You need to really appreciate dark comedy to enjoy this. So if you're easily offended, think everything is sunshine and rainbows, or like your violence rated PG you should probably stay away from this one. (Oh, and parents, you probably don't want to give it to your child without at least knowing what twisted horrors are inside)
Johnny the Homicidal Maniac (JTHM) is just that, a homicidal maniac. His psychosis is encouraged by two styrofoam dough boys and the wall's need to be covered in fresh blood. Throughout the comic, we meet his victims in various stages of their tortuous demise. But Johnny, also called Nny, feels he is doing society a solid by killing those that are a negative impact on society as a whole or the media world. It makes this comic surprisingly insightful and philosophical. And of course, there are the extremely creative and gruesome deaths drawn out. Ways that you would probably never think of.
This comic is created by Jhonen Vasquez, most famous for the Nickelodeon series Invader Zim. He has also created the JTHM off-shoot Squee, who is Nny's elementary aged next door neighbor. Nny takes great pleasure in terrifying Squee, who's real name is actually Todd. And somehow his parents never find out. . .
Jhonen has a very distinctive dark humor and drawing style. So if you are fans of either Zim or Squee, you will like JTHM. Though, this is much more adult oriented than Zim ever was. He continues his themes of strange comedic violence, control, self-questionable sanity, and just plain messing with you attitude. He also brings forward his opinions on fan-girls and fan-boys, which is negative to say the least.
I highly recommend this to fans of dark comedy, the morbid, horror, goth, Jhonen Vasquez, Roman Dirge/Lenore, Serena Valentino/Gloomcookie.
