Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell - From Hell: Being a Melodrama in Sixteen Parts

Pros: Every single thing, it's an Alan Moore graphic novel and it's perfect.

Cons: NOT for kids. At all. Not even close.

The Bottom Line: Moore can do no wrong and Eddie Campbell's art only adds to the strength of this already monolithic achievement.

Review: Undeniably the most famous serial killer case in history would have to be the murders in Whitechapel in the autumn of 1888, 5 murders attributed to a killer known only as Jack the Ripper. While theories abound and almost every horror writer to pick up a ...

Pros: Great story, great art

Cons: None

Review: Jack the Ripper has evolved from a serial murderer in the Whitechapel section in London in 1888 to a media creation during and following the murders to a figure of nearly mythological significance in modern times. One of the characteristics of the...

Pros: Tremendous writing, excellent illustrating

Cons: None

The Bottom Line: I cannot recommend this novel highly enough. Read it and wait for the film like the rest of us.

Review: My first encounter with From Hell came during my junior year of college. My friend and neighbor Kevin was in the midst of reading it. One day when I stopped by his place, one volume of it was on his kitchen table. Despite the gothic cover, I...

Pros: Stylish, fascinating, horrible, a great read.

Cons: While atmospheric, art occasionally leads to problem in following narrative

The Bottom Line: If you're a fan of Moore, you know what to expect. Otherwise, if you're a horror, crime, or Forteana/esoteric fan, you'll probably love it.

Review: I'm a fan of Alan Moore ever since the days of Watchman, and eventually got around to buying "From Hell". It's a fictionalised account of the tale of Jack the Ripper, the murderer of several prostitutes in Victorian London, who was never captured....

Pros: Excellent storytelling, intellectually engaging, viscerally horrific, marvelously detailed.

Cons: Artwork sure isn't pretty.

The Bottom Line: The oft-told and retold tale of Jack the Ripper comes to life (and death) again in a bold, realistic yet phantasmagorical graphic-novel approach.

Review: Usually I must suppress a snort of skepticism whenever I hear the term "graphic novel"; look, I don't care whether it's 1,000 pages long in hardcover with great leathern straps. If it's about Superman or Batman or Wonder Woman or someone else in tights,...

Pros: Great plot, a solid research and a fascinating atmosphere

Cons: Thick read at first but the fog clears eventually. Strong sexual and gory content.

Review: Alan Moore is without any doubt one of the most fascinating authors of these last years. His writing always lies on such a solid background of research and reference that most of his work gets better on second read. The fact that he communicates his art...

Pros: Great story / Great art

Cons: none

Review: "From Hell" is a fictional account of the Jack the ripper story, but it is based in a great deal of research and fact. Alan Moore has attempted with this novel to create a plausible solution to the Ripper mystery. He tells an exciting...

Pros: Incredible research and depth.

Cons: Highly Addicitive

Review: From Hell rendered me useless for the better part of a day, mainly because I couldn't put it down once I started reading. Alan Moore isn't content with a simple narrative about Jack the Ripper. Instead, he combines extensively researched Ripper lore, ...

Pros: Very extensive and well written, nice art; good for pressing flowers

Cons: Story structure (details in review)

The Bottom Line: A heavily researched and well-produced story, the words and pictures tell the tale of Jack the Ripper in a manner unlike anything I've ever seen.

Review: While few of you may know this, Sacramento, California (my hometown) has been home to a disproportionately large number of serial murderers and spree killings. From "The Sacramento Vampire Killer" to Dorothea Puente to the Unabomber, the criminally...