This article originally appeared in the January 2007 issue of the Sequential Tart Webzine.

Like Isaac Mendez, the comic artist of NBC’s Heroes who can paint the future, some comics creators find that their work at least partially anticipates some aspects of the future. In his introduction to the original DC Comics run of V for Vendetta, Alan Moore wrote that he and artist David Lloyd had played something of a Cassandra role in anticipating the future, when they created V for Vendetta. In his and Deepak Chopra’s Comic-Con panel of July 20, 2006, Grant Morrison said of his work on The Invisibles, “We had things that went into the comic and would then manifest themselves in the real world and in my life.”
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This review of V for Vendetta originally appeared in Sequential Tart on November 1, 2006. If you’ve not yet seen the movie, you may not want to read it, because it contains spoilers.

Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
http://vforvendetta.warnerbros.com/

Credits
Director: James McTeigue
Starring: Hugo Weaving, Natalie Portman
Rating: R

Grade: 9

The movie V for Vendetta is based upon the eighties comic book series written by Alan Moore and illustrated by David Lloyd. The Wachowski Brothers wrote the screenplay. Hugo Weaving plays V, the larger-than-life revolutionary behind the Guy Fawkes mask. His character is a master of guerilla theatre as much as he is of one-man guerilla warfare. He has been compared to Batman, but unlike Batman, he does not protect the status quo. His largest mission is to inspire rebellion against the extreme right-wing, totalitarian Norsefire regime that has come to power in a future United Kingdom. When watching this movie, the audience is immediately confronted with both V’s subversiveness and the movie’s political relevance. continue reading »