Joe Hill "Locke & Key: Small World" Signed Hardcover Graphic Novel [Fine]

Personally signed and dated by Joe Hill directly into the book. Joe Hill’s massive following as a best-selling horror author, combined with Gabriel Rodriguez's intricate artwork, makes this collection a hot commodity in the book collecting world.

IDW Publishing (January 17, 201) "Locke & Key: Small World" Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriguez. Personally signed and dated by Joe Hill on Sept. 25, 2025. Signed First Edition, Fifth Printing. Hardcover graphic novel. Fine/unread condition with crisp pictorial boards. 72 pages. No dust-jacket as issued. Bookseller issued COA.

• Written by Joe Hill 
• Art by Gabriel Rodriguez
• Graphic hardcover novel
• No dust-jackets as issued

Book dimensions: 10 1/2" x 7" x 1/2"

Locke & Key: Small World

Now a Netflix Original Series! Three years after wrapping up their award-winning, bestselling Locke & Key saga, the team that built Keyhouse returns to Lovecraft, Massachusetts with a new tale of terror and suspense! An impossible birthday gift for two little girls unexpectedly throws open a door to a monster on eight legs!

This deluxe hardcover edition contains the new 24-page story and adds pages from various drafts of Joe Hill's scripts, from the earliest hand-written pages to the various revisions; process pages from Gabriel Rodriguez; a special pinup from Brian Coldrick, and more!

About the Locke & Key series

Locke & Key is a dark fantasy comic book series created by writer Joe Hill and artist Gabriel Rodríguez. It follows the Locke siblings as they move into Keyhouse after a family tragedy, discovering magical keys with dangerous and wondrous powers. Hill won an Eisner Award for his writing on the acclaimed series.

Comic Creation and Themes

Origin: Launched in 2008 by IDW Publishing, running across six main storylines (Welcome to Lovecraft, Head Games, Crown of Shadows, Keys to the Kingdom, Clockworks, and Alpha & Omega).

Core Idea: Explores grief, family bonds, and the loss of innocence, contrasting childlike wonder with intense horror elements.

Accolades: Won the 2011 and 2012 Eisner Awards for Best Writer for Joe Hill's work on the title.

Screen Adaptations

Development Journey: Initially eyed for a television pilot at Fox before being adapted successfully years later.

Netflix Series: Adapted into a live-action Netflix show that ran for three seasons from February 2020 to August 2022.

Involvement: Joe Hill served as an executive producer on the television adaptation and made a small cameo appearance as a paramedic.

Joe Hill 

Joe Hill is the #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of The Fireman, NOS4A2, Heart-Shaped Box, and Horns. 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 art of Gabriel Rodriguez.

Gabriel Rodriguez

Born in Santiago, Chile, Gabriel Rodríguez began working as an illustrator in the late 90s and in 2002 started drawing books for IDW Publishing, including CSI, George Romero’s Land of the Dead, and Beowulf, amongst others. In 2007, he co-created the award-winning series Locke & Key with Joe Hill. He continued developing other creator-owned projects: the Eisner-winning Little Nemo: Return to Slumberland, with Eric Shanower; Sword of Ages; and the gritty sci-fi adventure Onyx, with Chris Ryall. In 2019, he partnered with Hill once again for two new Locke & Key stories, “Dog Days” and “Nailed It.”