I don't understand this new wave of releasing graphic novels just for the sake of it. Oh dear, I fear a rant coming on concerning the publishers.

Well one good thing is that in the afterwards it was all but promised that we will be returning to Lovecraft County at some point - I just hope its sooner than later Yes the original story was as much one of discovery as anything else (and there was plenty going on) but here you have at least two stories where the characters knew exactly what they were doing and for me this opens more possibilities that first realised. So what of the stories - you have 3 here and they are all standalone (no surprise there really) however they all build on the myths of the Keys, what they are capable of and of the people who understand them. However with Joe Hill at the reigns I suspect we are not going to be in danger of that any time soon. The only concern being is that we are flooded with unrelated and isolated stories simply to exploit what is still in my eyes a unique and fascinating world. For me this opens the world up to so many more possibilities.

That said there is plenty of scope for more stories to be told - and as in the case of Grindhouse totally new places to go to. These are all special one offs as the main story has now been concluded in the original run. In 2019, he partnered with Hill once again for two new Locke & Key stories, “Dog Days” and “Nailed It.This is a welcome return to Lovecraft County (although I will admit there are other specials out there so I am not sure what the order is). 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 2007, he co-created the award-winning series Locke & Key with Joe Hill. 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.īorn 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. His book of short stories, 20th Century Ghosts, won the Bram Stoker Award and British Fantasy Award for Best Collection. 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.

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