Alan Moore / David Lloyd

The Profile

Alan Moore is an English writer known for influential graphic novels; David Lloyd is an English comics artist. Together they collaborated on V for Vendetta (here listed as V per vendetta).

V per vendetta is a graphic novel set in a totalitarian England. The protagonist V wears a Guy Fawkes mask and embodies the idea that knowledge and collective action are necessary to oppose oppression. David Lloyd's art in the work is described as retro, raw and unforgiving.

A close reading of V per vendetta presenting V as an idea-bearer rather than a lone superhero. Themes include totalitarianism, the importance of knowledge and collective action. David Lloyd's art is described as raw, retro and unforgiving.