From Hell
1999 • 576 pages
Ratings47
Average rating4.2
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Ratings47
Average rating4.2
Meet the most notorious serial killer of all time, Jack the Ripper -- and meet the vast and vibrant communities of Victorian London where his foul deeds gave birth to the modern era. In this remarkable new edition, the award-winning bestseller FROM HELL now features astonishing colors by Eddie Campbell! Jack is back -- and this time, the blood is red. Experience FROM HELL as never before: fully restored and in color for the first time! Five unsolved murders. Two of the greatest creators in the history of comics. One sprawling conspiracy, one metropolis on the brink of the twentieth century, and one bloody-minded Ripper ushering London into the modern age of terror. The award-winning bestseller FROM HELL, often ranked among the greatest graphic novels of all time, takes on haunting new dimensions in FROM HELL: Master Edition, enhanced with impressionistic hues by Eddie Campbell himself.
Series
1 primary book2 released booksFrom Hell is a 1-book series first released in 1999 with contributions by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell.
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I like the way this meanders around its subject and ponders things like “why do people write hoax letters pretending that they are serial killers” ... I wouldn't read it ahead of Miracleman or Watchmen as far as the other Moore works I've read, but I was intrigued when I heard the Chapo interview where he discussed the church at Spitalfields.
Je n'aime pas abandonner une lecture, surtout quand il s'agit d'une œuvre acclamée par la critique (des professionnels et des lectures). Mais je me suis profondément ennuyé pendant le premiers tiers de cette bande dessinée que j'ai péniblement lu depuis hier. Alan Moore et Eddie Campbell proposent leur vision des crimes de Jack l'Eventreur et de l'Angleterre victorienne, mais je n'y ai pas été sensible. Dommage ...
A friend bought me this to convert me into a graphic novels guy. I enjoyed it well enough, but I wouldn't say I'm all in. I shall not, however, close my mind to trying another one.
