Also up there is an almost full collection of a spinoff comic they produced in the early 90's called "Crisis". It didn't last long and was really a mouthpiece for the editor and writers to sound off about the state of the world we live in. The main strip in the comic was one called "Third World War" which was set at the turn of the millenium.
The premise was that Multinational Corporations co-opted workers from Britain and sent them to work in South America and so forth. This gave the writers an opportunity to show the corporate horror machine in all it's glory. The interesting bit though were the notes and references peppered throughout the story, references to essays, economic reports, articles, books, Chumbawamba and Dead Kennedys lyrics which backed up the stories they were writing.
Following those notes clued me in about all the things I care about in the world. What I learned from reading "Crisis" has kept me watching the Business News for twelve years, led me to predict the current downslide of the American economy post-9/11, pre-warned me to look into the economic backstory of the tragedies we hear about. Because let's make no mistake - the enemy isn't some shady figure with diabetes hiding in a cave in Afghanistan, the real enemy is on our feet and issuing our Credit Cards and providing us with Big Mac, Coke and Fries to go.
One soundbite from the comic has always stuck with me though. It refers to the almost constant state of civil war in Africa and the battle between Multinationals and the populations of Africa and South America. It refers to what our Governments and Big Business do in our name in those countries and how the populations of thoes countries really feel about what's happening to them.
And even though it wasn't relevant at the time, it refers just as much to the actions of our glorious Western Alliance and the Islamic Fundamentalists they're supposed to be looking for.
The quote is this:
"If you want to avoid wargasm, stop fucking the third world"
