They planned to blow up Parliament, wiping out the ... wears the mask both as a form of protest and to protect his identity. David Lloyd created the original mask image. "The Guy Fawkes mask ...

so why is he still singled out as one of British history's greatest villains more than 400 years after his death? Picture: Print showing the Execution of Guy Fawkes, 1606 (engraving) by German School.