Beyond Evil There is Insanity. Beyond Insanity There Is The Joker
Batman: The Killing Joke
Comic advertisement
1988
Batman: The Killing Joke
Comic advertisement
1988
V For Vendetta #4 (1988), artist: David Lloyd
by Tom Spurgeon
Ten days or so past the official announcement, I’m thinking More Watchmen may be best understood as a blow to comics’ dignity. It’s product, not art. It’s a limited, small series of ideas derived from a bigger, grander one. It’s sad. One thing that Watchmen did a quarter century ago was to underline certain values of craft and intent and creative freedom that have helped to yield enough equivalent expressions — to my mind even grander expressions — that we may now see this follow-up project for what it is: nothing special.
The Ballard Of Halo Jones Book 3, 2000AD Prog #464 (1986), artist: Ian Gibson
Alan Moore On Anonymous and V’s Mask…
‘Without wishing to overstate my case, everything in the observable universe definitely has its origins in Northamptonshire, and the adoption of the V for Vendetta mask as a multipurpose icon by the emerging global protest movements is no exception.’
First V For Vendetta sketches, 1982, by David Lloyd, published by DC Comics
Over two hours long, covers a lot of ground - Bleeding Cool has an overview.
original art from Swamp Thing #29 (1984), artists: Stephen Bissette & John Totleben