Locke & Key

IDW Classic Collections - Welcome To Lovecraft and Head Games

Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriguez

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Idea & Design Works
24 March 2026

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Hailed as a ""modern masterpiece"" by The A.V. Club, this new pocket-sized edition (6 9 inches) tells a sprawling tale of magic and family, legacy and grief, good and evil.

Hailed as a ""modern masterpiece"" by The A.V. Club, this new pocket-sized edition (6 9 inches) tells a sprawling tale of magic and family, legacy and grief, good and evil.

Acclaimed suspense novelist and New York Times best-selling 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! This new edition includes Welcome to Lovecraft and Head Games.

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.

The IDW Classic Collections will collect the six-volume series into three convenient, pocket-sized editions. The second volume will include Crown of Shadows and Keys to the Kingdom; the third volume will include Clockworks and Alpha & Omega.

By: Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriguez
Imprint: Idea & Design Works
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9798887243887
Pages: 328
Publication Date: 24 March 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Joe Hillis the #1New York Timesbestselling author ofFull Throttle, The Fireman, Heart-Shaped Box, andNOS4A2, 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 Rodriguez. Born in Santiago, Chile,Gabriel Rodriguezbegan working as an illustrator in the late 90s and in 2002 started drawing books for IDW Publishing, includingCSI,George Romero's Land of the Dead, andBeowulf, amongst others. In 2007, he co-created the award-winning seriesLocke & Key with Joe Hill. He continued developing other creator-owned projects- the Eisner-winningLittle Nemo- Return to Slumberland, with Eric Shanower; Sword of Ages; and the gritty sci-fi adventureOnyx, with Chris Ryall. In 2019, he partnered with Hill once again for two newLocke & Keystories, ""Dog Days"" and ""Nailed It.""

Reviews for Locke & Key: IDW Classic Collections - Welcome To Lovecraft and Head Games

""A modern masterpiece..."" — AV Club ""It's great! ...The art here by Gabriel Rodriguez is some of the finest stuff in comics today... The team of Hill and Rodriguez is top notch!"" — Blair Butler, Fresh Ink ""Solid pacing and plot twists, combined with Rodriguez's clean lines and detailed pencils make Locke & Key a lock for best horror book of the week."" — Wizard Magazine ""In a year of auspicious comics debuts, Joe Hill turned in one of the few comics that truly came from a different place. Written with skill that makes me jealous, courage that makes me smile, and honesty and brutality that makes me want to see what comes next. Okay, I'm officially a fan."" — Ed Brubaker ""A modern suspense thriller meets something more wondrous and magical."" — IGN