V for Vendetta: Deluxe Edition - Hardcover

Alan Moore

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1401207928 ISBN 13: 9781401207922

Publisher: Vertigo, 2000

Synopsis

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 government has taken over the U.K. The only blot on its particular landscape is a lone who is systematically killing all the government personnel ociated 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 dom, as a medium, they allow a writer as skilled as Moore. --Mark Thwaite

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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 UK. 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 colouring here in the graphic novel sometimes blurs David Lloyd's fine drawing. But these are small concerns. Skilfully 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. The graphic novel contains all the V series plus two additional stories concerning V that were originally considered "interludes". This edition also contains an essay from Moore dating from 1983 explaining the creation process. For any comic fan it's a must-have. --Mark Thwaite

Review

It's probably the most openly political of Moore's works, as well as being the most idealistic. --No. 9, SFX Best Eve

A work of passionate individuality and morality, a work of outrage and hope. --The Comics Journal

Edition details

• Publisher: Vertigo
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1401207928
• ISBN 13: 9781401207922
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: David Lloyd
• Number of pages: 296