The scan: sc-n86-mar-8-1979.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 14, which the machine reading did not see; image taken from the scan and its lettering transcribed (18 Oct 2026). Number 37 of Cormac's weekly Bad Taste strip: Life on Earth and the Concordat.
Cormac, "Bad Taste" no. 37, Socialist Challenge no. 86, 8 March 1979, page 14. From the Marxists Internet Archive scan.
The strip, panel by panel
1. BAD TASTE by Cormac! #37.
2. Caption: "Typical! Slouched before the T.V. in a haze of fag smoke and alcohol fumes ...." "But not feeling too guilty because it's 'Life on Earth' which is, like, educational."
3. Caption: "On the screen you see a reptile standing in the hottest desert in the world — to deal with his body heat problem he jerks from one strange position to another —"
4. Caption: "Do the spasmodic gymnastics of this reptile on the burning sand seem somewhat familiar?"
5. (From the armchair:) "Yeah — looks like some low life trade union leader trying to convince lowpaid workers that the Concordat is a GOOD THING."
