Violent Cases is a short graphic novel written by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Dave McKean.

Though drawn by McKean in shades of blue, brown, and grey, when it was first published by Escape Books in 1987, it was printed in black-and-white.

A narrator, who is drawn to look like Gaiman, tells of how, as a small child in Portsmouth, he was taken by his father to be treated by an osteopath who was once employed by Al Capone.

The book won the 1988 Mekon Award for "Best British Work", presented by the Society of Strip Illustration.

[1] Both The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch and The Ocean at the End of the Lane are also set around Portsmouth and employs elements from Gaiman's childhood.