Locke & key. Master edition. Volume 1

Format:

Book

Title:

Locke & key. Master edition. Volume 1

Other title(s):

Locke and key.

Author:

Hill, Joe author

ISBN:

9781631402241

Publication:

San Diego, CA IDW Publishing, 2015.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly colour illustrations ; 29 cm.

General Note:

"Originally published as Locke & key: welcome to Lovecraft, issues #1-6" and Locke & key: head games, issues #1-6".

Contents:

Locke & Key : welcome to Lovecraft -- Locke & Key: head games.

Summary:

The critically-acclaimed series 'Locke & Key' takes on new life in a reformatted hardcover collection. Welcome to Lovecraft tells of the 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 all. The next chapter in the story, Head games, tells of a shocking death that dredges up memories for Kinsey and Tyler Locke of their father's murder. They are thrown into choppy emotional waters, and turn to their new friend, Zack Wells, for support, little suspecting Zack's dark secret.

Subject(s):

Haunted houses -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Murder -- Comic books, strips, etc.

New England -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Geographic Term:

New England -- Comic books, strips, etc.

New England.

Genre:

Horror comic books, strips, etc.

Comics (Graphic works)

Graphic novels.

Horror comics.

Added Author:

Rodríguez, Gabriel, 1974-

Fotos, Jay

Robbins, Robbie

Hill, Joe. welcome to Lovecraft. Container of (work). Locke & key.

Hill, Joe. head games. Container of (work). Locke & key.

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Library	Call Number	Status
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Summary

Now a Netflix Original Series! Named a "modern masterpiece" by The A.V. Club , the crticially-acclaimed series Locke & Key takes on new life in a reformatted hardcover collection. Volume 1 features the first two story arcs, Welcome to Lovecraft and Headgames , with all-new cover art and design by co-creator Gabriel Rodriguez.

Locke & Key tells a sprawling tale of magic and family, legacy and grief, good and evil. Acclaimed suspense novelist and New York Times best-selling author Joe Hill ( The Fireman , Heart-Shaped Box ) has created a gripping story of dark fantasy and wonder-with astounding artwork from Gabriel Rodriguez -that, like the doors of Keyhouse, will transform all who open it. The epic begins here- Welcome to Lovecraft .

Author Notes

Joe Hill is the shortened name for Joseph Hillstrom King. He was born in Maine in 1972 and is the son of Tabitha and Stephen King. He used this shortened form of his name in order to succeed as a writer on his own merits, not because of his famous father. In 2007 he publicly confirmed his identity.

His first book, 20th Century Ghost, received the the Bram Stoker award for Best Fiction Collection, and his Best New Horror book won him a second Bram Stoker award, this time for Best Short Story. He is also a past recipient of the Ray Bradbury Fellowship.

Joe Hill's other books include Heart-Shaped Box, Road Rage (collaboration), Thumbprint, Throttle (collaboration), Horns, and NOS4A2.

Joe Hill's novel The Fireman made the New York Times Bestseller list in 2016.

(Bowker Author Biography)