9. V for Vendettaby Alan Moore and David Lloyd
Published by Vertigo Comics
Yes, it's yet another Alan Moore book on the list. And while I don't think of myself as a huge Alan Moore fan, I do seem to have several of his books on this group of "the best ever," don't I? Oh well. Talent will out itself, I suppose.
I have to come clean and admit that I liked the movie too. And not just because a bald Natalie Portman was way cuter than I expected. Nope. It was V.
Regardless, the book runs circles around the movie. Period.
Subversive, this is another of Alan's works that plays fast and loose with what it means to be a hero in a world gone mad. What does a hero do when injustice masquerades as justice and anarchy is the best rule to follow?
Is it sacrilege for me to say that while I enjoyed the book greatly, I like the movie better?
ReplyDeleteNot at all, sir. Not at all.
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