In October 2019 protesters in Hong Kong started using the mask in opposition to the government's banning the use of masks during protests. [41] Shantz, Jeff (2015). Specters of Anarchy: Literature and the Anarchist Imagination. Algora Publishing. p.223. ISBN 978-1628941418. [Norsefire's] goal is to lead the country that I love out of the Twentieth century. I believe in survival. In the destiny of the Nordic race. Kade, Leigh (19 July 2019). "New " Pennyworth" Series Confirmed Same Universe as " Gotham"". Bleeding Cool. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020 . Retrieved 19 July 2019. a b Matthew Hilburn (27 February 2013). "Bahrain Bans Import of Protest Masks". Voice of America . Retrieved 28 February 2013. a b Gomez, Manny (29 July 2019). "EPIX'S Pennyworth: Setting Up 60's DC London And The Road To V For Vendetta – SDCC2019". LRMonline. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022 . Retrieved 29 July 2019. "The arcing story this season is about a civil war that is brewing, and that came from a conversation from myself and Bruno [Heller ] where we were considering doing V for Vendetta, we were like "that is much a very 80's 90's kind of show, what would it be in the 60's?' What kind of world would be have to create, like in Gotham there would eventually be Batman in this there would eventually be V for Vendetta [ Norsefire and V ]. So we took that brewing civil war as a stepping stone". – Danny Cannon

Angus Griffin, "A History of the Anonymous Mask", Dazed.com, 14 June 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2019 Further information: Guy Fawkes mask Protesters wearing Guy Fawkes masks at a protest against Scientology in London in 2008 Douglas, Edward (2006). "V for Vendetta's Silver Lining". Comingsoon.net. Archived from the original on 18 April 2006 . Retrieved 6 April 2006.

Guy Fawkes Masks Keep Popping Up In The Egyptian Protests". BuzzFeed News . Retrieved 26 October 2019. a b Harper, Rachael (5 February 2021). " Pennyworth Season Two Secrets: What's It All About, Alfie?". SciFiNow. Archived from the original on 20 October 2022 . Retrieved 5 February 2021. One of the few stories that have been told in this kind of world is V For Vendetta [and] conceptually, this [ civil war is a] prequel to V For Vendetta. God, I wouldn't hold us up against Alan Moore, but with comic books you have to find a throughline, and that's very political [for Pennyworth]. Quoting Bruno Heller. Cannadine, David (4 November 2005), "Halloween v Guy Fawkes Day", news.bbc.co.uk, archived from the original on 31 October 2010 , retrieved 7 November 2010

In writing V for Vendetta, Moore drew upon a comic strip idea submission that the DC Thomson scriptwriting competition rejected in 1975: "The Doll", which involved a transgender terrorist in white face makeup, who fought a totalitarian state during the 1980s. [15] Assisted by Dominic Stone, who fills as leader of The Nose in for Finch during the latter's forced holiday after Finch was goaded into striking Peter Creedy. Guy Fawkes masks also made an appearance in the 2014 Hong Kong protests [56] and also in 2019. [57] See also [ edit ] On 17 April 2006 a pair of rival groups wearing Fawkes masks confronted each other outside the New York City offices of Warner Brothers and DC Comics. One group, led by freegan Adam Weismann, protested against a perceived misrepresentation of the Anarchist movement in the film V for Vendetta. The other group, led by libertarian Todd Seavey, counter-protested against the anarchists, wearing masks purportedly supplied by a Time Warner employee. [15] [16] Anonymous [ edit ] Members of the group Anonymous wear Guy Fawkes masks at a protest against the Church of Scientology. London, 2008. The influence of such a wide number of references has been thoroughly demonstrated in academic studies, [21] above which dystopian elements stand out, especially the similarity with George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four in several stages of the plot. [22]

Why does the mask’s design endure?

a b Sorcha Pollak (27 February 2013). "Bahrain Bans 'V for Vendetta' Masks". Time . Retrieved 28 February 2013. With the fate of the top government officials unknown to the public, Stone acts as leader of the police forces deployed to ensure that the riots are contained should V remain alive and make his promised public announcement. Evey appears to a crowd, dressed as V, announcing the destruction of 10 Downing Street the following day and telling the crowd they must "...choose what comes next. Lives of your own, or a return to chains", whereupon a general insurrection begins. Evey destroys 10 Downing Street [26] by blowing up an Underground train containing V's body, in the style of an explosive Viking funeral. She abducts Stone, apparently to train him as her successor to make sure people like Susan will never hold power ever again. The book ends with Finch quietly observing the chaos raging in the city and walking down an abandoned motorway whose lights have all gone out. AP Photos: Inventive masks in Venezuela protests". Associated Press. 1 March 2014. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014 . Retrieved 26 April 2014. Galdon Rodriguez, Angel (2011). George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four as an Influence on Popular Culture Works: V for Vendetta and 2024. Albacete: Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha. Pengelly, Martin; Luscombe, Richard (10 January 2021). "Impeachment articles could be introduced as early as Monday". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 16 January 2021.

Lamont, Tom. "Alan Moore – meet the man behind the protest mask". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 26 September 2013. The Cruise Indoctrination Video Scientology Tried To Suppress", Gawker.com, 15 January 2008. Retrieved 23 September 2013 Gopalan, Nisha (21 July 2008). "Alan Moore Still Knows the Score!". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 27 December 2010 . Retrieved 24 September 2010. The February 1999 issue of The Comics Journal ran a poll on "The Top 100 (English-Language) Comics of the Century": V for Vendetta reached 83rd place. [39]a b Abandoned by Helen Heyer to exsanguinate following struggle with Ally Harper, gangster from Scotland. September 2009). V for Vendetta (Absoluteed.). DC Vertigo. ISBN 9781401223618. Archived from the original on 30 October 2018 . Retrieved 29 October 2018. On 23 May 2009, protesters wearing the mask detonated a fake barrel of gunpowder outside Parliament while protesting over the issue of British MPs' expenses. [25] Alan Moore distanced himself from the film, as he has with other screen adaptations of his works. He ended co-operation with his publisher, DC Comics, after its corporate parent, Warner Bros., failed to retract statements about Moore's supposed endorsement of the movie. [29] 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, it seems quite unique, an icon of popular culture being used this way. My feeling is the Anonymous group needed an all-purpose image to hide their identity and also symbolise that they stand for individualism–V for Vendetta is a story about one person against the system. We knew that V was going to be an escapee from a concentration camp where he had been subjected to medical experiments but then I had the idea that in his craziness he would decide to adopt the persona and mission of Guy Fawkes–our great historical revolutionary. [13] Sales and corporate ownership of rights [ edit ]