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| | [[File:VCostume.jpg|thumb|V for Vendetta costume]] | | [[File:VCostume.jpg|thumb|V for Vendetta costume]] |
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| − | '''''V for Vendetta''''' is a ten-issue graphic [[comic book]] series from [[DC Comics]] and [[Vertigo]], written by [[Alan Moore]] and illustrated mostly by [[David Lloyd (comic artist)|David Lloyd]]. It is set in a [[dystopia]]n future [[United Kingdom]] imagined from the [[1980s]] about the [[1990s]], which has become a [[totalitarian]] [[fascist]] [[dictatorship]]. It was published from [[1982]] to [[1988]]. | + | '''''V for Vendetta''''' is a ten-issue graphic [[comic book]] series from [[DC Comics]] and [[Vertigo]], written by [[Alan Moore]] and illustrated mostly by [[David Lloyd (comic artist)|David Lloyd]]. It is set in a [[dystopia]]n future [[United Kingdom]] imagined from the [[1980s]] about the [[1990s]], which has become a [[totalitarian]] [[fascist]] [[dictatorship]]. The [[protagonist]] and title character, known simply as "V", is an [[Anarchism|anarchist]] who intends to lead a [[revolution]] and bring down the fascist state. It was published from [[1982]] to [[1988]]. |
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| | In [[2005]], it was made into a [[V for Vendetta (movie)|movie with the same name]]. Unlike in the comic book, the movie takes place in [[2020]]. There are also a few differences from the comic book. | | In [[2005]], it was made into a [[V for Vendetta (movie)|movie with the same name]]. Unlike in the comic book, the movie takes place in [[2020]]. There are also a few differences from the comic book. |
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| | + | == V For Vendetta Media == |
| | + | <gallery widths='160px' heights='100%' mode='traditional' caption=''> |
| | + | File:London QVS April 12 2008 0010 Anons.jpg|Protesters wearing Guy Fawkes masks at [[Operation Chanology|a protest against]] [[Church of Scientology|Scientology]] in London in 2008 |
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| | == Other websites == | | == Other websites == |
| | {{wikiquote-en|V for Vendetta}} | | {{wikiquote-en|V for Vendetta}} |
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| − | *[http://www.dccomics.com/sites/v_for_vendetta/ ''V for Vendetta'' official site] at DC Comics | + | *[http://www.dccomics.com/sites/v_for_vendetta/ ''V for Vendetta'' official site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100202110638/http://www.dccomics.com/sites/v_for_vendetta/ |date=2010-02-02 }} at DC Comics |
| | *[http://comics.ign.com/articles/696/696867p1.html ''V for Vendetta'': Comic vs. Film] at IGN | | *[http://comics.ign.com/articles/696/696867p1.html ''V for Vendetta'': Comic vs. Film] at IGN |
| | *[http://www.enjolrasworld.com/Annotations/Alan%20Moore/V%20for%20Vendetta/V%20for%20Vendetta%20Revised%20-%20Complete.html ''An Annotation of Literary, Historic and Artistic References in Alan Moore's Graphic Novel, ''V For Vendetta'' ''] by Madelyn Bourdeaux | | *[http://www.enjolrasworld.com/Annotations/Alan%20Moore/V%20for%20Vendetta/V%20for%20Vendetta%20Revised%20-%20Complete.html ''An Annotation of Literary, Historic and Artistic References in Alan Moore's Graphic Novel, ''V For Vendetta'' ''] by Madelyn Bourdeaux |