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Official Press Release
Following the smashing first season success of the Netflix Original Series Locke & Key produced by IDW Entertainment, new fans are flocking to join the already massive following for Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodríguez’s beloved horror/fantasy tale.
To satisfy demand in the interim before
Locke & Key’s second season debut,
IDW Publishing is thrilled to announce the next wave of published offerings in the
Locke & Key franchise.
There’s no better time for fans to experience the full breadth of the
comic series that The A.V. Club calls “a modern masterpiece!”
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“I always wanted to have my own series
character, like Philip Marlowe, Jack Reacher, or Sherlock Holmes. I just
somehow never imagined my series character would be… a house. But that
house is a home — my creative home,” says Hill.
“I’ve spent some of the
happiest hours of my life knocking around Keyhouse’s closets, cabinets,
and odd corners, hanging there with my artistic compadres, Gabriel
Rodríguez, Chris Ryall, and Jay Fotos. We’ve never stopped having fun
and I couldn’t be more excited about the stories we’ve got ahead of us.
We’re going to do our very best to unlock some good things in 2020.”
“Locks work both ways, so of course the ending of the first Locke & Key epic
would lead to new journeys altogether. It’s natural that Joe, Jay,
Chris, and I would be eager to explore Keyhouse’s other thrilling and
impossible tales,” says Rodríguez. “It’s incredibly rewarding to see the
saga of Chamberlin Locke unfold and reach a bombastic ending in the
upcoming arcs …In Pale Battalions Go… and Hell and Gone, the
latter of which will give us the chance to pay tribute to one of the
mythologies that inspired us all to devote our lives to comics — DC’s The Sandman Universe. And even that is only the beginning… so brace yourselves!”
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“It’s impressive how Joe and Gabriel keep finding new ways to expand the scope and breadth of Locke & Key, so for that reason alone, I’m happy to be working with them again,” says Chris Ryall,
editor of the series. “But really, what I remain most excited about is
just the chance to continue working alongside some of the most talented
and special people I’ve ever had the good fortune to work with. The
great comics to come are just a bonus after that.”
August through October will see the release of the three-part miniseries, "Locke & Key: …In Pale Battalions Go…", serving as a lead-in to Hell & Gone, Locke & Key’s hotly anticipated crossover with DC’s The Sandman Universe slated
for late fall. Set in the spring of 1915, the story follows John Locke,
a patriot too young to enlist in the greatest war of all. He intends to
use the impossible, reality-bending keys to turn the tide on the
grimmest battlefield of the 20th century… a hellscape whose darkness
might even strike fear into an army of shadows.
Be sure to follow IDW on social media for the latest information regarding IDW’s complete line of Locke & Key products!
In October, the Locke & Key – The Sandman Universe: Hell & Gone # 0 comic
book officially kicks off the crossover fans have been waiting for with
a special reintroduction of storylines and characters who populate the
fall’s landmark event series. In the reprinted tale “Open the Moon”
(originally presented in 2011’s Locke & Key: Guide to the Known Keys),
Chamberlin Locke, patriarch of the Locke family, wields the Moon Key to
reveal new secrets lurking in Keyhouse… and unlocks a strange new world
leading directly into the events of the Hell & Gone series.
Also, the # 0 issue peels back the curtain on Dream of The Endless with a classic tale reprinted from "The Sandman".
Locke & Key: Keyhouse Compendium,
scheduled for release in October, collects the original, sprawling tale
of magic and family, in one massive 900-page hardcover edition complete
with a dust jacket featuring all-new front- and back-cover artwork by
series co-creator Gabriel Rodríguez.
Marking the first time that the core Locke & Key six-volume series has all been collected into a single tome, the Keyhouse Compendium —
much like the doors of Keyhouse itself — transforms all who open its
pages. Witness the triumphs and tragedies of Tyler, Kinsey, and Bode
Locke from their very first steps on the ancestral grounds of
Massachusetts to the climactic final battle with the supernatural entity
Dodge.
In November and January, the most talked-about crossover of 2020 will hit stores: Locke & Key – The Sandman Universe: Hell & Gone, a monumental two-part story that sees the destiny of the Locke family intertwine with the mythos of DC’s The Sandman Universe.
In November, IDW will publish "Locke & Key – The Sandman Universe: Hell & Gone" # 1, followed by DC’s "The Sandman Universe – Locke & Key: Hell & Gone" # 1
in January.
“If you think you can unlock the gates of Hell and just
invite yourself in, you must be dreaming,” the tagline promises, for a
tale crafted by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodríguez, and overseen by Sandman writer and co-creator Neil Gaiman.
Finally, IDW welcomes the Locke & Key series into the company’s comprehensive in-house Spanish Language publishing initiative with the release of Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Bienvenidos a Lovecraft in
February 2021. Collecting the six-issue “Welcome to Lovecraft”
storyline that introduced the Locke kids and their nemesis Dodge, Bienvenidos a Lovecraft expands
the accessibility of Hill and Rodríguez’s storytelling to
Spanish-speaking communities throughout the United States, Mexico, and
Canada.
Be sure to follow IDW on social media for the latest information regarding IDW’s complete line of Locke & Key products!
For Further Reading (alle Bände sind bei uns in der Torstraße erhältlich!)
Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft • FC • $19.99 US / $25.99 CAN • ISBN 978-1-60010-384-1
Locke & Key, Vol. 2: Head Games • FC • $19.99 US / $25.99 CAN • ISBN 978-1-60010-761-0
Locke & Key, Vol. 3: Crown of Shadows • FC • $19.99 US / $25.99 CAN • ISBN 978-1-60010-953-9
Locke & Key, Vol. 4: Keys to the Kingdom • FC • $19.99 US / $25.99 CAN • ISBN 978-1-61377-207-2
Locke & Key, Vol. 5: Clockworks • FC • $19.99 US / $25.99 CAN • ISBN 978-1-61377-699-5
Locke & Key, Vol. 6: Alpha & Omega • FC • $24.99 US / $33.99 CAN • ISBN 978-1-63140-144-2
About the Creators
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.
