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"I Don't Think He Expected Me to Go Along With It": V for Vendetta's Iconic Mask Started Out as a Joke
In the 1980s, V for Vendetta presented its central revolutionary character, V, behind a mask inspired by the historical British figure Guy Fawkes. According to writer Alan Moore, artist David ...
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How Guy Fawkes, Figurehead of the Gunpowder Plot, Avoided the Full Horrors of Execution by Hanging, Drawing and Quartering
The Catholic conspirator jumped or fell from the gallows on this day in 1606, breaking his neck before the executioner could ...
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On Guy Fawkes Night, Remember That Bitcoin Is A Modern Vendetta Against The Establishment
Anons are able to opt out of that dystopia by wearing a metaphorical Guy Fawkes mask and remaining anonymous. They cut off their real-life personas from their online personas, allowing them to ...
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Guy Fawkes: Why do bonfires still burn 400 years on?
David Lloyd created the original mask image. "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 ...