I am made of FAIL when it comes to book commentary at the moment. I’m too busy to do more than snatch a chapter here and there while eating, let alone write anything coherent here. I owe you at least three book reports. But I did manage to find the time to race through a graphic novel. After all, we have a new Hugo category to think about. And this particular book was by someone whose writing I have greatly admired.

Of course Joe Hill writes horror, so any graphic novel he produces is going to be full of some pretty gruesome stuff. Locke & Key is no exception, and Gabriel Rodriguez doesn’t pull many punches. He seems particularly fond of doing nasty things to people’s eyes. But, as usual, Joe’s script is full of beautiful human touches. His principal protagonists are all kids of various ages, and he has drawn them very well. Besides, I can’t resist a book set on Lovecraft Island, and featuring a boat called the Kelly Link.

The graphic novel is a reprint of a comic series, but that series ended in 2008 so it is Hugo-eligible.

Must get to a comics shop so that I can catch up on Captain Britain.