Deron Generally
Deron Generally
Ripperland #4
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Steve Orlando and John Harris Dunning
Art by Alessandro Oliveri
Colors by Francesca Vivaldi
Letters by Fabio Amelia
The Rundown: Ed and Jesse discover they are pawns in a deadly international game.
The pressure is on for the American and British detectives to discover who is responsible for the murder of a wealthy businessman’s son on the streets of London. After finding their investigation hampered and interfered with at every turn, the detectives turned more spend the night together. The next morning, Jesse receives a call from his boss demanding that he wrap up his case.
Ed returns to the precinct where he is admonished by his superior before being cornered by a colleague who requests his presence at a secret meeting. A meeting that will reveal the truth behind the grisly murder and its connections to a bigger conspiracy that spans two continents and has ensnared the lives of both detectives.
The Story: Orlando and Dunning bring this story to a satisfying conclusion by keeping it delightfully complicated and not giving the characters a clean way out. It takes risks with expanding the story and its conspiracy in ways that make things more dangerous as well as raising my curiosity to see more from this world and these characters.
The Art: Oliveri delivers some great art throughout the issue. The character designs are great and the panels and pages have a wonderful visual flair.
Ripperland #4
