Spidey
10-27-2010, 01:52 AM
Whoever isn't reading Locke & Key I highly advise you get on the wagon. I heard all the buzz and decided to give it a try and and am glad I did.
Written by Joe Hill, who is keen on crafting a suspenseful, supernatural tale is no surprise since he's Stephen King's son. Gabe Rodriguez's art looked a bit too bold to me, but I learned to love it really fast. I had a similar reaction to Mignola the first time I saw his art. The consistency and cleanliness of his lines really made me a fan.
http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/locke-key.jpg
Locke & Key starts off with a tragedy in the seemingly typical Locke family on the West Coast, but soon moves over to the Key house in Lovecraft, MS. It's called th Key house for a reason. All arund the house are special keys that bestowe bizarre abilities on their users. The ghost key lets you abandon your body and roam around and even teletport as a ghost. The head key let's you peek around your and other's heads and even mess with emotions and memories. The keys turn up suddenly, but regularly. The key element isn't the only thing that makes this book fun. The characters which mainly involve the Locke kids have very believable and different personalities. Their reactions to the crazy situations Hill puts them in are plausible, but at times odd*. At the core of the book is a deceitful struggle to find the elusive Black door key. Who knows what it unleashes, but I can't wait to find out. There is also a neat treat for Bill Watterson fans in the most recent issue that wont dissappoint. There are some creepy, scary moments, but it is not neccessarily a horror book. I think it's more of a mystifying, supernatural thriller. In any case it's got me hooked and is up there with The Walking Dead and Invincible as my most sought after titles of the month.
(* First time using Head Key)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ploWij_i7Pc
Written by Joe Hill, who is keen on crafting a suspenseful, supernatural tale is no surprise since he's Stephen King's son. Gabe Rodriguez's art looked a bit too bold to me, but I learned to love it really fast. I had a similar reaction to Mignola the first time I saw his art. The consistency and cleanliness of his lines really made me a fan.
http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/locke-key.jpg
Locke & Key starts off with a tragedy in the seemingly typical Locke family on the West Coast, but soon moves over to the Key house in Lovecraft, MS. It's called th Key house for a reason. All arund the house are special keys that bestowe bizarre abilities on their users. The ghost key lets you abandon your body and roam around and even teletport as a ghost. The head key let's you peek around your and other's heads and even mess with emotions and memories. The keys turn up suddenly, but regularly. The key element isn't the only thing that makes this book fun. The characters which mainly involve the Locke kids have very believable and different personalities. Their reactions to the crazy situations Hill puts them in are plausible, but at times odd*. At the core of the book is a deceitful struggle to find the elusive Black door key. Who knows what it unleashes, but I can't wait to find out. There is also a neat treat for Bill Watterson fans in the most recent issue that wont dissappoint. There are some creepy, scary moments, but it is not neccessarily a horror book. I think it's more of a mystifying, supernatural thriller. In any case it's got me hooked and is up there with The Walking Dead and Invincible as my most sought after titles of the month.
(* First time using Head Key)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ploWij_i7Pc