Crisis
Crisis, apart from being a word in the English language meaning a testing time or emergency event, is also the name of a British comic published from 1988 until 1991.
Crises in International Relations
For information about crises as a field of study in international relations, see crisis management and international crisis. In this context, a crisis can be loosely defined as a situation where there is a perception of threat, heightened anxienty, expectation of possible violence and the belief that any actions will have far-reaching consequences [1].
Crisis the comic
Crisis the British comic was an experiment by IPC magazines PLC to see if intelligent, mature politically and socially aware comics were saleable in the United Kingdom. Ultimately the answer to that question was no or, at least, it didn't sell sufficiently well to survive and IPC cancelled it in 1991. Nevertheless, while it lasted, Crisis broke the mould of British comics by publishing stories which tackled urban struggles, political issues, economic inequality, sexual politics, racial and nationalistic disputes and cutting edge speculative writing.
Crisis featured the work of Pat Mills, Carlos Ezquerra, John Smith, Jim Baikie, Sean Philips, Simon Bisley, Glenn Fabry, Alan Mitchell, Malachey Coney, John Hicklenton, Garth Ennis, John McCrea, Brendan McCarthy, Warren Pleece, Philip bond, Si Spencer, Steve Sampson, Chris Stadley, Peter Doherty, Igor Goldkind, Tony Allen, Dave Hine, James Robinson, Tony Slamons, Federico Fellini, Milo Manara, Grant Morrison, Oscar Zarate, Paul Neary, Steve Parkhouse, Bernie Jaye and more.
References
- Lebow, RN, Between Peace and War: The Nature of International Crisis: 1981. ISBN 0-8018-3211-0. Summarised from pages 7 - 10, 'Definition of crisis'.