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Johnny the Homicidal Maniac: Directors Cut by: Jhonen Vasquez

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Rating: - JTHM The best, psycho, comic ever ^^

I got JTHM 2 weeks ago, and since them i've read it 7 times or more :)
its some what the best comic i have read so far, its dark and cruel but still hillariuos.
My best advise is to buy it your self and get a good laugh of Jnny and his way og killing people in his self lothing and failling attempts of suicide.

Rating: - Awesome and funny!

Now who says Goths are miserable? This is a super funny, and of course, super dark and violent graphic novel from Jhonen Vasquez. Still makes me giggle.

Many angry teen fantasies are put on the page here. There is plenty of humour packed violence, with some of the most imaginative torture scenes and deaths I have ever seen! Who hasn't wanted to exact revenge on the shallow, trendies at school and college? Or go on a rampage in Starbucks? This book is for you! JTHM follows the adventures of Johnny (shortened to Nny), who lives with some evil doughboys that encourage his madness (kill kill kill!!!!), a wall that constantly needs a fresh coat of blood, ( it needs to be wet or "things" will come through!!!!) and his err "guests". Join Nny as he frightens the little boy next door (Squee - who has a book all of his own!) and kills nasty people and tries to find out who/why/what he is.

Angry?? Confused?? Nny will help you! This is a bind up of all the comics, plus an intervierw with Jhonen and a history of Nnys development, with some great sketches. Plus some nice character profiles! And don't forget happy noodle boy! Excellent!

Rating: - Exceptional Art

The artwork is unique, the writing is hilarious and the characters are simply brilliant, my favourite being the wonderfully twisted and suicidal Psychodoughboy. There is no better way to revel in Vasquez's exceptional talents than to read *and laugh your ass off to* this 5 star graphic novel. This is a win in every aspect for Vasquez, and well worth buying.

Rating: - Amazing

JTHM really is amazing, at first you just get a lot of mindless violence, which is entertaining in sick kind of way, because of the creativeness, but then the more you read, you learn more about Nny. And lest we forget - Happy Noodle Boy rocks!

Rating: - Black has never been so dark

Where can you start with this? Jhonen Vasquez has proven himself to be a formidable presence in the alternative comic market and with good reason. His work is both terrifying and hilarious...trust me, it's possible.

The surreal, dark and exceptionally twisted Johnny inhabits a small world in his mind that has been skewed by something in his past - what it is we don't know and as insensitive people, we don't much care. Because of this Johnny has developed a nasty habit of torturing and killing the majority of people he comes into contact with - people who kick his chair at the cinema, people who 'gotta have a smoke' and any person that could actually love him. Scratch that; it's people in general. The only person exempt from his onslaught is Squee, his highly-traumatised-only-weighs-as-much-as-a-cheeseburger-neighbour, who despite Johnny's efforts to watch out for him always ends up psychologically scarring him. Tragic, no? Not only that, but Johnny is often suicidal, but even this is funny - 'It's such a beautiful night...I think I'll kill myself.' or when he attempts to commit suicide, fails and then is rescued from his depression by a dioreahha advert on TV.

The artwork is a dense geometrical black and white labyrinth, with the panels not in conventional rows and columns, all the more adding to the insanity that is Johnny. Also, what makes the artwork so alluring is the way the panels are drawn in the style of camera angles as opposed to traditional forward-facing comic characters.
The stories are a mixture of horrific levels of violence and Johnny's insightful soliloquies where he tries to justify his actions, the main one being that there is a 'thing' behind his wall and if he doesn't keep the wall wet with blood the 'thing' will get out and do more damage than Johnny ever could.

Whilst this could be a recipe for a bad blood-soaked comic that's only good for lighting the fire, Vasquez has an explosive sense of humour that makes you burst out laughing even when disembowelling his one and only fan. Vasquez has created a complete universe of death, torture and Frooty Pops that is perfect to curl up with on a Sunday afternoon. No, really, it'll make you smile!

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