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| Title | : | Johnny the Homicidal Maniac: Director's Cut (Johnny the Homicidal Maniac ) |
| Author | : | Jhonen Vásquez |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 168 pages |
| Published | : | July 15th 1997 by Slave Labor Graphics (first published June 1997) |
| Categories | : | Sequential Art. Comics. Graphic Novels. Horror. Fiction. Humor. Graphic Novels Comics. Comic Book |
Jhonen Vásquez
Paperback | Pages: 168 pages Rating: 4.33 | 9058 Users | 431 Reviews
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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. Dark and disturbingly funny, JTHM follows the adventures of Johnny (you can call him Nny), who lives with a pair of styrofoam doughboys that encourage his madness, a wall that constantly needs a fresh coat of blood, and--oh, yeah--his victims in various states of torture. Join Nny as he frightens the little boy next door (Todd, known to fans of Vasquez's work as Squee), thirsts for Cherry Brain Freezies, attempts suicide, draws Happy Noodle Boy, and tries to uncover the meaning of his homicidal existence.
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| Original Title: | Johnny the Homicidal Maniac: Director's Cut |
| ISBN: | 0943151163 (ISBN13: 9780943151168) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Johnny the Homicidal Maniac |
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Ratings: 4.33 From 9058 Users | 431 ReviewsAppraise About Books Johnny the Homicidal Maniac: Director's Cut (Johnny the Homicidal Maniac )
A very dark and disturbing comic. The title says it all. If that kind of art doesn't appeal to you, then this is not for you. Enjoyed following Johnny and his depraved mind. The only issue I had was reading it. The words are all smashed close together and written in all caps. It took me longer to read than the usual comic but was still worth it.I came across this strangely charming comic through knowledge of Jhonen's newer works (from my icon, if you're familiar with it, you'll probably of guessed that certain works to be the cult-hit cartoon, Invader ZIM). I was not certain about this comic, while not squeamish or put off by hefty amounts of gore (Bloody Mess perk on Fallout 3), a comic solely about a homicidal maniac didn't strike me as particularly thorough material. However, I managed to find a scan of the first part online and
So this is the first comic/graphic novel I have ever read and YES I realize I'm severely behind the times with this one. Rather than sneaking under high school bleachers to read this and feeling uber cool for reading something about a psycho killer, I read this in college and felt uber cool for reading something about a psycho killer. In my defense, I was all of about 6 when this first came out and I was not an uber cool toddler (what with the whole not-brushing-my-hair phase and all).I really
I actually became aware of this book by a girl in one of our old youth groups. She was a huge fan of the series, and recommended them to me. I went online and found the compilation and ordered it. This is not a novel, it is more like a graphically illustrated comic book, BUT the writing is solid. Vasquez has a profound statement at the beginning about the "monster" locked inside of all of us. (The reason why we "rubber-neck" at car accident scenes and sometimes fantasize about hurting people
One of my favorite critics recently noted that The Stuff that gets under your skin at seventeen never really leaves you. Thats true, but its also true that sometimes under the skin is where it should stay. Its hard to describe the effect this book had on me when I thumbed through the well read copy that got passed back and forth along with the joints, around the theater group where I made a brief sojourn on in my long quest to fit in at highschool. The novel starts out with a cuddly cartoon
Theres no doubt about it: Jhonen Vasquezs Johnny The Homicidal Maniac comics are pretty sick. Theyre amateurish, grotesque, misanthropic, and, when I was a nerdy teenage comics fan, thoroughly engrossing. Revisiting the series as a nerdy 37-year-old comics fan, its just as revolting and melodramatic as I remember but, surprisingly, theres a lot more going on under the surface than I acknowledged all those years ago. Sorry, but I cant help it, I love these nasty little stories.Not that youd
Like any other self-respecting high school goth kid of the early 2000s, I was a teenage Jhonen Vasquez fan. 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). I've been pretty dismissive of Vasquez in the past, mentally categorizing him based on the "taco cheese moose of doom!" style of random humor made popular by Invader Zim and espoused in Hot Topics the world over. What struck me in rereading this was that, at least
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