Bad Taste no. 56: the National Health Service

by Cormac · Socialist Challenge No. 118, 18 October 1979 · p. 15 of the scan · 134 words

The scan: sc-n118-oct-18-1979.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 15, which the machine reading did not see; image taken from the scan and its lettering transcribed (18 Oct 2026). Number 56 of Cormac's weekly Bad Taste strip: the National Health Service.

page 15 of the scan

Four-panel cartoon strip: reckoning that he is statistically likely to have a serious accident some day, a man throws himself under a car to get it over with before the Tories dismantle the National Health Service. — Cormac, "Bad Taste" no. 56, Socialist Challenge no. 118, 18 October 1979, page 15. From the Marxists Internet Archive scan.

The strip, panel by panel

1. BAD TASTE — Cormac #56.

2. "It appears to be statistically probable that I will have a serious accident at some point in my life."

3. (Diving under a car:) "Surely it's only reasonable to get it over with ...."

4. (Lying in the road:) ".... before the Tories totally dismantle the National Health Service!" (A dog thinks:) "Is this a meaningful response to oppression?"

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