![]() ![]() It’s as good a theory as any, in a case that looks like it’ll almost certainly never be solved.Ĭampbell’s monochrome artwork on the story is typical of his style but perfectly suited to the dark, gas-lit streets of Victorian London. ![]() Sent on a quest to dispose of a group of Whitechapel prostitutes who try to earn a little extra money by blackmailing Prince Albert (Victoria’s grandson), who has been philandering in the area with the help of a local artist, Gull decides that a grand statement is required, sparking off the horrific mystery. Despite promising nothing more than a fiction based on the Ripper case, a staggering amount of research has gone into the book, following the conspiracy theory that the mysterious killer was Sir William Gull, Queen Victoria’s family doctor. Moore has written a 600-page masterpiece. And in this version of events, it’s hard to place the soul of the Ripper in a more apt location. ![]() The writer of the letter claims to be sending the note ‘From Hell’. However, it’s actually a reference to one of the letters the Victorian serial killer Jack the Ripper wrote to the police during his five-victim killing spree across London’s East End. It could probably be argued that the choice of title for this enormous graphic novel was asking for trouble – the project ended up taking Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell 10 years to see it through to fruition. ![]()
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