Although in fairness to myself and David, there were no better or more accurate predictions of our country’s future available in comic form at that time. Naivete can also be detected in my supposition that it would take something as melodramatic as a near-miss nuclear conflict to nudge England toward fascism. To the best of my current knowledge, this is not the case. Back in 1981 the term “nuclear winter” had not passed into common currency, and although my guess about climatic upheaval came pretty close to the eventual truth of the situation, the fact remains that the story to hand suggests that a nuclear war, even a limited one, might be survivable. There is also a certain amount of political inexperience upon my part evident in these early episodes. I trust you’ll bear with us during any initial clumsiness, and share our opinion that it was for the best to show the early episodes unrevised, warts and all, rather than go back and eradicate all trace of youthful creative inexperience. For this reason, amongst others, there are things that ring oddly in earlier episodes when judged in the light of the strip’s later development. It’s just one of those unremarkable facts that strike you suddenly, with unexpected force, so that you have to go and sit down.Īlong with Marvelman (now Miracleman), V For Vendetta represents my first attempt at a continuing series, begun at the outset of my career.
I finished it in the late winter of 1988, after a gap in publishing of nearly five years from discontinuation of England’s Warrior magazine, its initial home.
My youngest daughter, Amber, was a few months old. I began V For Vendetta in the summer of 1981, during a working holiday upon the Isle of Wight. V For Vendetta - Introduction by Alan Moore
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