![]() Published by: Like its female protagonists, this book gets around. Aside from all the murdered prostitutes, obviously. All told, it’s nearly 600 pages of good clean family fun. The book (collected edition) is divided into fourteen chapters, plus a prologue, an epilogue, and appendices. I’ll warn you up front, this one’s not for the faint of heart. ![]() That didn’t stop him, however, from taking a very deep dive into the legend and presenting it as a violent police procedural mixed with an occult horror. But do you know who actually did it? Of course not, and neither does Alan Moore. The skinny: You’ve heard of Jack the Ripper’s Whitechapel murders. Sit back and enjoy the gory tale of Jack the Ripper killing prostitutes in Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell’s From Hell. This time: Well this column got dark quickly. ![]() The comics may be old but my mind is still fresh, wrapped in plastic and sitting on the shelf, waiting to be opened. ![]() ![]() I’m on a mission to rectify my comics knowledge shortcomings and to provide a fresh take on classic stories that others have known for years. For me, those gaps are vast and constitute anything outside of DC Comics proper. We all have gaps in our pop culture knowledge, those omissions that elicit gasps from our fellow funnybook connoisseurs. ![]()
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