Locke & Key/Sandman: Hell & Gone #1

[cyberghostface]

"One of the great pleasures of my professional life is that Neil has been a friend and something of a mentor to me. He kind of took me under his wing after my first novel came out. Once upon a time he workshopped my pitches for the Doctor Who TV show. He's just very generous with his time and with his imagination. So it's been this tremendous professional pleasure for him to open the door to us and let us play in his sandbox for awhile. It's our goal to make the most of it and do something that's satisfying for readers that avoids the pitfalls of crossovers, like fan service as opposed to telling a story that has emotional weight and stakes." -- Joe Hill

Comments

[deh_tommy]

You... you complete and utter madmen. Joe friggin’ Hill pitches a story for your borderline-horror anthology at Neil bloody Gaiman’s recommendation, and you said NO?

[cyberghostface]

Yeah it’s baffling. Unless this was before he became famous? Granted he’s not as nearly as popular as his dad but he’s big enough especially within genre circles that him writing an episode could only help.

[deh_tommy]

Who’s his dad?

I’m guessing this was in the Moffat years? Even if Hill wasn’t famous, the dude still had an impressive enough resumé, what with Horns and Locke & Key and whatnot. Those awards surely didn’t come from nowhere.

[donnblake]

Joe Hill's father is Stephen King.