• Written by: Alan Moore
• Illustrator: David Lloyd
• Publisher: Vertigo (DC Comics)
• Publishing year: 2005 (1982-1983/1988-1990)
• Number of pages: 296
• ISBN: 979-1401208417

Review:

Who doesn’t like a dystopian future where a fascist movement takes over control and there’s one person in a mask trying to overthrow the government? Well, I do… kind of… because after I finished V for Vendetta, I felt empty… I felt like I had been wrung out… this is such a stomach churner… something a dystopia manages to do more often, of course.

England is being ruled by a fascist faction that puts people from a different colour or creed or sexual orientation into camps. Those camps are cesspools of experiments, which leave the experimented on dead apart from one…

And it is that one, V, who is plaguing the government with bombings and attacks on the leaders. No one knows who he is, no one knows why he does it… but V is planning anarchy, a revolt!

Evey Hammond is rescued by V and is taken to his lair, the Shadow Gallery, but when she is used by V to kill someone she wants nothing to do with V anymore. But Evey has a role to play as well… first comes destruction before the world can be built up again!

This is a wonderful graphic novel, which doesn’t surprise me honestly because Alan Moore is the man that brought us Watchem and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen as well as From Hell! So I’m a huge fan of the man! I actually waited to long to read this. David Lloyd’s artwork is a hit as well and accentuates the dark and gritty world they portray! No better match could‘ve been made for this graphic novel!

I saw the movie adaptation years ago but of course now I will rewatch it very soon, so more on that later!