Johnny+the+Homicidal+Maniac+by+Jhonen+Vasquez

//Johnny the// //Homicidal Maniac//, or //JtHM// for short, is a graphic novel written by Jhonen Vasquez. It first appeared in a goth magazine //Carpe Noctem// as a short comic strip. Later it consisted of seven sequential parts that created a book. The comic has a few sections to it with interwined plots. The most important one is of course Johny the Homicidal Maniac, but there also is //Johnny the Suicidal Maniac// (where Johny attempts to kill himself because the voices in his head tell him to), //Happy Noodle Boy// (which is a comic book that Johnny writes himself) and //Johnny's Die-ary//. The comic series were published between August 1995 and January 1997 by Slave labour Graphics. Eventually, two more comics were made based using characters from //JtHM//: //Squee!// (a comic about a little boy living next door to Johnny) and //I Feel Sick// (a comic about Devi, Johnny's girlfriend which he attempted to kill). //Johnny the// //Homicidal Maniac// is a black and white comic. Its main focus is criticizing today's society using irony and dark comedy.
 * Intro:**

The audience meets Todd (Squee is what Johnny calls him because that is the only sound the boy could make when he met Johnny) before Johnny. Todd's parents neglect him. His mother never seems to have time or want to pay attention to him and his father tells Todd every day that he hates him because he believes that Todd ruined his life. One night, after moving into a new house number 779, Todd finds that the window to his room is broken and notices a trail of blood leading to the bathroom. He tries to get help from his parents but they ignore him. Holding onto his stuffed bear Shmee, who can talk, Todd enters the bathroom and sees Johnny searching for Bactine. They meet and Johnny carries a conversation with Shmee which leads to Nny (Johnny's homicidal side) stabbing the stuffed bear with a knife. Johnny leaves through the window and reminds Squee to leave it open next time because he does not want to break it again. Squee tramatized cannot sleep for the rest of the night.
 * Plot:**

One day a man taking a survey comes to Johnny's front door and starts asking him about the recent violent crimes that took place in the neighborhood. Johnny, paranoid that a dog that was following him two nights ago sent this man, Johnny drags the man into his house. Eventually, he agrees to answer the questions on the survey which leads to a long discussion about the stupidity and ignorance of society, as well as Johnny's beliefs on whether or not violent media causes people to perform violent acts. At one point the man comments on a particular victim found with no blood in her body. The man assumes that the killer had to drink the blood. Johnny gets offended (the audience realizes that Johnny is the one commiting these crimes) and explains that he takes the blood from his victims because he needs to paint a wall in his house with the fresh blood as it changes colour when it dries. Nny then stabs the man several times and throws him outside. The man lands right infront of shocked Todd.

Johnny, the main character of the novel continues to kill people who are mean to him and irritate him through out the novel. This makes Johnny go crazy. Creatures in his house start talking to him but they are only creations of his imagination. The Nailbunny, a bunny Johnny once nailed to the wall is Nny's sane side that talks him out of making a lot of mistakes, killing some people and himself. Mr. Fuck and Psycho Doughboy are opposing creatures that keep fighting between each other, like the good and evil sides of Johnny's insanity. Mr. Fuck wants Nny to be happy, while Psycho Doughboy keeps telling Nny to kill himself. Johnny also has a girlfriend named Devi for a while but he tries to kill her to preserve their happiness and she runs away from him.

After a while, Johnny starts listening to the creatures of his imagination and he allows them to control him. This leads to Johnny killing himself by accident. He is send to heaven by mistake and meets God, who is a big lazy baby and refuses to answer any of Johnny's questions about his existence on Earth. Johnny then proceeds to travel to Hell. Hell is filled with stupid people and the Devil explains to Johnny that he does not belong here either. He specifies that Johnny was picked to kill the evil and stupid people on Earth because he is so insane that it would not affect him anyways.

Johnny gets send back to Earth. He tries to apologize to Devi for his previous behaviour but she refuses to take him back. This causes Nny to say goodbye to Squee and leave the city saying that he is looking forward to changing his ways in the future.