     v for vendetta is a graphic novel written by alan moore and illustrated by david lloyd (with additional art by tony weare), published by vertigo, an imprint of dc comics. the story depicts a dystopian and  post-apocalyptic near-future history version of the united kingdom in the 1990s, preceded by a nuclear war in the 1980s, which has left much of the world destroyed. the fascist norsefire party has exterminated its opponents in concentration camps and rules the country as a police state. the comics follow its titular character and protagonist, v, an anarchist revolutionary dressed in a guy fawkes mask, as he begins an elaborate and theatrical revolutionist campaign to murder his former captors, bring down the government and convince the people to rule themselves, while inspiring a young woman, evey hammond, to be his protÃ©gÃ©. warner bros. pictures released a film adaptation of the same title in 2006. ==publication history== the first episodes of v for vendetta originally appeared in black-and-white between 1982 and 1985, in warrior, a british anthology comic published by quality communications. the strip was one of the least popular in that title; editor/publisher dez skinn remarked, "if iâd have given each character their own title, the failures would have certainly outweighed the successes, with the uncompromising âv for vendettaâ probably being an early casualty. but with five or six strips an issue, regular [readers] only needed two or three favorites to justify their buying the title." when the publishers cancelled warrior in 1985 (with two completed issues unpublished due to the cancellation), several companies attempted to con
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