It’s got mystery, fascism, adventure, and the annoying habit of quoting things I’ve never read.
Yet, this book sucks you in. I happened to read the “Director”s cut version which comes with 2 stories never before published in V For Vendetta.
Biggist downside, you get a tad confused following who’s who due to the lack of Establishing captions.
This book also does not have sound effects, yet this story is some good, it makes it’s own sounds regardless.
Very Worth consuming.
England Prevails!!!

This was definitely more spotty than Alan’s more recent works – some parts I found to be pretty strong, but others less so. I enjoyed the prison stuff, but found the cast of nearly-indistinguishable muck-a-mucks did nothing for me.
Overall, it was enjoyable and well worth the read. Woulda been moreso if it didn’t look like a comic from the 1980s.

One of the most beautful works of literature I’ve ever read. It’s hard to believe that a graphic novel could bring tears to my eyes, but it happened.

Tales of this nature return hope in an otherwise pessimistic time.

Read it and live it.

I first read this about a decade ago, and thought I’d give it another read. It hasn’t aged well.

The Wachowski brothers, creators of the Matrix, are making a film based on the Alan Moore graphic Novel V for Vendetta.

Note: Do not be fooled. This doesn’t mean they’re directing it, as I first thought. The brothers are producing it. Personally, I don’t like it when the producers, capitalizing on their success as directors, use their name to sell a film. Producers should be like Batman, attacking from the shadows.

Or something.

Anyway, the upcoming film stars Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving and it looks intriguing enough that I picked up the original graphic novel. I haven’t read a lot of Alan Moore, but I LOVED Watchmen. I’ve been meaning to read more of his stuff.

V for Vendetta, written in the 80’s, imagines a 1990’s where a fascist regime takes over England. In the middle of the Neo-fascism is a terrorist with unknown motives seeking to take the government down in order to establish anarchy.

His name is V and he’s our hero.

That’s a pretty cool concept—making the terrorist the hero—making the anarchist the hero. But among Moore’s points, when the alternative is fascism there’s not a lot of room for compromise.

But beyond the idea and skillful interplay of supporting characters, I didn’t enjoy V that much. Moore committed the one sin you can’t do when your book revolves around the actions of one main character: he made V a TOTAL pill. V is always off dancing on rooftops, talking to statues of liberty, reciting poetry, and singing weird little songs. Y’know, cause that’s what anrchists do.

Or something.

I appreciate the notion of taking the action hero into a more Phantom of the Opera direction, but this just didn’t work. Still, we here at the ol’ Mojo appreciate Moore’s effort and will penalize him only with a bland little kitty cat—really no penalty at all—yet hardly an endorsement. V for Vendetta, meet the Meh Cat.