Jack the Ripper is back! Dark Horse Comics announced that Steve Orlando, John Harris Dunning, and Alessandro Oliveri have teamed for Ripperland, which finds gore spatter and unlikely romance in future Victorian London.
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.
“RIPPERLAND is unlike any book I’ve ever been part of–and I mean that in the best possible way,” Orlando said in a press release from Dark Horse Comics. “John and Alessandro are incredible talents, and the alchemy between us, across borders and across oceans, has created something truly special! This is WESTWORLD meets FROM HELL in a gorgeous speculative fiction package! The streets of tomorrow’s London call…to yesterday! I can’t wait for everyone to see it!”
Ripperland is a four-issue mini-series, with the first issue arriving in stores on January 22, 2024.
