After reading Kick Ass and having seen the film, I decided that my second graphic novel would be V for Vendetta.

Having seen the film first and enjoying it I was interested to see how the book compared. The short answer is very well. The film misses great chunks of book, and the story progresses slightly differently but I have to say I enjoyed the book a great deal.

The book tells the story of ‘V’ a mysterious revolutionary working to overthrow a the UK’s totalitarian government. He is also trying to kill the people who ran medical experiments on him in a prison camp.

The book is very dark, and explores a whole host of ideas including anarchism, fasicsm, identity and revenge.

Overall rating 4.5/5

You can buy the book here

The next graphic novel I’m reading is the start of the Sandman series…