IMGpapers 1976–79

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1976–79

Bad Taste no. 48: on a clear day

· Socialist Challenge No. 103, 5 July 1979 · p. 11 of the scan · 163 words

The scan: sc-n103-jul-05-1979.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 11, which the machine reading did not see; image taken from the scan and its lettering transcribed (18 Oct 2026). Number 48 of Cormac's weekly Bad Taste strip: on a clear day.

page 11 of the scan

Five-panel cartoon strip: a guitarist sings that on a clear day you can see the revolution; a disapproving Labour figure always disapproves of what he can't understand — the attitude that has kept the Labour Party free of the taint of Marxism.
Cormac, "Bad Taste" no. 48, Socialist Challenge no. 103, 5 July 1979, page 11. From the Marxists Internet Archive scan.

The strip, panel by panel

1. BAD TASTE by Cormac #48. (A man sits in the head of a guitarist:) "On a clear day you can see the revolution from here."

2. (A stern man in a suit:) "I'm not sure that I understand that .. but I don't approve anyway ..."

3. ".. And I always disapprove of that which I can't understand!"

4. "An unhealthy attitude, you might think .." "But, after all, it is a similar attitude ..."

5. "... which has preserved the Labour Party from the taint of Marxism."

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