Abstract

GONZALEZ, Antonio Ballesteros. Sombras de humanidad: la proyección mítica de Jack el Destripador en From Hell de Alan Moore y Eddie Campbell. Cuad. Cent. Estud. Diseñ. Comun., Ensayos [online]. 2023, n.123, pp.87-102.  Epub June 06, 2023. ISSN 1853-3523.  http://dx.doi.org/10.18682/cdc.vi123.4406.

This article analyses the mythical relevance of the infamous Jack the Ripper as his figure is reflected in From Hell, the prestigious graphic novel by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell, published for the first time from 1989 to 1998 by Kitchen Sink Press in the USA. A masterpiece of the ninth art, impregnated with intertextuality and multiple meanings, From Hell constitutes, among other interpretations, an acerbic condemnation of the deeply divided and dual Victorian society that propitiated the rise of the first modern serial killer. The graphic novel delves into the attraction of evil and the transformation of the Ripper in a media phenomenon, which contributed to turn him into a myth whose ubiquitous and protean presence has reached our contemporary times. This is attested by many literary, cinematographic, TV, and, in general terms, artistic recreations of the figure of the serial killer, giving rise to extremely popular trends like the “true crime” genre.

Keywords : Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell; From Hell; Jack the Ripper; the modern serial killer; myth..

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