Bad Taste: the lucky ones

by Cormac · Socialist Challenge No. 222, 18 November 1981 · p. 6 of the scan · 146 words

The scan: sc-no222.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 6, 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 lucky ones. Note: the number under the signature is not legible ("81/6"?) in the scan.

page 6 of the scan

Five-panel cartoon strip during the 1981 nuclear-disarmament protests: a man wonders whether mankind will be reduced to civil servants, politicians and generals cowering in fallout shelters; don't be glum, says a friend — you're one of the lucky ones, you're not going to survive a nuclear war. — Cormac, "Bad Taste" (number not legible), Socialist Challenge no. 222, 18 November 1981, page 6. From the Marxists Internet Archive scan.

The strip, panel by panel

1. BAD TASTE — Cormac [number illegible].

2. "Is this it? Are these the final days of life on earth?"

3. "Is mankind(!?) about to be reduced to a handful of civil servants, politicians and generals cowering in their fallout shelters?"

4. "Don't be glum, chum! Look on the bright side!"

5. "You're one of the lucky ones!" "You're not going to survive a nuclear war!!"

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