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 most 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 protégé.