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The From Hell Companion Kindle Edition

by Alan Moore (Author, Contributor), Eddie Campbell (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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FROM HELL occupies a monumental place in the history of the graphic novel: a Victorian masterpiece of murder and madness which has won numerous awards, spawned a major Hollywood film, and remained a favorite of readers around the world for over two decades.

Now, Top Shelf Productions and Knockabout Comics present THE FROM HELL COMPANION, an astonishing selection of Alan Moore's original scripts and sketches for the landmark graphic novel, with copious annotations, commentary, and illustrations by Eddie Campbell. Here for the first time are a set of pages, including some of Moore's greatest writing, which have never been seen by anyone except his collaborator. Joining them are Campbell's first-hand accounts of the project's decade-long development, complete with photos, anecdotes, disagreements, and wry confessions. Arranged in narrative order, these perspectives form a fascinating mosaic, an opportunity to read FROM HELL with fresh eyes, and a tour inside the minds of two giants of their field.
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Alan Moore is widely regarded as the best and most influential writer in the history of comics. His seminal works include Miracleman and Watchmen, for which he won the coveted Hugo Award. Never one to limit himself in form or content, Moore has also published novels, Voice of the Fire and Jerusalem, and an epic poem, The Mirror of Love. Four of his ground-breaking graphic novels—From Hell, Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen—have been adapted to the silver screen. Moore currently resides in Northampton, England.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00CLDDS4Y
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Top Shelf Productions (May 17, 2013)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 17, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 71910 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 38 ratings

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Alan Moore

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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.

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Teresa Gore
5.0 out of 5 stars From Hell Companion
Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2013
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If you plan on reading the graphic novel FROM HELL, I would strongly recommend getting the FROM HELL COMPANION. This is the first graphic novel that I have ever read; but so far, I must say that I am absolutely fascinated with this particular book because the story of the novel, FROM HELL, is a theory speculating upon the identity and motives of Jack the Ripper. This unsolved serial murder case has always enthralled me through the years; so when I casually picked up the book and perused the copy it piqued my curiosity. Having never read a graphic novel, I initially found it difficult to understand and make inferences about what was taking place in the story; however, located next to the copy of the FROM HELL book was the FROM HELL COMPANION; so I began to analyze the information the companion covered. This book is a MUST purchase if one decides to read the graphic novel. Why ?, you ask. Writer Alan Moore and artist Eddie Campbell conducted ten years of research and traveled thousands of miles through three countries on a collaborative journey in an attempt to collect, investigate, and coalesce copious amounts of information specifically related
to the Whitechapel murders. The result is a graphic novel of daunting complexity; the FROM HELL COMPANION contains a selection of the original writings, notes, artwork and photographs as well as additional information to assist the reader work their way through a mesmerizing narrative of madness, murder, deception and life in the dark Victorian world.
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Todd W. Glaeser
5.0 out of 5 stars More Moore
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2015
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You know how the current theory/ common wisdom is that we only use 10% of our brain? It seems we've only ever read about 10% of what Alan Moore has ever written.

This book is a perfect reason why someone, somewhere, needs to do what Eddie Campbell gives us a taste of here and that's start publishing the COMPLETE ALAN MOORE SCRIPTS. To Quote from E.C.'s introduction,

"These scripts are rich with incident and information that didn't always, or couldn't find its way onto the printed page... Some very fine writing is buried in these scripts, and nobody has ever read
it except me." (pg 12)

Details like the color and rational for the color of clothing, (in a work that he knew would be done in B&W) the psychological underpinning for buildings in the background, amazingly details which is up to the artist to portray in a way he finds possible. (E.C. addresses this in his text, what he kept and what he couldn't)

Frustratingly this is only a taste of what it could have been. As E.C. describes, "I have selected what I find to be the most memorable pages, ninety out of a possible five hundred and one..." (pg 12)

If this isn't enough for you you can try to hunt down a copy of "From Hell: The Compleat Scripts" [9781880325070] but they're rare and only include the scripts for the first three chapters.
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Dr. C
5.0 out of 5 stars A Fantastic Archive
Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2013
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Eddie Campbell, the artist of the original comic, FROM HELL, takes us on a chapter-by-chapter analysis of the creation of the comic by presenting commentary, art, and long excerpts from Alan Moore's legendary scripts. This book is "script-heavy," which is a good thing. We get to see Moore's descriptions for most all of the key scenes from the book, and we often get Campbell's explanations for why he sometimes chose to depict things differently. One of the ongoing pleasures lies in seeing Moore occasionally call for emotional or dramatic images only to be replaced by Campbell's more restrained, matter-of-fact style. The contrast is fascinating, and by the end you get a good sense of Campbell's artistic philosophy.

Honestly, for anyone with a serious interest in FROM HELL, this should be your first supplemental purchase.

I will add, for what it's worth, that I ordered the Kindle for Mac version. There are many illustrations in the book, but I was not able to enlarge them to a readable size. (I'm not sure if it's possible to do so or not.) However, I simply read it with my original hard copy of FROM HELL nearby and enjoyed it immensely.

[I should add that I finally was able to try the book on an iPad and the pictures enlarge to full size perfectly, so my problems with the Kindle for Mac version may just be my own ignorance.]
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Gabriel Connor Salter
5.0 out of 5 stars interesting behind-the-scenes look at a groundbreaking work
Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2022
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It doesn’t give Alan Moore’s full script (because some of it’s lost, and the full script would run to 500 pages), but it’s a great selection of material that shows how the page transitioned from script to comic.
Also some great “making of” notes by Eddie Campbell on the surprising routes that the research and publishing process took.
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undrgrndkng
4.0 out of 5 stars Not bad
Reviewed in Canada on August 1, 2017
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Not sure what I was hoping for with this companion book, but it was okay. High level of details, lots of background information. Good price. Any From Hell fan would probably like it.
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Jordi Martinez Subias
3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting disclousure of an artistic procedure in comic-books.
Reviewed in Spain on December 28, 2015
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Interesting disclousure about the artistic procedure from the writing to the drawing design and production. However there are too long plain text from the writer without any valuable insight.
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Mr. J. Gibson
5.0 out of 5 stars much needed companion
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 31, 2015
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Great reading, a novel nearly in size in itself - the perfect collaboration of works and explanations on From Hell are contained here in this single book on the subject and graphic novel. If you desire to know more, then this is the essential companion!
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