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A review by bryangball
From Hell by Eddie Campbell, Alan Moore
4.0
What a piece of work. This is was a massive, challenging, frightening and all the way through engaging graphic novel. I have meant to read this for years, and am glad I finally did.
I am a huge fan of Moore’s work, and honestly didn’t know what to expect with this one. It took me a minute to get over fact that the story uses perhaps the most ridiculous conspiracy theory about who the real Whitechapel murderer was. However, Moore realizes this, and uses so much meticulously researched history and the surrounding folklore that has sprung up in the over 100 years since the tragic murders of these women, to make an incredible commentary on the world in which these atrocities happened, and how the extreme poverty and government of London at the time made the monster who became known as Jack the Ripoer possible.
I am a huge fan of Moore’s work, and honestly didn’t know what to expect with this one. It took me a minute to get over fact that the story uses perhaps the most ridiculous conspiracy theory about who the real Whitechapel murderer was. However, Moore realizes this, and uses so much meticulously researched history and the surrounding folklore that has sprung up in the over 100 years since the tragic murders of these women, to make an incredible commentary on the world in which these atrocities happened, and how the extreme poverty and government of London at the time made the monster who became known as Jack the Ripoer possible.