I love the film of this and I’ve watched it twice. I thought I’d read the comic to see how it compares. The book is good but I didn’t enjoy it as much as the film. I was expecting something like Maus but the illustrations weren’t as striking and occasionally I couldn’t figure out what was going on from the pictures. Also I was expecting the pages to be glossy but they weren’t.

The annoying thing about V is, while is it without doubt very striking, that I don’t entirely understand what it’s about. There are loads of ideas thrown into it but, unless I am missing quite a lot, not much is tied up by the end. I comprehended the film better but even that left me baffled at times.

In spite of my confusion, I think this is a fine piece of work: very thought-provoking and absorbing.

(49th in 2012)