in defence of his members' interests and ...." ".... this time pigs will fly!"