V for Vendetta / written by Alan Moore ; art by David Lloyd

Moore, Alan and David Lloyd, with Steve Whitaker and Siobhan Dodds

ISBN 10: 1845762274 / ISBN 13: 9781845762278

Published by New York: DC Comics, 1990

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Moore, Alan and David Lloyd, with Steve Whitaker and Siobhan Dodds. V for Vendetta / written by Alan Moore ; art by David Lloyd. New York: DC Comics, 1990. Vertigo Series. Eighth printing. Paperback, VG. Illustrated card cover with light shelfwear to corners and a corner crease on the reverse. Binding strong. [295]pp., graphic novel, colour illustrations throughout. Contents clean and bright. The story depicts a dystopian and post-apocalyptic near-future history version of the United Kingdom in the 1990s, preceded by a nuclear war in the 1980s that devastated most of the rest of the world. The Nordic supremacist, neo-fascist, outwardly Christofascistic, and homophobic fictional Norsefire political party has exterminated its opponents in concentration camps, and it now rules the country as a police state. The comics follow the story's title character and protagonist, V, an anarchist revolutionary dressed in a Guy Fawkes mask, as he begins an elaborate and theatrical revolutionist campaign to kill his former captors, bring down the fascist state, and convince the people to abandon fascism in favour of anarchy, while inspiring a young woman, Evey Hammond, to be his protégée. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: V for Vendetta / written by Alan Moore ; art by David Lloyd
• Publisher: New York: DC Comics
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1845762274
• ISBN 13: 9781845762278
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science fiction and fantasy

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Synopsis

Originally published in 1990 V for Vendetta is a frightening and powerful story about the loss of freedom in a totalitarian England. Written against a background of third term Thatcherism and tabloid rants against minorites this is a work of startling clarity and intelligence. Everything that comics weren't supposed to be. Returning to print after a long absence fans of Alan Moore, old and new can now enjoy this remarkable piece of storytelling - a true classic of comic literature.

Review

V for Vendetta is, like its author's later Watchmen, a landmark in comic-book writing. Alan Moore has led the field in intelligent, politically astute (if slightly paranoid), complex adult comic-book writing since the early 1980s. He began V back in 1981 and it constituted one of his first attempts (along with the criminally neglected but equally superb Miracleman) at writing an ongoing series. It is 1998 (which was the future back then!) and a Fascist government has taken over the U.K. The only blot on its particular landscape is a lone terrorist who is systematically killing all the government personnel associated with a now destroyed secret concentration camp. Codename V is out for vengeance ... and an awful lot more. V feels slightly dated like all past premonitions do. The original series was black and white and that added to the grittiness of the feel while the coloring here in the graphic novel sometimes blurs David Lloyd's fine drawing. But these are small concerns. Skillfully plotted, V is an essential read for all those who love comics and the freedom, as a medium, they allow a writer as skilled as Moore. --Mark Thwaite