Joe Hill in comics

You may not know who Joe Hill is. I didn't know who Joe Hill was until I just read this post. If you did know, good for you. If not, read on and we'll learn together. Joe Hill is a rather popular suspense writer (Heart-Shaped Box and Twentieth Century Ghosts) who's star is on the rise. Twentieth Century Ghosts received quite the many awards (British Fantasy Award, International Horror Guild Award and the Bram Stoker Award, while Heart-Shaped Box was named in Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2007 list. While rising, his star happened to take a detour to IDW Publishing, where Hill will be writing a six-issue miniseries called Locke and Key that will be available this month (with art by Gabriel Rodriguez). "Hill is one of the most talented up-and-coming horror writers I've read in years," says Chris Ryall, publisher and editor-in-chief for IDW Publishing. "He has the unique ability to compress epic-like tales into a tightly developed series of brief episodes. This approach is nothing short of perfect for comics." I'm intrigued... Joe Hill comes to comics Joe Hill's Blog