Ripperland - Paperback

by Steve Orlando (Author), John Harris Dunning (Author), Alessandro Oliveri (Illustrator)

Gore spatters and unlikely romance blossoms in a near future revenge thriller graphic novel that's From Hell meets Westworld!

The year is 2188 and Jack the Ripper has returned to London.

For the last century, a shattered post-Brexit England has operated as a massive Victorian theme park in exchange for American military and financial protection. But when an American mogul's grandson is killed in the heart of London, the delicate status quo is threatened.

Is the killer a brilliant maniac? Americans taking advantage of their superior technology? Or the English Underground Resistance, wishing to throw off the yoke of American oppression and re-join the modern world?

American Special Agent Jesse Holden and local British Police Detective Edwin Fogg must overcome their clashing ideologies in order to find the truth in the foggy streets of 22nd Century London.

Collects Ripperland #1-#4.

Author Biography

John Harris Dunning's graphic novels include Tumult (nominated for the Polar Prize at the Angouleme Festival), Wiper (Dark Horse) and Salem Brownstone (Candlewick). His series Summer Shadows was published by Dark Horse. He co-curated the Comics Unmasked: Art and Anarchy in the UK at the British Library, the largest exhibition of comics in the UK to date. As a journalist, he's contributed to Rolling Stone, iD, Dazed, GQ, Esquire, The Guardian, and the Financial Times.

Best known for Midnighter, Batman/The Shadow, Wonder Woman and Scarlet Witch, Steve Orlando is a GLAAD, Ringo, and Eisner nominated writer, and Harvey Award winning editor and localizer. His comics work has appeared under the banners of DC, Marvel, Image, Aftershock, IDW, BOOM!, Ablaze--and more. Outside of comics, he's written for Cartoon Network's BEN 10 and has been featured in National Geographic Magazine. As a food writer, he's written for Epicurious. In 2021, he teamed with AMC and SHUDDER's the Boulet Brothers to take over Heavy Metal Magazine. In 2023, he launched Feeding Dangerously with award-winning chef and humanitarian José Andrés at TKO Studios.

Alessandro Oliveri is an Italian artist born in Messina in 1996. After leaving school in 2018, he began working for the Italian daily newspaper, il manifesto. He has worked as an illustrator, colorist, and designer for a number of Italian publishers including Star Comics, Feltrinelli Editore, Tunuè, Petit à petit, and Renoir Comics. Some of the titles he has worked on include Sandokan il dito del demone, Caravaggio e la ragazza, Vento di libertà, and Il corrierino delle famigli.

Francesca Kaisy Vivaldi, born in 1985, is a comic book illustrator and colorist. After graduating from a Liceo Artistico (Art High School), she attended Scuola Internazionale di Comics in Pescara/Jesi, where she completed a Comic Artist Course and a Digital Coloring Course. Francesca is currently working as a freelance digital colorist under the Arancia Studio team. Francesca has worked for a wide range of publishers including Oni Press, Dynamite Comics, Image, Disney, BOOM! Studios, and more. Some of the titles she has worked on include Rick and Morty: Rick or Treat Halloween Special (Oni Press), Red Hot Chili Peppers (Petit à Petit), Betty Page (Dynamite Comics), and Magic (BOOM! Studios).

Fabio Amelia is an Italian comic book letterer born in Naples. He serves as Editorial Production Manager and Letterer at Arancia Studio. Fabio has lettered for publishing houses like The Walt Disney Company, DC Comics, Image Comics, BOOM! Studios, Dynamite, Dark Horse Comics, Glénat, Panini Comics, Edizioni Star Comics, Zenescope, and many others. He is the letterer of Mirka Andolfo's best-selling books: Blasfamous, Sweet Paprika, Unnatural, Mercy, Un/Sacred, Purr Evil, and Hopeless. Parallel to this, after graduating with a BA in Information and Interface Design with First-Class Honors at the University of the Arts London, he started working as a UX and UI Designer in Zurich.