Title: Locke and Key Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft
Author: Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez
Publisher: IDW 2009
Genre: Graphic Novel
Pages: 168
Rating: 5/5 stars
Reading Challenges: Graphic Novel; New Authors; Mount TBR; Seriously Series; Book Bingo -- 3 from TBR
Locke & Key tells of Keyhouse, an unlikely New England mansion, with fantastic doors that transform all who dare to walk through them, and home to a hate-filled and relentless creature that will not rest until it forces open the most terrible door of them all! Acclaimed suspense novelist and New York Times best-selling author Joe Hill (Heart-Shaped Box) creates an all-new story of dark fantasy and wonder, with astounding artwork from Gabriel Rodriguez.
I grabbed this volume because it has appeared on many other book bloggers' lists. And I was definitely not disappointed. This story starts off with a bang and doesn't stop. We follow a damaged family through their pain and eventual opening of new horrors. I loved the style of writing. Hill conveys such emotion through short dialogue bubbles. The story itself is intense and horrifying. I sped through the volume on pins and needles. And was left wanting more... Thank goodness I have Volumes 2-4 just waiting to be read.
Locke and Key:
- Welcome to Lovecraft
- Head Games
- Crown of Shadows
- Keys to the Kingdom
- Clockworks
- Alpha and Omega