The Strength Of A Symbol
Guy Fawkes Logo
This face is everywhere. Millions of profile pictures, graffiti, flyers, tattoos and T-shirts celebrate English conspirator Guy Fawkes, who has become the symbol of a resistance against a bigger power.
This smiling face represents an idea, a concept, a movement or even a will to change, in such a dynamic and frenetic world. Eco-activists raise Guy Fawkes flags while protesting, Arabic rioters and anti-greed protesters wore these masks during last year’s Arab Spring and global movements. Cyber-activists, Anonymous, adopted it as logo, recently declaring the start of the “millennium war for freedom”, after the introduction of the restricting, dangerous laws on the web: SOPA and ACTA.
A smiling face, I’d like to underline. Not an angry, violent or aggressive one. A happy, optimistic icon, sure that when there’s a common will there cannot be failure.
It's awesome the impact V for Vendetta has had on culture. I mean, I know the idea of Guy Fawkes isn't new, however the mask and symbolism they invoked in the film and comic book has obviously carried on and is becoming increasingly relevant in modern culture, even 30 years after the initial publication.
Hey Roy thanks for your comment. The comic (and the subsequent movie) generated more global knowledge on Guy Fawkes. I personally appreciated the first more than the second, but that is a personal opinion! On January the 31st of 1606, by the way, Guy Fawkes was to be hanged, drawn & quartered. He jumped early from the gallows, breaking his neck & cheating the execution, and this contributed in increasing the strength of his legend.
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