There's of course V FOR VENDETTA I doubt there's a single British Science Fiction or comic book writer who doesn't have visions of social unrest swimming in their heads at some time or other The riots last week felt like all the dystopian social uprising stories happening at the same time.
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You know there's been a lot of fuss in the news (and especially the American news it seems) about riots in England. Truth is, it hasn't affected 99% of
In the comic V For Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd, an alternative future history is seen, one where the really-left wing Labour party win the 1983 General Election (at the time they were well ahead in the polls) and cancel all nuclear weapons, a manifesto pledge There is a nuclear war, but Britain[...]
Later on, when he talked to my family, he told them that if I released his info to Anonymous, he would bring "the full force of the FBI" down upon me.
I remember when DC senior staff were happily handing out free V For Vendetta masks to all and sundry at conventions I wonder[...]
She talks about her collection of work by Alan Moore, Joe Sacco and more, V For Vendetta, Maus and Palestine in particular as well as promoting famed Icelandic comic shop Nexus and the city library's stock.
She's used her (very public) Twitter feed to promote these books too;
Birgittaj: this brightmas/christmas/Xmas i wrapped up a book[...]
It does appear that, thanks to V For Vendetta, the Guy Fawkes imagery and V logo is becoming a true symbol for the 21st century This was a scene outside the London courts this week, a group of protestors dressed as V , holding Free Assange signs It's not the first time V and Julian[...]
David Lloyd has created a final page of V For Vendetta, drawn for an auction to benefit the family of Staff Sergeant Tom Rabjohnm who died last year in Afghanistan, working as an Explosive Ordinance Disposal Team Leader.
Lloyd is quoted as saying "I wanted to something special for this cause — so I thought I'd[...]
The Panama City News Herald reports that a man held a school board meeting in Florida at gunpoint and opened fire, after walking up to the podium and daubing a V symbol in a circle with spray paint on the wall
That symbol will be familiar to many comic book readers and film goers as the[...]