But I just read it myself!!! And the plot twists and turns had me so hooked! So I’ve decided to reveal as little of the plot as I can and instead focus on what a superhero fan gets out of reading a straight-up horror comic. The series ran from February of 2008 until December of 2013 so there’s a good chance everyone who really wanted to read this has. Why the delay? Basically my problem was I didn’t know how much I could/should reveal about the plot. But it’s taken me two months to figure out what I wanted to say here. I finally mustered my courage and took Nancy’s suggestion to read this series last July.

It took me a little while to figure out how I was going to approach writing this post. Yep, three years ago today was the day we first met! Awwww…let’s mark this special occasion by talking about the gruesome, macabre, and haunting tale of the Locke family shall we? I decided to write this guest post for her today in celebration of our three year anniversary. But I did it! Lastly, this is special because regular readers will notice Kalie’s been super busy with her PhD work of late so, sadly, that means less time for her to write new content. I made a lot of excuses because, well I can be a baby with horror stuff sometimes :). Locke & Key is one of Nancy’s all-time favorites and she’s been urging me to read it for ages. Second, this series came highly recommended by Nancy (half of the awesome twosome Nancy & Kathleen who run the wonderfully geektastic comic blog Graphic Novelty²). I broke brand new genre ground here and it was…an experience. First, as someone who’s loved reading comic books and delighting to the adventures of superheroes since 1986 Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodríguez, and Jay Fotos’ Locke & Key is THE FIRST REAL HORROR COMIC I’ve ever read. This is a special post for a few reasons.

Miller on Red’s Retaliation: The U…īy Michael J. Imperial Talker on “Take a sad song, and make it… Skinamarink: There’s No Place Like Home (The Spoiler-Filled Account of a Horror Phenomenon).Xena the Warrior Princess: Fiction’s Fearless Females.Red’s Retaliation: The Untethering of a Subterranean Revolutionary – Fiction’s Fearless Females.

Fiction’s Fearless Females: Dana Scully.“Take a sad song, and make it better:” My totally sporadic, barely thought-out, unapologetically random top ten Beatles songs list.

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