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by: Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriguez
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 741
EAN: 9781600102370
ISBN: 1600102379
Label: IDW Publishing
Manufacturer: IDW Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 152
Publication Date: October 08, 2008
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Sales Rank: 4682
Studio: IDW Publishing
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Product Description:
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.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Tremendous offering...a little bit of everything
I knew nothing of this book when I got it. In fact, I erroneously believed it to be a graphic adaptation of some of H.P. Lovecraft's stories. I was wrong, but the impulse buy paid off because this is some of the richest narrative and illustration you will find in any graphic novel of the horror genre.
I won't go into the storyline, because Mel Odom covers that pretty well in his review. What I will say is that there is tremendous depth in the characters, and the way Joe Hill uses the ... Read More
Rating: - How good was this?
This graphic novel was fantastic. The story line, the illustrations and everything else were amazing.. This story left you wanting more and hopefully the next one will do the same. Extemely well done. When I purchased this book, I wasn't aware that it was a graphic novel, however, am I glad it was. I haven't read "comics" since I was a child but this more than makes up for it.
Rating: - As good as any comic I've read
I actually started with the first two issues gave up, and then read it straight through when I received the "Welcome to Lovecraft" hardcover. It was much more satisfying when reading the story arc straight through. And it's good, real good. This was a very enjoyable comic arc, and almost stands up there with Gaiman's and other comic greats work.
It tells of a family harassed by a teenage killer who went to the same school as the family, and where the dad was guidance counselor. And things ... Read More
Rating: - Locke & Key: A book you should open
I read a lot, but I never really write reviews. I leave that job to someone else. But I have to write one for Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez's fabulous story. Maybe I am meant to write something, like the Locke family from the novel is meant to end up back in the town of Lovecraft? To be perfectly honest, I don't really consider this review. It is a sales pitch. But why would I want to sell the work of some guy I don't know? (And no, we are not related).
This isn't a mere comic book--it is ... Read More
Rating: - Don't Go Through That Door!
I'm harder to scare these days than when I was a kid and horror movies were still black and white and filled with trademark Hollywood monsters. Currently, I've been through a plethora of Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolfman, and ghost movies and their spawn. It takes a lot to scare me these days.
Then Hollywood introduced me to FRIDAY THE 13TH, HALLOWEEN, and NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET. George C. Scott's THE CHANGELING totally creeped me out, and Steven Spielberg's POLTERGEIST taught me to fear my ... Read More
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