The source material uses outdated and offensive terms for Black people, Pakistani people, gay people, and neurodiverse people. This study guide refers to the Vertigo/DC Comics 1990 paperback edition.Ĭontent Warning: V for Vendetta contains images and descriptions of violence, sexual violence, pedophilia, drug use, racism, and intolerance toward gay people. Since then, it has been banned in several Texas counties along with other popular works such as Art Spiegelman’s 1980 graphic novel Maus. In 2021, Texas Republican Representative Matt Kraus included it on a list of books he wanted to ban from school libraries. The book has been widely banned due to its anti-fascist themes. Across the globe, the mask has come to represent revolution and the fight against fascism. V for Vendetta, especially V’s memorable Guy Fawkes mask, has had a massive cultural impact. The graphic novel is in the BBC’s 2019 list of “100 Most Inspiring Novels” and is listed 83rd in The Comic Journal’s 1999 poll of “The Top 100 (English-Language) Comics of the Century.” In 2005, it was made into a movie written by the Wachowski siblings, directed by James McTeigue, and starring Hugo Weaving and Natalie Portman as V and Evey. The novel deals with themes such as the opposing natures of fascism and anarchism and the responsibilities individual people have within oppressive social systems. This plot was partially influenced by Moore and Lloyd’s political ideas about conservative Thatcherism combined with tensions around the escalating Cold War. A masked anarchist antihero named V, along with his protégée Evey Hammond, works to give British citizens the chance to escape tyranny and rule themselves. Britain falls into chaos and is overtaken by a racist, Christofascist organization called Norsefire. The novel takes place in 1997, in a dystopian near future in which the Cold War culminated in atomic bombings that destroyed much of the world and subjected the rest to nuclear winter and governmental instability. In the late 80s, it was reprinted in color by DC Comics. V for Vendetta was initially serialized in the British anthology Warrior between 19. Moore also wrote the acclaimed graphic novel Watchmen and is considered one of the greatest living graphic novel authors, while Lloyd created Marvel’s Night Raven and has done illustrations for many Marvel and DC properties. V for Vendetta is a graphic novel written by Alan Moore and illustrated by David Lloyd.
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