LOCKE & KEY, VOLUME 1: WELCOME TO LOVECRAFT by Joe Hill, writer and Gabriel Rodriguez, artist. (IDW Publishing, September 2008) Hardcover, 168 pages. ISBN # 1600102379 / 9781600102370. Nominee for Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature 2015.
Summary on the Goodreads website . . . . .
Locke & Key tells of Keyhouse, an unlikely New England mansion, with fantastic doors that transform all who dare to walk through them. Home to a hate-filled and relentless creature that will not rest until it forces open the most terrible door of them all...
My Five Star Review on the Goodreads website . . . . .
My Bookshelves: First in series, comic books, family relationships, ghosts, gothic, graphic novel, horror, magic, mystery, supernatural.
I’m not going to write a lengthy review here, as that has already been done numerous times and there are plenty of sources for those that want to read more analysis before deciding to purchase this. (Just get it, already!) For example, there are over 4,000 reviews on the Goodreads website alone with a very high average rating of 4.15 out of a possible 5 points.
This belongs on the short list of Graphic Novels To Recommend to Those Who Don't Read Graphic Novels.
A master class in sequential storytelling. Amazing script and plot. Expressive and fluid art. Everyone needs to read this. Episode One of the Netflix show did a commendable job, but nothing compared to the power of the comic.
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