V For Vendetta is one of Alan Moore's most famous works. With art by David Lloyd, it tells the story of Evie Hammond and her time with the mysterious V, a Guy Fawkes bemasked freedom fighter working against a fascist British government in an alternate future. Stemming out of Moore's then current fears of the rise of right wing politics in Britain and nuclear anxiety, it's become a timeless story that still resonates all these years later, and one of Alan Moore's salvos that changed DC forever.

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Considered one of Moore's best works by readers and critics alike, V For Vendetta is one of those seminal tomes of '80s comics. While it's themes of rebellion and anti-fascism are relevant as ever, not everything about it has aged well.

10 Aged Well: The Art

V's dressing room

David Lloyd's art in V For Vendetta holds up all these years later. He never skimps on the detail and his backgrounds are sumptuous works of art, perfect snapshots that set the mood for everything, making readers feel like they are watching the events of the story in live action. His character work looks wonderful as well, with an emphasis on the facial expressions.

He's even able to capture emotion in the masked V, using body language to get across how V is feeling at any given moment. There's a lot to love about the art and Lloyd's work looked so good, its visual language informed the visual language of the movie as well.

9 Hasn't Aged Well: It's Dark... Literally

V with the Statue of Justice

V For Vendetta is a very dark book... art wise. Something about the way scenes are inked and colored makes some of the panels that take place in the dark or in low light conditions extremely dark. The inking is very heavy in places and those heavy black lines combined with the dark colors of the surrounding scenery can make some pages very hard to make out.

This is a tragedy, since Lloyd's art is so very good for the most part and a big reason why the book is considered one of the best Vertigo books ever, so anything that obfuscates it isn't a good thing.

8 Aged Well: V

V talking to Evey

V is one of the most memorable protagonists of modern comics. There's just something about him- the Guy Fawkes mask and clothing, the erudite diction and actions that hide a violent man, his theatricality. He has some of the best lines written in any Moore comic, as well, many of which found their way into the V for Vendetta movie adaptation.

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Readers get a glimpse into his origin but who he is under the mask is never brought up, as it's unimportant to the story and the man- V is as much a symbol as he is a character, the revolutionary spirit in the heart of every person made flesh, a triumph and a tragedy.

7 Hasn't Aged Well: The Times, They Are A Changin'

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V For Vendetta deals with a lot of rather mature subject matter, as many Moore comics do and while there's no way anyone reading it could say that Moore was glorifying the fascism, racism, and homophobia of the antagonists, there's a lot of very uncomfortable language and situations in the book.

V For Vendetta is one of the most iconic Vertigo comics out there and modern readers still need to experience it, as it's especially prescient in the current political climate, but there are some very problematic things in the narrative, ones that could trigger readers who are people of color, LBGTQIA+, or survivors of sexual abuse.

6 Aged Well: The Evolution Of Evey

V For Vendetta

Evey Hammond is the book's audience surrogate and her growth throughout the book is one of the highlights of the whole thing. Starting out as a rather naïve young woman, the events of the book start to work on her, subtly changing her... and that's before V decides to speed things up by basically torturing her in one of the book's most uncomfortable moments.

While those scenes can be very ugly, her moment of catharsis in the rain is one of the most beautiful and triumphant moments in the comic. The Evey Hammond born in that moment is very different than the one that readers were introduced to and her evolution is a joy to behold.

5 Hasn't Aged Well: The Bad Guys

Inspector Finch investigating murders

Villains don't always have to be well fleshed out; V For Vendetta isn't about the villains and the finite page space means that spending too much time fleshing them out takes away from the actual story. That said, there's something remarkably cliché about the villains of V For Vendetta. While Inspector Finch is given some spotlight and readers get to know him, the rest of the villains are just sort of there.

Moore fleshes Adam Susan, the leader of the fascist government, but even he is just a weird caricature, his extreme religiousness and strange sexual hang-ups see him falling in love with a computer, making him seem sort of pathetic and almost a joke. While that was probably the point- Moore demystifying the mystique of the evil fascist to show how laughable they are in reality- it doesn't make for an effective villain.

4 Aged Well: The Politics

V Berating The Statue Of Justice

Alan Moore is a writer who has always liked to inject his personal beliefs into his comics and V For Vendetta is no different. The book is extremely anti-fascist and was written as a reaction to the rise of conservatism in British politics in the early '80s. While there are some aspects of the book's politics that are very much of their time, there's something about V For Vendetta's message that is timeless.

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The rise of the far right in the real world mirrors that of the rise of Norsefire in the comics and V For Vendetta's underlying message of rebellion against tyranny and the power of freedom rings even more true today.

3 Hasn't Aged Well: Anarchy 101

V and Evey blowing up the Old Bailey

One of the cornerstones of V For Vendetta's political philosophy is anarchy and that's a place where the book doesn't do as great of a job. Most people's view of anarchy as a philosophy is extremely simplistic and a big part of that is works like V For Vendetta, which glorify the destructive aspects of anarchy but gloss over every other part of it.

While V's will outlines that anarchy needs both bombers and builders, it's one speech in a book full of screeds about destroying the corrupt and is easy for audiences to gloss over. Too many people come away from it glorifying the bomber and not the builder.

2 Aged Well: Valerie

The story of Valerie, V For Vendetta

There's no nice way to say this but if one has read V For Vendetta and doesn't tear up at the thought of the chapter entitled "Valerie", they have no soul. It's a beautiful and heartbreaking tale of love, loss, and resistance and it's the emotional core of the book. Valerie's story spurs both V and Evey on, acting as the inspiration for V's revenge and Evey's choice.

It's also one of the most emotionally affecting things Moore has ever wrote, a tragic little missive that highlights the heights of humanity- love- and the brutal terrors of our depths- hatred.

1 Hasn't Aged Well: There's A Surprising Amount Of Filler

The Voice Of London

Alan Moore is a very verbose writer. His scripts are known for being excruciatingly long and detailed and anyone who has read his novel Jerusalem can attest to that. It makes for a very sumptuous reading experience a lot of the time and his writing is often better for it. However, there's a lot of stuff in V For Vendetta that just feels like it's there just to be there and take up space.

While some of it is world building, there are some scenes that are definitely superfluous to the plot and could have been cut, with better stuff included instead. It doesn't hurt the reading experience too much and it's not even that apparent on the first readthrough, but more obvious as one reads the book more.

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