The Jack the Ripper murders are regarded as the first internationally publicised set of serial killings, with the perpetrator never conclusively identified. They have attracted much attention for decades, with fictional works referring specifically to the Lusk letter. The graphic novel From Hell, created by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell, concerns the Ripper murders and takes its name from the letter. The work was originally published in serial form from 1989 to 1996, first collected as a single piece in 1999, and adapted into a 2001 feature film starring Johnny Depp and Heather Graham. The comic series features the actual killer as a main protagonist, going into his tortured mind and warped justifications for the murders. Cultural commentators such as Professor Elizabeth Ho have highlighted the way in which the work comments "on the present's relationship to the past", with text and image placed "in critical tension". See also Jack the Ripper suspects Offender profiling Whitechapel Vigilance Committee List of incidents of cannibalism References Cited works and further reading External links Contemporary news article pertaining to the From Hell letter The Whitechapel Vigilance Committee on the Casebook: Jack the Ripper website The Whitechapel Vigilance Committee on the London Walks website 1888 documents Hoaxes in England Incidents of cannibalism Jack the Ripper Letters (message) Murder in London