ALAN MOORE

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Front matter and preface material for V for Vendetta, including publication credits, copyright and publishing notes, fictional disclaimer, and an introduction by David Lloyd describing the series’ creation timeline and context. The excerpt also contains a reflective scene set in a pub with television programming as a thematic lead-in to the work.

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Pages286

Reading Time1 h 49 min

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EALAN MoOREDAVID LLOYDWITH STEVE WHITAKER AND SIOBHAN DoDDS ISEN0-930289-52-8 ALAN MOORE DAVID LLOYD 湖5影潮 DC COMICS COLLECTED BDOKS KC CarlsonEditor Jenette KahnPresident &Editor-in-ChiefPaul LevitzExecutive VP&PublisherKaren BergerExecutive Editor KAREN BERGEREditor,original series Georg BrewerDesign Director DALE CRAIN Publication design Robbin BrostermanArt Director DAVID LLOYDCover painting Richard BruningVP-Creative DirectorPatrick CaldonVP-Finance &OperationsDorothy CrouchVP-Licensed Publishing DAVID LLOYDSIOBHAN DoDDSInterior coloring Terri CunninghamVP-Managing EditorJoel Ehrlich JENNY OCoNNORSTEVE CRADDOCKELITTA FELLLettering Senior VP-Advertising &PromotionsAlison Gill Executive Director-ManufacturingLillian LasersonVP &General CounselJim Lee ToNY WEAREArt for "Vincent."Additional art for"Valerie"and "The Vacation." Editorial Director-WildStormJohn Nee VP &General Manager-WildStormBob WayneVP-Direct Sales V FOR VENDETTA COPYRIGHT◎1988,1989 DC COMICS cOVER AND COMPILATION COPYRIGHT 1990 Dc cOMICB.ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. BODKs 1 AND 2,"VERTIGO"AND "VINCENT"FIRST PUBLISHED 1982·83 IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BYGUALITY COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED. □RIGINALLY PUELISHED IN MAGAZINE FORM IN THE UNITED STATES ASV FOR VENDETTA 1-10. THE STORIES,CHARACTERS,AND INCIDENTB FEATURED IN THIS PUELICATION ARE ENTIAELY FICTIONAL.VERTIGD,ALL CHARACTERS FEATURED IN THIS PUELICATION,THE DISTINCTIVE LIKENESSES THEREOF,AND ALL RELATED INDICIA ARE TRADEMARKS OF Dc cOMICs. DC COMICS1700 BROADWAYNEW YORK,NY 10019 A DIVISION DF WARNER BROS.- A TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT COMPANYPAINTED IN CANADA.FOURTH PRINTING. few nights ago,I walked into a pub on my way home andordered a Guinness. I didn't look at my watch,but I knew it was before 8o'clock.It was Tuesday and I could hear the television in the back-ground still running the latest episode of “EastEnders”—a soapabout the day-to-day life of cheeky,cheery working-class peoplein a decaying,mythical part of London. I sat in a booth and picked up a copy of a free newspapersomeone had left on the seat beside me.I'd read it before.Therewasn't much news in it.I put down the paper and decided to sit atthe bar. It wasn't a busy night.I could hear the murmuring of the dis-tant TV above the chatter of the people at the bar and the clack-clack of colliding snooker balls. # After “EastEnders”came “Porridge”—a re-run of a situationcomedy series about a cheeky,cheery prisoner in a comfortablyunoppressive,decaying,Victorian prison. Almost imperceptibly,spirits leaked from the optics ofupturned bottles behind the bar.Droplets of whisky and vodkaformed and fell soundlessly as I watched. I finished my drink.I looked up and the barman caught myeye."Guinness?"he asked,already reaching for a fresh glass.I nod-ded. The barman's wife arrived and began to help with the trickleof customers'orders. At 8:30,following "Porridse,"came“A Question Of Sport”—asimple panel quiz game

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