Being from Northampton I’m a big fan of Alan Moore and V For Vendetta is my personal favourite. Yesterday I was reading about how he wrote it and I found a list of his influences;

Orwell. Huxley. Thomas Disch. Judge Dredd. Harlan Ellison’s “‘Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman.” “Catman” and “Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World” by the same author. Vincent Price’s Dr. Phibes and Theatre Of Blood. David Bowie. The Shadow. Nightraven. Batman. Fahrenheit 451. The writings of the New Worlds school of science -fiction. Max Ernst’s painting “Europe After The Rains,” Thomas Pynchon, The atmosphere of British Second World War films. The Prisoner. Robin Hood. DickTurpin…

I wasn’t familiar with all of these influences, but I thought it was an amazing mood-board of ideas and an accurate reflection of the book. It’s really interesting to see how someone constructs their ideas from relatively modern culture, and it’s not often you get to see such a comprehensive break down of a style from an artist.