Alan Moore (Watchmen) and Eddie Campbell (Bacchus),
grandmasters of the comics medium, present a book often ranked among the
greatest graphic novels of all time: From Hell.
From the squalid alleys of the East End to the Houses of Parliament,
from church naves to dens of the occult, all of London feels the
uniquely irresistable blend of fascination, revulsion, and panic that
the Ripper offers. The city teeters on the brink of the twentieth
century, and only the slightest prodding is necessary to plunge it into
a modern age of terror.
Moore and Campbell have created a gripping, hallucinatory piece of crime
fiction about Jack the Ripper. Detailing the events that led up to the
Whitechapel murders and the cover-up that followed, From Hell is a
modern masterpiece of crime noir and historical fiction.