Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft |
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| Title: | Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft |
| Author: | Joe Hill
Gabriel Rodriguez |
| Publisher: | IDW Publishing |
| Type: | Book / Hardcover |
| Publication Date: | 08 October, 2008 |
| ISBN / ISBN-13: | 1600102379 / 9781600102370 |
| List Price: | $24.99 |
| You Save: | $8.50 |
| Amazon Price: | $16.49 |
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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.
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Customer Reviews:
• I Freaking Love This Comic
01 February, 2010
The first two books of this series were stupidly entertaining. I always just couldn't wait to see what was going to happen next. The story never seems to give u or its characters a break so be prepared for a wild ride. I can't wait to see what is going to happen next in the next book. I also love the illustrations. Awesome detail in every panel. U will fall in love with this next great team of Hill and Rodriguez. This really is a can't miss!
- Amazon Customer Review
• Hoo Wah. No Spoilers Here.
09 March, 2010
I am a comic book lover from way back. I still have my childhood collection which I rejuvenate every few years with new backing boards and bags. But you really don't have to be like me to enjoy this book. What you do have to enjoy is being creeped the hell out.
The artwork is beautiful and visually interesting, at times a little cartoonish, but very good overall.
There are scenes in this book which really made me squirm and Hill does a great job of creating realistic villains. Several scenes of this book were like gutpunches to me: very emotional and rending. Also, this is a beautiful hardback edition with a gorgeous cover. For $16.49, I really didn't expect that. It really caught my eye when I opened up the Amazon packaging. It even has a pretty little red ribbon bookmark which I thought was a nice touch.
There are lots of serious themes that dance around this book, yet it still has that childhood like whimsy to it, due to its fantasy elements. I hate reading reviews that spoil, so I'm not gonna. All you need to know is this book is solid, very adult in nature, and very creepy. (but all intertwined with this great element of adventure, almost like a Goonies type of feel)
Get it now and read it so you can decide if you want the others. I'm currently waiting on the 2nd part, Head Games, from Amazon since it's on backorder.
The point of this review was to appeal to people who don't normally read comics, or are just casual readers. No prior knowledge of anything is necessary. This is the 1st part of an original series.
- Amazon Customer Review
• Perfect Comic Debut
03 March, 2010
Robert Crais' piercing introduction on the opening pages of this gorgeous hardcover collection (collecting the first six issues of Locke and Key) says all you need to know about Joe Hill's debut comic series and, more importantly, about Hill himself. It tells a vivid story of Robert's first encounter with the talented author of Heart Shaped Box (one of my favorite novels) and 20th Century Ghosts (one of my favorite story collections). People who have read those two blistering works of fiction needs no introduction to Joe Hill's talent, but Robert pours on the praise anyway. Very soon, one gets the idea, even those who have never heard of who Hill is. He is indeed a phenomenal writer and it doesn't look like his tender charm, as an author, is limited to prose fiction but extends to the comics medium as well.
As Robert poignantly points out, comic writing does require a different skill set from novel writing or short story composition. Hill shows why, in the first issue and beyond. He allows every frame, every panel to speak out with tremendous impact and resonance. In the first three pages alone, the brief conversation between Mrs. Locke, the patient yet strong housewife of the Locke family, and the perpetrators and antagonists of this first arc, shows how small details in the pictures articulate just as loudly as the words themselves. Comics are a pictorial medium and Hill utilizes that dynamic to great effect, which is a sure sign of Hill's adaptability.
But he does bring his charming dialogue and prose weaving abilities into the story as well and that is sure to raise a few eyebrows even among hardened readers. Every byzantine caption sheds light to the story in small, delicate ways and every line sounds appropriate and, in many ways, as terse and yet tender as lines from a John Carpenter movie. Simply put, his words are identifiably appropriate for a tense and scary story like Locke and Key, and Hill shows no small measure of skill making the book sound this good.
Gabriel Rodriguez's art may be an uncommon sight for many but one soon appreciates the strong line work he endows the perfectly proportionate characters with. It shows broad shades of Alex Ross or Greg Land's realism but retains its distinctive flavor and style. That immersive feel to the book only reinforces the overall message Hill brings across with effective ferocity. The emotional tone of the story permeates into every part of the art.
As the story builds up with vivid and slowly tightening tension, every single one of these beautifully illustrated pages will entertain with the efficiency of a knife cutting through firm butter. Hill's cutthroat vision of ghosts and psychological demons enthralls to no end. And as the ending and its cliffhanger comes around, you no longer wonder about Joe Hill's prodigious ability to tell an entertaining story, you embrace it.
- Amazon Customer Review
• Disclaimer
03 March, 2010
When I first checked into Joe Hill it was on the recommendation of a friend. I wasn't expecting much, not just because he's the son of Stephen "The Hack" King, but because far too often the kids of famous people become successful themselves not for their talent but also due to their already having an "in"--that is, they were born on third base, so running home isn't as big a deal as for the rest of us. Still, on the strength of one person's opinion, I decided against my better judgment to give the goober a try.
I went with "Locke and Key" for my first spin, mostly because I've been a fan of Lovecraft for nearly fifty years; thus, when I saw the title I thought, what the hell, I don't know much about "Hill" as an author anyway, so I might as well go with something that looks interesting. Unfortunately, I didn't realize until a day or two after I had ordered it--too late to cancel--that it was a comic book (yes, yes, I know the trend is to call them "graphic novels" these days, but that doesn't change the fact that it's a comic book; just like tacking "science" onto "creation" doesn't lend the boneheaded notion any more street cred).
My bad.
But I gave it a chance, anyway, even if comic books are not a good way to judge someone's prose style, as the verbiage that would normally be used to describe scenes and action are generally dropped in favor of line drawings. With that in mind, I have to say in all honesty that even had I not known he was King's kid I would have either suspected it, or else that he was "influenced" by SK's work. Hill has the same feel, namely, that of a little boy who has figured out a way to talk dirty about nasty stuff like murder and insanity and sex without getting into trouble. I always have a picture of King giggling behind his hand up in the attic, where he just found his dad's old Playboys. Add to that the standard one-dimensional characters, contrived plots and cookie-cutter morality and you have King. And apparently, Junior, too.
I--barely--gave this two stars, mostly for originality. And because reading it only took up about 15 minutes of my life.
- Amazon Customer Review
• A New Look At Lovecraft
27 January, 2010
It was a very enjoyable expirience to read stories that doesn't let you know exactly what is going to happen within the first couple of sentences, & holds your attention the entire read.
- Amazon Customer Review
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