From Hell - Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell

A deep, dark, winding, labyrinthine work of art. In Moore's words, a whydunnit rather than a whodunnit, so deeply researched that almost everything that happens either did happen or could have. The appendix telling the story of "ripperologists" through the ages is a work of art in its own right. General consensus among Mooreites is that From Hell is his crowning achievement, but I'm not sure it's better than Watchmen... Either way, he's a visionary for our times and should take a place in the same line as Milton and Blake.