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The Guy Fawkes mask (also known as the V for Vendetta mask or Anonymous mask) is a stylised depiction of Guy Fawkes (the best-known member of the Gunpowder Plot, an attempt to blow up the House of Lords in London on 5 November 1605) created by illustrator David Lloyd for the 1982–1989 graphic novel V for Vendetta.
It's been nearly 15 years since V for Vendetta was released in theaters and there is one element — the Guy Fawkes mask — which remains the key in understanding the movie's core themes and...
Nov 5, 2015 · The iconic version of the Guy Fawkes mask owes its popularity to the graphic novel and film V for Vendetta, which centers on a vigilante's efforts to destroy an authoritarian government in a...
Mar 17, 2021 · The Guy Fawkes mask popularized by V for Vendetta has become such a widely recognized symbol that territories including Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong and Canada all have passed laws restricting mask...
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In V For Vendetta, the 2005 adaptation of an 80s graphic novel, the titular “V” wears what has become one of the most recognizable, iconic visual signifiers of the last two decades: a bone-white vaudeville mask made to resemble an unheimlich, funhouse-mirror version of the face of Guy Fawkes, the 17th-century Papal fanatic and would-be ...
May 14, 2021 · V for Vendetta, a comic series written by Alan Moore and Lloyd, tells the story of the masked and mysterious V, an anti-establishment figure who fights back against a totalitarian regime. It originally ran as a black and white comic strip between 1982 and 1985 in British comic anthology Warrior.
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Within the graphic novel, the mask is a powerful symbol: it communicates the wearer’s allegiance to the spirit of Guy Fawkes—the man who tried and failed to blow up the Houses of Parliament in the 16th century (see Background Info)—and his opposition to the Norsefire government that controls England.
