7/4/2023 0 Comments From hell graphic novel![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Since then, there have been numerous other releases, including the 2007 hardback with which many will be familiar. Having been released as single issues, all ten were recompiled in 1999 as a collected edition. Rather than looking at how these pieces of literature compare with more traditional forms of storytelling, one needs to shed preconceived ideas and embrace the form with a pre-lapsarian innocence.įocusing on the Jack the Ripper story, From Hell, serialised between 19, is the collaborative creation of comic writing veteran Alan Moore and graphic artist Eddie Campbell. However, this position is one that I think graphic literature neither wants nor deserves. On the one hand, there has been an increasing acceptance that such pieces of graphic literature can be read by those beyond the traditional circle of male youths that make up the comic book market while, on the other hand, there is still a belief that such writing constitutes an inferior form that is read only by those who cannot sustain reading without the inclusion of images. ![]() The transliminal position that such works now occupy is testament both to the progress that has been made as well as the resistance that still exists. The genre of graphic novels has stepped tentatively into the limelight in recent years – with old classics such as Alan Moore’s From Hell finding itself read alongside other more traditional, literary greats. ![]()
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