# Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft - Hardcover

by **Joe Hill** (Author), **Gabriel Rodriguez** (Illustrator), **Robert Crais** (Introduction by)

**Now a Netflix original series!** The graphic novel _The A.V. Club_ named a "modern masterpiece," **_Locke & Key_** tells a sprawling tale of magic and family, legacy and grief, good and evil. Acclaimed suspense novelist and _New York Times-_bestselling 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_.

Following their father's gruesome murder in a violent home invasion, the Locke children return to his childhood home of Keyhouse in secluded Lovecraft, Massachusetts. Their mother, Nina, is too trapped in her grief--and a wine bottle--to notice that all in Keyhouse is not what it seems: too many locked doors, too many unanswered questions. Older kids Tyler and Kinsey aren't much better. But not youngest son Bode, who quickly finds a new friend living in an empty well and a new toy, a key, that offers hours of spirited entertainment. But again, all at Keyhouse is not what it seems, and not all doors are meant to be opened. Soon, horrors old and new, real and imagined, will come ravening after the Lockes and the secrets their family holds.

_Locke & Key, Vol. 1_ features an introduction by **Robert Crais**, author of the bestselling Elvis Cole series of crime novels.

### Author Biography

**Joe Hill** is the #1 _New York Times_ bestselling author of _Full Throttle_, _The Fireman_, _Heart-Shaped Box_, and _NOS4A2_, recently made into a TV series from AMC. His horror novella _In the Tall Grass_, co-written with Stephen King, was made into a feature film from Netflix. His book of short stories, _20th Century Ghosts_, won the Bram Stoker Award and British Fantasy Award for Best Collection. He earned the Eisner Award for Best Writer for his long-running comic book series, Locke & Key, featuring the eye-popping art of Gabriel Rodríguez.  
  
Born in Santiago, Chile, **Gabriel Rodríguez** began working as an illustrator in the late 90s and in 2002 started drawing books for IDW Publishing, including _CSI_, _George Romero's Land of the Dead_, and _Beowulf_, amongst others. In 2007, he co-created the award-winning series _Locke & Key_ with Joe Hill. He continued developing other creator-owned projects: the Eisner-winning _Little Nemo:_ _Return to Slumberland_, with Eric Shanower; _Sword of Ages_; and the gritty sci-fi adventure _Onyx_, with Chris Ryall. In 2019, he partnered with Hill once again for two new _Locke & Key_ stories, "Dog Days" and "Nailed It."

**Number of Pages:** 168

**Dimensions:** 0.57 x 10.44 x 6.9 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** October 07, 2008

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