From Hell Master Edition

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Will people hate me if I was rather bored with long segments of this story? That I only really started perking up to it with Gull's becoming Virgil? The collected edition was a top vote getter for the Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Award for Favorite Reprint Graphic Album in 1999. [15] From Hell was partly inspired by the title of Douglas Adams' novel Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, in that it explores the notion that to solve a crime holistically, one would need to solve the entire society in which it occurred. [4]

Ya no se puede hablar de Moore sin que terceros salten a la yugular de cualquiera que discrepe con sus teorías personales. Pero me arriesgo: From Hell me parece la obra maestra de Alan Moore. Ironically, the best part of the book is an appendix comic-essay called "The Dance of the Gull Catchers," which explores the difficulty of studying the history of the killings. Moore and Campbell also provide an exhaustive overview of which parts of the story are fictionalized and which have some basis in reality, an exceptionally rare move in historical graphic fiction. Eso sí, este estilo de dibujo es el que le pega a esta obra. Existen dos ediciones, una a color y la reseñada en blanco y negro. Solo deciros que el terror es en blanco y negro. Como en un sueño, en una pesadilla. El horror no tiene color, y Whitechapel es sombría. Yo diría que oscura.Critic Gary Groth says the most elaborate theme in From Hell stems from Moore's statement that "the Ripper murders — happening when they did and where they did — were almost like an apocalyptic summary of... that entire Victorian age." [7] Awards [ edit ]

There is little doubt that From Hell is a "great work" from a strictly literary perspective. Its devilish intricacy and boldly experimental approach make it a pioneering achievement. At the same time, it is not an enjoyable read. Setting aside for a moment its most uncomfortable moments (most notably a gruesomely detailed depiction of every step involved in the Ripper's most famous killing), large patches of the text are dull and technical. Other tangents, presumably included for "completeness," seem superfluous and distract from the central focus of the story. From Hell" es muchas cosas. Es una obra de arte, una novela gráfica pero también es una obra de ficción. Visión vívida, cruda, humana y realista. A menudo es brutalmente honesta un reflejo del Londres victoriano. Como del ser humano. Groth, Gary (February 1991). "Last Big Words — Alan Moore on 'Marvelman', 'From Hell', 'A Small Killing,' and being published." The Comics Journal 140. The anatomy is particularly slipshod--especially when aping a period when anatomical precision was such a central, defining aspect of art. I don't merely mean classical forms--the Victorian was also notable for stylized caricatures, as in Punch's--but there still must be a precision there, a delineation of lines, a purpose within the artist's hand. I understand the concept of an unsure, muddy world, a world of the past, seen through a thousand conspiracy theories and lies, but that thrust of history must still be presented with a sense of forcefulness, a trajectory--or better yet, many trajectories. Wer sich als Leser auf dieses Mammutprojekt einlässt, tut gut daran, schon einiges Hintergrundwissen über die Protagonisten und Theorien rund um die Whitechapel Morde zu haben. Moores FROM HELL ist kunstvoll konzipiert und extrem anspielungsreich. 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.Reprinted from the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography [cclapcenter.com:]. I am the original author of this essay, as well as the owner of CCLaP; it is not being reprinted here illegally.) No matter if it´s an alternative explanation of history from 10, 100, 1000, or 5000 years ago, one simply doesn´t know it. Except one is so naive as to believe the historians from 2.345 b.c or 1888 a.d. Everyone else should be open to close to any other explanation because of the sheer fact that one can´t and doesn´t know. As in many of Moores´works

Después de leer este cómic he de reconocer que aunque se pueda hacer un poco duro sobretodo al principio, la lectura de los apéndices me parece esencial para el óptimo entendimiento de la obra, es más, creo que lo mejor es ir leyendo los apéndices según se lee el cómic, en paralelo; nos dará una mejor percepción de los acontecimientos y los personajes, nos aportará múltiples anotaciones históricas y mitológicas, nos pondrá en alerta sobre detalles que se pueden pasar por alto fácilmente y sobretodo nos hará apreciar el gran esfuerzo de Moore a la hora de documentarse, este hombre no da puntada sin hilo.Per quanto riguarda l'appendice finale con tutte le teorie dei vari "Squartatorologi" (Moore & Campbell inclusi) io l'ho trovata a tratti esilarante. Es una obra hecha a conciencia, con una cantidad de investigación ingente que merece su propio libro (de hecho lo hay) y que usa el autor para contarnos algo que puede haber sido real pero que seguramente nunca se sabrá. Una afirmación popular, que se transforma a través de la visión exquisita y completamente apasionante de Moore, de que los crímenes del Destripador son el centro del que el siglo XX. Tan enredado en la cultura de la violencia de las celebridades que recibió su impactante y visceral nacimiento. Holub, Christian (May 31, 2018). "Eddie Campbell explains why he's coloring From Hell for the first time". Entertainment Weekly.