V for Vendetta by Alan Moore

V for Vendetta by Alan Moore art by David Lloyd

Science Fiction – Graphic Novel

Novel Details

Author: Alan Moore; art by David Lloyd

Publisher: DC Comics

Number of pages: 288

Year of publication: 1990

Novel Characteristics

Graphic novel

Brief Response

This late 90s London dystopian novel warns readers of a potential future brought on by wars, mutually assured destruction, and the wrong people taking advantage of a situation. The narrative gives another look into the horrors of the Nazi Concentrations Camps, albeit tangentially and briefly, and uses those circumstances to create an antihero. Grey morals and a tarnished sense of justice, the protagonist lets readers know that he could be any of us given the right, or wrong, circumstances.