David Lloyd Guy Fawkes Mask
V for vendetta is a british graphic novel written by alan moore and illustrated by david lloyd.
David lloyd guy fawkes mask. India brazil canada and new york city lloyd s guy fawkes mask has truly become an. The guy fawkes theme was the idea of david lloyd. The guy fawkes mask has now become a common brand and a convenient placard to use in protest against tyranny and i m happy with people using it. While many associate the guy fawkes mask with anonymous rather than v for vendetta the graphic novel s illustrator david lloyd is content with this development.
While guy fawkes masks have a long tradition today s ubiquitous design object comes from the stylized face illustrator david lloyd created for the 1980s graphic novel v for vendetta. How the guy fawkes mask became the icon of anonymous effigies of guy fawkes have been ritually burnt every november 5. Q a with david lloyd v for vendetta artist and creator of the guy fawkes mask embraced by anonymous and protesters worldwide. The use of a mask on an effigy has long roots as part of guy fawkes night celebrations.
The heavily stylised guy fawkes mask has leapt from the pages of its comic book origins in recent years. It seems quite unique an icon of popular culture being used this way. Designed in the early eighties by illustrator david lloyd the mask made its debut in alan moore s. The image of the fawkes mask which has become the template for the actual mask now owned by warner bros.
Designed in the early eighties by illustrator david lloyd the mask made its debut in alan. Women it ought to be noted should be at least a little afraid of men who kidnap them and subject them to such indignities. Illustrator david lloyd stylised a smiling face with red cheeks a wide moustache upturned at both ends and a thin vertical pointed. Modern guy fawkes mask comes from the graphic novel v for vendetta.
The comic depicts a revolutionary dressed in guy fawkes mask who wants to bring anarchy to a dystopic and fascist version of the united kingdom.