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52. Locke & Key (19 points)
Nominated by: scarletspeed7 (2/5 remaining)
https://imgur.com/gallery/G7UcDsE

Importance: 4
Fear: 7
Snake: 8

If the name of the first volume didn't already clue in you in to what you're getting yourself into, Locke & Key is a heavily Lovecraft inspired comic series with plenty of its own originality to go around. Written by Joe Hill and illustrated by Gabriel Rodrguez, it details the story of the Keyhouse, which below it is a portal to another dimension filled with demons. The comic initially follows a very simple haunted house ghost story, as a family moves into the Keyhouse after the recent death of their father. The youngest, Bode Locke, finds the ghost door, separating his spirit from his body, and from there the insanity only grows worse & worse. In true Lovecraftian fashion, Locke & Key deals with the concepts of cosmicism and insanity and the hopelessness that nothing you do really matters in the end. However, some of the artwork and focus on children can feel light-hearted at times but it really makes the horror stand out a lot more when they really start breaking out the cosmic monsters. There are 6 volumes to the series and 1 collection of one-shots, and it's not a very long read. Several attempts have been made to adapt the series into a TV show or film, and right now it's in the hands of Netflix. Maybe one day something will come of it.
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