| I like this book. Putting it simple. I read the one star reviews on this book and I wonder: "Did they read it?" I get this idea they just read a couple of pages and said: "Eww! This is discusting!" and decided to wright a bad review. I found Johnny's points of view to be insightful and a good topic for debates. I even found that, even though some of his artwork was disturbing, it was rather funny. Face it humans may think we evolved from being primal, but really this is what suppressed gore is like. The style that Jhonen works with is stick-figurish. But he draws in a way that is very hard to pull off; his characters are in weird perspectives, and their really cool to look at. The story is about a guy named Johnny or Nny for short (it sounds like 'knee' as in knee-cap). He is what the title claims him to be- Johnny the Homicidal Maniac (JTHM), JTSM, JTRM. Nny murders/tortures people. He's insane, the story shows that. He also scares the boy next door to him, Squee. Johnny's not all bad, he does help Squee out, twice. The creature behind the wall, god, and Senor Diablo are all very creative characters Jhonen thought up. But on another note, read this book, I mean actually read it. Yeah its gorey, and can be disturbing to people with closed-minds. Big deal, thats no reason to put down some one's artwork or view of the world. Oh and one more thing, JTHM was created before Invader Zim. IZ is one of my fav shows, but people it was created for Nick! A kids cartoon station! Do you really think they'd put anything like Jhonen's original gorey style on the air? Gezz. Have some respect for the guys original stuff. Ok, that will be all. |
Johnny The Homicidal Maniac: Director's Cut Books In Print, Audio Books.