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[[File:Protest ACTA 2012-02-11 - Toulouse - 05 - Anonymous guy with a scarf.jpg|thumb|210px|A protester in a Guy Fawkes mask, designed by [[David Lloyd (comics)|David Lloyd]] for ''[[V for Vendetta]]'' (1982–1989)]]
The '''Guy Fawkes mask''' (also known as the '''''V for Vendetta'' mask''' or '''Anonymous mask''') is a stylised depiction of [[Guy Fawkes]] (the best-known member of the [[Gunpowder Plot]], an attempt to blow up the [[House of Lords]] in London on 5 November 1605) created by illustrator [[David Lloyd (comics)|David Lloyd]] for the 1982–1989 [[graphic novel]] ''[[V for Vendetta]]'' written by [[Alan Moore]] with art by Lloyd. Derived from the [[mask]]s used to represent Fawkes being burned on an [[effigy]] having long previously had roots as part of [[Guy Fawkes Night]] celebrations, Lloyd designed the mask as a smiling face with red cheeks, a wide moustache upturned at both ends, and a thin vertical pointed beard, worn in the graphic novel's narrative by [[V (character)|anarchist protagonist V]].
Following the release of the graphic novel and its 2006 [[V for Vendetta (film)|film adaptation]], this design came to represent broad [[protest]], later also becoming a symbol for the online [[hacktivism|hacktivist]] group [[Anonymous (group)|"Anonymous"]] after appearing in web forums, used in [[Project Chanology]], the [[occupy movement]], [[Anonymous for the Voiceless]], and other anti-establishment protests around the world. This has led to the mask also being known by the alternate name of the '''Anonymous mask'''.<ref>{{cite web |first = Angus |last = Griffin |date = 14 June 2013 |title = A history of the Anonymous mask |website = Dazed.com |url = https://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/16360/1/a-history-of-the-anonymous-mask |access-date = 27 September 2019 }}</ref>
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