Jack the Ripper: Case Closed [illustrated] 1848683278, 9781848683273

Table of contents :
Preface ..............8
With CHAPTER 1 Thanks to Jack the Ripper ..............30
Hang Apron CHAPTER 3 Leather ..............56
Dear Boss CHAPTER 4 ..............71
The Hidden Hand ..............93
Cannibal Ripper ..............138
Copycat Killer CHAPTER 7 ..............151

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JACK THE RIPPER

“Geary’s haunting drawings unite seamlessly with his moody, well-researched text.” Publishers Weekly “Expertly designed and drawn.” Ellery Queen

ISBN-13: 978-1-56163-308-1 ISBN-10: 1-56163-308-9

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True Crime / graphic novel $9.95

ComicsLit: novels in the true sense about exploring our lives, our feelings, our experiences. In comic art. In graphic novels. At times uplifting, at times controversial - always insightful and enriching. Here are the most intelligent comics the world has to offer.

Rick GEARY

In this volume of his Treasury of Victorian Murder, Rick Geary explores the ghastliest and most famous murders of Victorian England. Geary has researched the subject extensively and presents, with his own inimitable tongue-in-cheek style, the Jack The Ripper mystery as told through a journal of a fascinated Englishman of the day. Both factual and darkly funny, Geary shines an ironic light on the repressive society that spawned such a monster and its hypocritical reaction to it.

A TREASURY OF VICTORIAN MURDER

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