Indeed, anything that can successfully combine elements as different as those found in Batman, David Bowie, Aldous Huxley, and Thomas Pynchon is bound to generate a significant level of excitement and attention. More relevantly, after understanding the background sources that Moore and Lloyd tapped for the comic, it is easier to understand why it has attracted such as diverse audience of fans. But what is more shocking is how well he and Lloyd weaved those influences with their own to create the iconic masterpiece that V for Vendetta ended up becoming. To be sure, the sheer breadth of works Moore " pilfered" from is amazing. The atmosphere of British Second World War films.
Max Ernst's painting 'Europe After the Rain'. The writings of the New Worlds school of science fiction. Harlan Ellison's Repent, Harlequin! Said the Ticktockman, Catman and The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World by the same author. Moore jokingly admits the " scope" of his " plagiarism" was " vast." He goes on to list several of the inspirations he drew from: But rather than remake the story from scratch, Moore decided to adapt aspects of other comics, movies, television shows, art, and writing he had come across that he liked or appreciated, onto Llyod's original idea. Moore saw much potential in the strip but found it was not well organized. In a 1984 interview with an editor from Warrior magazine, Moore discussed his creative methods surrounding the development of V for Vendetta from a short strip Lloyd had been working on. Related: Alan Moore Confirms V for Vendetta Almost Had a Very Different Name
Warrior shut down in 1985 before Moore was able to conclude V for Vendetta, but fortunately a few years later DC Comics not only agreed to reprint the comic as a standalone series but also gave Moore the opportunity to finish it. In 19, Moore won the British Eagle Awards for Best Comics Writer for V for Vendetta and Miracleman.
Indeed, from 1982 to 1985 Moore and illustrator David Lloyd published eight chapters or issues in Warrior as a sort of creative side-hustle outside of Moore's more formal work for Doctor Who Weekly and 2000 AD. Prior to its publication by DC Comics in 1988, portions of V for Vendetta had already been published in the British comic anthology magazine Warrior.
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