Remember, remember, the fifth of November, and the inspiration for 'V For Vendetta'
ComicMix (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
On this day in 1605, Sir Thomas Knyvet, a justice of the peace, found Guy Fawkes in a cellar below the English Parliament building, involved in a plot to blow up Parliament itself. The day was later known as "Guy Fawkes Day" and served as an inspiration for Alan Moore and David Lloyd's graphic novel, V for Vendetta . Today the folks across the pond remember, remember the fifth...