Read 12 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. The book works because it's not simply a splatter book with the killer we all know and love. Johnny C. (or Nny) kills people, not only the ones who deserve it, but people who call him wacky and randoms he meets on the street. You can scream and curse to where your throat rebels and ruptures. You can pray, all you want, to whatever god you think will listen. The closest thing he has to a friend is his neighbor, a small boy named Squee, and he writes a comic called Happy Noodle Boy. Story and art by Jhonen Vasquez. Nny has basically no backstory, but the little bit that's revealed about him during his trips to heaven and hell in JTHM #6 started to set up a unique cosmology that the series doesn't have time to further develop. The closest thing he has to a friend is his neighbor, a small boy named Squee, and he writes a comic called Happy Noodle Boy. Be the first to ask a question about Johnny the Homicidal Maniac There are supernatural influences behind Nny's killing sprees, making it impossible for him to be caught, even when brutally killing someone in public. There's more going on here than gratuitous blood and shock humor - although there's a healthy dose of that, to which I do not, in principle, object. Mayhem and violence rule in this collection of issues #1-7 of Jhonen Vasquez's Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, as well as material seen before only in Carpe Noctem magazine. The book was published in multiple languages including English, consists of 168 pages and is available in Paperback format. It goes on, with no sign as to when it might release you.Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat.
(I've been reading it online) But I have a couple questions for what the book is like: Is the 'directors cut' the complete book issues 1 - 7? He is perhaps one of Johnny C.'s most devoted fans, to the point of madness.
For those who are fans of the TV show Invader Zim but don't know JTHM, please educate yourselves This is truly a dark, captivating, clever and completely insane work of art. Sometimes, Johnny shows feelings of self-hatred for the horrible things he does. The main theme of the story is Nny questioning his place in the world, and why things are the way they are. And of course, some of the scenes of the Meanwhile comic strips are referenced later in the Johnny the Homicidal Maniac storyline. We’d love your help. But alas, it's no Zim. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. At the end of the comic, Johnny attempts to reform himself by abandoning his emotions in favor of cold intellect, going on what is referred to as a "vacation." One of my favorite critics recently noted that “The Stuff that gets under your skin at seventeen never really leaves you.” That’s true, but it’s also true that sometimes under the skin is where it should stay. The must-read summer beach book is a kind of American tradition. However, the story is way deeper than just ruthless killing. What struck me in rereading this was that, at least in early works like JTHM and Squee!, he made it work. Which is weird because it was such a thing for me! It chronicles the experiences of Nny(short for Johnny) C., a man who kills people who even slightly irk him. But that's purely for the benefit of other people reading this, as there's rather little that actually disturbs me in the realm of fiction and, while this complete collection of Vasquez's infamous comic is certainly gorey and twisted, I find quite a lot within its pages to enjoy and value.I put this book on my fantasy-and-adventure shelf, but it really deserves it's own shelf called "F&*%ing twisted". I decided to revisit this on a nostalgic impulse when I saw it at a comic shop (the awesome In The Ball Park of Lancaster, OH). Johnny's existential crises come hard, fast and psychotic, as well as at the cost of many many lives. Very pre 9/11 nihilism, but rereading it was nostalgic fun.This comic book is not for the faint of heart. What struck me in rereading this was that, at leastLike any other self-respecting high school goth kid of the early 2000s, I was a teenage Jhonen Vasquez fan. The book works because it's not simply a splatter book with the killer we all know and love. This open-ended conclusion leaves room for a second series of comics, but the creator has expressed no interest so far to continue Nny's story. But alas, it's no Zim. The art is sharp and clean, with no scribbles, all solid, black and white print, it looks very good at even a glance. Is t...Mayhem and violence rule in this collection of issues one through seven of Jhonen Vasquez's Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, as well as material seen before only in Carpe Noctem magazine.
To wrap up, this is brilliant and definitely worth reading, even if you're not into this type of stuff, you probably will be after all, enjoy.A brilliant, extremely violent graphic novel that tells the story of a madman (and cartoonist) named Johnny (friends call him Nny), driven by forces he doesn't understand to keep a wall in his basement covered in fresh blood, lest the demon behind it should break free.