From Hell

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Mit Campbell hat er einen Zeichner gefunden, der das Szenario / Drehbuch sicherlich ganz in seinem Sinne umgesetzt hat: filmisch anmutende Perspektivwechsel, Symbole und Details wollen erkannt und gedeutet werden. This book is not only a retelling of the Jack the Ripper crimes, but it is also a tour guide to Victorian London, it has social commentary on the rights of women and the rigid thinking associated with the Victorians. Abberline later discovers through chance Gull's actual intentions to cover up the matter of the royal " bastard" fathered by the Duke of Clarence. I'm not suggesting that you are prudish about such things, but it may be that others around you are.

While a work of fiction, this book includes a greatly expanded and detailed Appendix with factual notations as well as educated speculation (from the author) for each chapter and a period map of London giving the reader much food for thought. Keep the bits about William Gull, REALLY emphasise the importance of Masonic conspiracy theories and the connection to the crown, and then, after you're thoroughly grounded in all the blood and gore and the feeling like nothing really matters, top it all off with a dose of Alan Moore's more odd explorations in the human psyche and/or WOW mysticism. I read this not with a notion that by the end I'd come to understand the ins and outs of the Ripper case, but to witness yet another of Moore's masterful deconstructions of the stories we like to tell ourselves.I also very much appreciated how Alan Moore, at the end of the book, took us through page by page and explained the historical accuracy of each scene, his references and why/how he chose to do what he did. I don't mind this at all since we are following the lives of prostitutes and I don't like taboos anyway, thus I don't faint when seeing a penis depicted anywhere. Subtle touches such as depicting the Whitechapel slums as grimy and dirty by using an art style that emphasizes the shadows and the filth, whereas whenever he would depict the ordinary life of Sir Gull the art style was closer to a painted style which emphasized the opulence of the class of men such as Dr.

Von Anfang an wird um die Hintergründe kein großes Geheimnis gemacht, was der Erzählung ein wenig die Spannung nimmt. Having gotten up at 4:00 am that morning, I was exhausted at lunchtime, so I kept dozing off with a book in front of me open to what looked like straight-up pornography. then by about the 60% point I was literally just looking at the pictures because I cannot explain with words how MIND NUMBINGLY DULL THIS IS. There are a few excellent moments that draw this simple little story out of itself: strange glimpses of the future, a recognition of an age that is dying (which is in fact about to be brutally murdered, its blood flowing through the gutters of all the great cities of Europe) but these threads are not fully explored.Legendary comics creators Eddie Campbell and Alan Moore have created a gripping, hallucinatory piece of crime fiction about Jack the Ripper. Another contradiction is in Moore’s (and artist Eddie Campbell’s) treatment of the women who are the “Ripper” victims. I had read Watchmen and found it to be genius; V for Vendetta I liked very much as well (a pretty powerful and angry political allegory, though much less complex), and have read others by The GOAT, or one of them, Alan Moore. The sad truth, however, is that this examination, while epic and masterful, still isn't especially rewarding to watch. The prince's daughter is taken to Annie's parents by the artist Walter Sickert, a friend of Eddy's who had accompanied him on his trips to the East End.

And, yes, it had some very interesting twists and turns that were not expected and some very unique perspectives. Other tangents, presumably included for "completeness," seem superfluous and distract from the central focus of the story. Detailing the events that led up to the Whitechapel murders and the cover-up that followed, From Hell has become a modern masterpiece of crime noir and historical fiction. The serialized story, presented in its entirety in this volume, has garnered widespread attention from critics and scholars, and has been adapted into a major motion picture from Twentieth Century Fox starring Johnny Depp and Heather Graham. That is an approach I'd expect from Moore--but Moore's presentation here is altogether too precise, too small, too lucid to really capture the grand mythology of The Ripper, a figure larger than any one story, any one account.I would definitely recommend this book for anyone who is interested in true crime or murder mysteries. This new edition, which has been completely re-mastered, is certainly the finest edition of the book produced to date. Grazie ad un purtroppo ormai defunto gruppo di lettura su Goodreads e ad un colpo di fortuna (ho trovato il volume in offerta a meno di metà prezzo) mi sono finalmente deciso a fare il grande passo. The panels are very graphic where sexuality is concerned (female and male body parts are shown explicitly). The potentially scandalous matter is resolved, until a group of prostitutes — Annie's friends Mary Kelly, Polly Nichols, Anne Chapman, and Liz Stride — who are aware of the illegitimate child and its royal connections, attempt to blackmail Sickert to pay off a gang of thugs who are threatening them.