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# Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft Hardcover – Illustrated, October 7, 2008

**Brand:** joe hillgabriel rodriguezrobert crais
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## Customer Reviews

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    Welcome to Lovecraft - stay out of the wellhouse
  

*by H***A on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 29, 2009*

Part of the shock value is that Gabriel Rodriguez's distinctive art has such an innocence and cleanness to it that, when the horror elements are introduced, the impact is all the more stunning. And then there's writer Joe Hill who is in the midst of stepping into his celebrated father's shoes and learning just how comfortable the fit. I suppose it's easy and convenient enough for any old horror writer to insert zombies and vampires and splatter in bucketfuls of gore and then go see what sticks. But Joe Hill, much like his dad, has sussed out that true terror emerges from ordinary things, that the effect is all the more telling if the suspense is built up in layers. Joe Hill puts his characters (and, by proxy, you) into situations which seem improbable but could actually happen in real (and I don't mean the supernatural stuff), and knowing this, it compromises your comfort level. He injects a slasher theme early on, brought about by taut flashbacks interweaving with the present arc.The Locke family has just moved into the town of Lovecraft, Massachusetts and into a sprawling mansion mysteriously called Keyhouse, and quite rapidly Joe Hill immerses you into these characters' lives. Disturbing details gradually unfold of a bloody home invasion many months ago, which so traumatized the Lockes and cost them a murdered father. Now they're looking for a fresh start.The well-realized core characters are the three children, all trying to cope with their loss and their new surroundings. Tyler Locke is surly and guilt-ridden and the oldest. He believes himself responsible for his father's death, and he's pretty much withdrawn into himself. Kinsey, the middle sibling, is also dealing with her pain. She just wants to fit into her new town and is very conscious of all the people giving her curious looks. Bode is the youngest at six years and a very curious child, and the story tends to focus on him the most. Bode is the first to get a clue of the strangeness of their new home. The thing is, in seeking peace and quiet and a chance to heal and regain equilibrium, the Lockes should never have relocated to the Keyhouse. The Keyhouse messes you up.I read somewhere that Hill plans to write several story arcs about LOCKE & KEY and all in limited series format, and I hope he gets the chance to finish all of those. But to sound off on the one overarcing plot device: Keyhouse is magical and very sinister and dangerous. We eventually figure out that the Locke household is a repository of many keys with odd properties. In the first issue we glimpse a key with a tiny skull engraved on it, and a particular door which when opened with this key renders the wielder temporarily dead - and that person's ghost free to wander around. And since Bode is the one who stumbles onto this one key and door, and since he uses this bit of enchantment to flit about insubstantially to look in on his family, we don't really feel threatened. But there is one place the kids aren't allowed into, and that's the wellhouse. Bode, of course, has to check it out and soon begins to hear a voice wafting out of the well. And, of course, the thing that owns the voice wants out. That's almost always never a good thing.Meanwhile, behind juvie bars, teenage psychopath Sam Lesser peers into the toilet bowl and converses with... something. And not too long from now, Sam Lesser - who had murdered the father of the Locke children months ago - will escape his prison cell and begin to make his cross-country trek to Lovecraft.Joe Hill's 
  
Heart-Shaped Box







  
  
     is a terrific demonstration of how an author's storytelling can make you feel unsettled. He achieves the same effect in this comic book format. I seriously had no idea where this story was going, only that I was wallowing in the weirdness and that creeping suspense. Joe Hill throws in different beats, but nothing is forced. It smells, initially, like a serial killer splatterfest, but then takes on a supernatural angle and a dark fantasy angle. And thru it all, it remains character-driven. And just when you think the dust has settled, Joe Hill introduces one last bit of creepy which feeds directly into the next story arc.I highly recommend this mini-series to anyone who likes to be startled and for those jaded readers who believe that comic books have nothing new to offer. This handsome hardcover also comes with an attached red ribbon bookmark, an intro by writer Robert Crais, and a ten-paged art gallery by Gabriel Rodriguez. Note that LOCKE & KEY: WELCOME TO LOVECRAFT is suggested for a more mature audience as there are moments of graphic gruesomeness and one scene of a disturbing sexual nature. And once you tear thru this one, there's 
  
Locke & Key: Head Games







  
  
    , the next arc which picks up shortly after the events in WELCOME TO LOVECRAFT. I've already read up to four issues of that one, and it is JoeHillifically awesome.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    So good
  

*by F***D on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 18, 2023*

We bought this as a Christmas gift for our daughter because she loves Joe Hill’s work. I’ve watched the series on Netflix and it’s awesome. So we’ve all enjoyed the book.

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    Volumes One, Two and Three
  

*by R***E on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 20, 2011*

I will review all three volumes as a group here, as I would guess most people who may consider this series would go to Volume One first. I will avoid Spoilers.The hardcovers and beautiful, with glossy graphics on a matt background. Volume 3 had a ribbon. (some people say their 1 and 2 did as well). Upon opening the first volume, I paused to examine the beautiful illustrations inside the covers and on the pages leading into the story. The author dedicates the book to his mother.  I had never heard of Joe Hill before, but I did know of only one person named Tabitha King, so guessed who he was, 'Hill' or no 'Hill'. No matter, I can understand why he started out with a nom de plume.BTW, some character names interest me in this book. The coach (vol 2) is Elsie Whedon. One of Rendell's old schoolmates (vol 2) was Lucas Caravaggio, and the  admissions director (vol 3) is Calliope Ridgeway. Some of these may have meaning to the story, maybe some just to the author.  For instance, I could see how Calliope could be seen as a muse to her drama teacher husband.Hill excells in many areas. His characters are real, well rounded, and sympathetic. The story line is suspenseful, and as certain mysteries get cleared up, new information creates new questions for the reader (and the characters) to ponder. This series is just plain creepy - in a good way. He also drops in ...idk...language hints? to the text, relating to the key/theme at hand. Word jokes, puns. The Joe Ridgeway story, which opens vol. 2, bounces back and forth in time.  The opening and the ending `bookend' the story nicely, and Hill manages to put a spin on the end which lightens some of the sadness therein.Gabriel Rodriguez contributes wonderful artwork. I admit that I can have a hard time enjoying even a well written series if I hate the artwork (some arcs of Sandman come to mind). This series has the best of both worlds! The lines are clean, the facial expressions clear, and the colors are appealing yet somber in tone, as suits the series. Violence is not portrayed in too graphic a manner. Some is not shown at all. Rodriguez also uses a technique for which I do not know the name, where he repeats a setting several times with just necessary changes. Look at the preview pages for Vol. 3, Crown of Shadows, to see this technique.  I feel as though this grounds parts of the story better than if he kept changing perspective. It is also almost cinematic. Hill also injects a good does of humor into the story (which is necessary, I think, to keep it from becoming oppressive), which Rodriguez translates nicely.  I really liked the bit in vol. 3 where Bode tells his mother how to cook the alfredo sauce. The `nameless technique' works nicely there.Volume 1 is taken up with the Locke family tragedy and their subsequent move to the family home in Lovecraft. Volumes 2 and 3 move briskly along, introducing many new and interesting characters and situations, which keeps the story fresh. After reading Vol. 1, I took out Heart Shaped Box, Hill's first novel, from the library and read it in two nights. (I could not wait for an Amazon delivery!)  Hill's work is gripping and intense and I plan to read more of it!Highly recommended series!

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