From Hell, Vol. 7

From Hell #7

by Alan Moore

Graphic novel

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Fantasy

8 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1995

About the author

Alan Moore is an English writer most famous for his influential work in comics, including the acclaimed graphic novels Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell. He has also written a novel, Voice of the Fire, and performs "workings" (one-off performance art/spoken word pieces) with The Moon and Serpent Grand Egyptian Theatre of Marvels, some of which have been released on CD.

As a comics writer, Moore is notable for being one of the first writers to apply literary and formalist sensibilities to the mainstream of the medium. As well as including challenging subject matter and adult themes, he brings a wide range of influences to his work, from the literary–authors such as William S. Burroughs, Thomas Pynchon, Robert Anton Wilson and Iain Sinclair; New Wave science fiction writers such as Michael Moorcock; horror writers such as Clive Barker; to the cinematic–filmmakers such as Nicolas Roeg. Influences within comics include Will Eisner, Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Kirby and Bryan Talbot.

Reviews

[Veronica]

Kind of batshit insane, murder, magicks, and lots of boobs.

[Keziahhh]

One of the worst things I have read in my life. I could almost feel the knife piercing the flesh.

[G. Salter]

One of the dramatic high points in the story, as the final murder arrives and the dimension-bending moments that could be hallucinations or glimpses of future arrive again. The meditations on how Jack the Ripper's killings are something shocking, something that informs how we think about murder and death today, are equally interesting.
"It is beginning... The twentieth century. I have delivered it."