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    Locke and Key Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft

    Locke and Key Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft by Joe Hill Illustrated By: Gabriel Rodriguez Format: Trade Paperback Comic Published: 2008 Publisher: IDW Publishing This is one of those comics that I’ve been hearing about for ages but never quite got around to buying. I’m definitely glad I did, though, and I’ll be picking up the rest of the available trades. Joe Hill (who happens to be Stephen King’s son) won an Eisner this year for the series, so that’s a good start. It’s a gruesome supernatural horror book, which is not at all Cthulhu-ey, it should be noted, despite the title. It’s hard to describe the plot of this…