Johnny the Homicidal Maniac

Johnny the Homicidal Maniac
Author:	Jhonen Vasquez
Publisher:	Slave Labor Graphics
Original run:	August 1995 - January 1997
Volumes:	7

Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, often abbreviated as JtHM, is a black-and-white comic book series created by Jhonen Vasquez, and was his first work. It began as a series of short strips published in the goth magazine Carpe Noctem, and was later published in seven issues by Slave Labor Graphics. After the initial run, the series was collected in a trade paperback entitled JTHM: Directors Cut.

The series follows the life of Johnny C.., nicknamed Nny (pronounced "knee"), who is a psychopathic murderer, and Squee, his next door neighbor.

Characters

• Johnny C.
• Devi D.
• Squee
• Shmee
• Nailbunny
• Mr. Eff
• Psycho DoughBoy
• Señor Diablo/Mr. Satan
• Anne Gwish
• Happy Noodle Boy
• Wobbly-Headed Bob

Issues

Issue 1

Main article: JtHM (first issue)

Issue 2

Main article: JtHM (second issue)

Issue 3

Main article: JtHM (third issue)

Issue 4

Main article: JtHM (fourth issue)

Issue 5

Main article: JtHM (fifth issue)

Issue 6

Main article: JtHM (sixth issue)

Issue 7

Main article: JtHM (seventh issue)

Settings

The series is set in the mid-1990s in an unspecified city. Decaying urban streets,shadowed back alleys and filthy convenience stores serve as the series' backdrop. Crumbling and covered with litter and graffiti, everything is in a state of bleak decay, overlit by the neon signs of trashy consumer capitalism.

Johnny lives in a decrepit,single-story house with the street address 777. The house has an extensive labyrinth of tunnels underneath. Johnny uses the subterranean rooms as dungeons and torture chambers,as well as a storage place for corpses, though he also buries the remains of his victims. The tunnels also provide him with a network to various locations, such as his neighbor Squee's residence.

External Links

• Wikipedia article