V for Vendetta

Recently I picked up a graphic novel at, of all places, the BX. I had no idea what it was or what it was about, except that it was a DC-Vertigo title and therefore likely to be pretty good. Turns out it was really good. Afterwards I found out that they're making a movie of it soon, which looks to be really good.

The book is "V for Vendetta", it's a graphic novel by Alan Moore. Basically it's set in what was, at the time, the future (late 90s). In the aftermath of nuclear war between Russia and the US, during which Britain was largely untouched, a facist society has established itself. Really, it's 1984 illustrated, although the storyline is different. Instead of a futile struggle again totalitarianism, this fight is much more fruitful. The V character, a failed (or perhaps too successful) experiment from the facist internment camps, kills his way through the officials responsible for creating him. Hence the Vendetta part. The underlying themes of the book, freedom from oppression, ordered anarchy, freedom from control and surveillance, will ring true for many Kossacks.

Basically I love the hell out of this book. Were we neighbors, I'd let you borrow it. Barring that, here's some links. Has anybody else read it? What do you think of it?

V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta movie