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3. V for Vendetta

(Warrior #1-26 and V for Vendetta #1-10, Quality Communications and DC Comics)

V for Vendetta is absolutely incredible and incredibly dense. If you love Watchmen, but have never read V, you really and truly should.

The story follows a disenchanted young woman and a mysterious terrorist fighting against the tyranny of a fictional totalitarian British rule. The David Lloyd art communicates a sense of dread and dreariness that nothing else I’ve ever read has. The alleyways of England are filthy and oppressive, and the governmental buildings are cold and unfeeling.

The story is tense and well paced, with the drawn out plot broken up into short installments. V is unlike almost anything I’ve ever read, and in so many ways. It often employs the nine panel grid made famous by Watchmen, but uses it in completely different ways.

Also, if you only know the story of V from the movie, do go and read the book. The book is a lot better and much more on message and ambiguous. Plus, the climax is one hundred percent better, like…oh my God.

But hey, life’s just a Vicious Cabaret.