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What’s a modern day V for Vendetta? Looking for modern or current running anti-authoritarian comics. Just in that mood lately, you know?

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[–] flatlined@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

One that's more than just anti authoritarian but has it as one of the many societal issues it deals with would be Transmetropolitan. The pitch: Hunter s. Thompson in a cyberpunk future. Kicks against many a shin that needs kicking. It's one of my favorite works, not just in comics but in general. Some of the political aspects are eerily prescient, it's got style in spades, it actually deals with issues rather than using it as set dressing. It's got character and (so long as you read the protagonist as a fuckhead that's mostly along the right lines, which you should) a good moral compass.

One strong counterrecommendation of it: the author (Warren Ellis) may have made many great works, but the guy is/was a sex pest. It's not something I could in good conscience leave unsaid. It's the reason I didn't buy a physical copy of anything but the first chapter, and the reason I recommend it to people way less these days.

[–] cccrontab@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)
  • Invisible Kingdom
  • Wynd
  • The Boys

The following is a bit on the nose

  • March
  • They Called Us Enemy
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Idk that I'd call The Boys as a comic anti-authority since they're federal agents cracking down on "sex perverts" which sometimes just means supes that have gay sex in the comics. And sure, there's some (a lot of) blood orgies in there, but it's mostly alt-right adjacent puritanism as a shorthand for moral superiority.

Plus it's just a lot of 90's edginess in general that should mostly be referred to as the rare instance of an adaptation being so much better than the source.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

We Stand On Guard is a good book about the US invading Canada. :)

https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/we-stand-on-guard

Not SUPER modern, but I'd also suggest the Martha Washington books by Frank Miller:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Washington_(comics)

A recent re-print in color that's the closest thing I've seen to V is called "Billi 99" by Tim Sale.

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/97066-sarah-byam-brings-her-classic-tim-sale-collab-billi-99-back-into-print.html

All great reads!