Bad Taste no. 57: a guilty conscience

by Cormac · Socialist Challenge No. 119, 25 October 1979 · p. 13 of the scan · 129 words

The scan: sc-n119-oct-25-1979.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 13, which the machine reading did not see; image taken from the scan and its lettering transcribed (18 Oct 2026). Number 57 of Cormac's weekly Bad Taste strip: a guilty conscience.

page 13 of the scan

Five-panel cartoon strip: a man in a pub agonises over one moment's weakness that could destroy a relationship, hurries home to confess, and tells his partner he voted Tory at the last election. — Cormac, "Bad Taste" no. 57, Socialist Challenge no. 119, 25 October 1979, page 13. From the Marxists Internet Archive scan.

The strip, panel by panel

1. BAD TASTE. "#57?" "By Cormac?!"

2. Thinks: "A guilty conscience is a terrible thing to have to live with!"

3. "One moment's weakness can destroy a total relationship! One little slip .... one incident of stupidity and self-indulgence ..."

4. "I shall go home and confess everything!"

5. (To his partner at the ironing board:) "Darling! At the last election I voted TORY!!"

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