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On Tuesday 18 May, The Cartoon Museum in London’s Fitzrovia re-opens with an exhibition examining the cultural impact of V for Vendetta, from seminal graphic novel to hit film.

One of the most ground-breaking series of comics ever to be published - V for Vendetta:  Behind the Mask (18 May – 31 October) - will chart the rise from graphic novel, to hit film and now global phenomenon as the symbol of protests. 

Illustrated  by David Lloyd and written by Alan Moore, the central character of the  masked and mysterious ‘V’ became an iconic symbol  of comics, cinema and the hacker group, Anonymous. Its cultural impact,  spanning nearly 40 years, is explored through 36 original artworks by  David Lloyd, displayed alongside the original mask worn by Hugo Weaving  in Warner Bros.’ blockbuster 2005 movie adaption,  one of only three that were used during production, as well as costume  designs and storyboards.  

The iconography and themes of V for Vendetta, and how they have spread from the page and screen into people’s lives, will also be a major focus of Behind the Mask. Anyone can be V, so where does the line between  anarchism and protest sit for the individual? The exhibition explores  the voices of protesters in the real world, all under the looming  presence of the 21st century’s most recognizable  protest art – the mask of V.