Jhonen Vasquez

One of my favorite comics ever- if not my most favorite comic series. I was introduced to this back in HS and it changed my life. It really takes a trip to the dark, deep corners of the human psyche and is quite thought provoking. Even though violent and gruesome forward, it has a mild emotional & touching undertone to it. 100% hilarious. It's like Chicken soup for the soul if you don't mind the raw chicken skeleton in it and a few feathers stuck to it.

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 show more least in early works like JTHM and Squee!, he made it work. There's more going on here than gratuitous blood and shock humor - although there's a healthy dose of that, to which I do not, in principle, object. When I finished it last night, I was actually surprised to realize that I wanted there to be more. Nny has basically no backstory, but the little bit that's revealed about him during his trips to heaven and hell in JTHM #6 started to set up a unique cosmology that the series doesn't have time to further develop. In conclusion - "Kids, don't be scared! He don't bite!" show less

The graphic novel is almost as good as the show! The only thing it is missing is the voices, which I can do in my head.... Anyways, if you are a big fan of the show, the authors stuck close to the characters as we know them but also adapted them to evolve a little into their respective roles. The same dry, dark humor is there and even a filler "episode"! For those that are new to Invader Zim... I would watch the show then read the comic

What can I say about dear ol' Nny? LOL He is so delightfully mad in a completely insane world. For many of us Jhonen Vasquez fans, this is where it all began. Just us, Johnny, Nail Bunny and a few dead bodies laying around.
For those who are fans of the TV show Invader Zim but don't know JTHM, please educate yourselves 😉 This is truly a dark, captivating, clever and completely insane work of art. ❤❤❤❤❤
Devilishly demented.
JTHM stands for Johnny The Homicidal Maniac. He is a young show more man who struggles with more than just mental illness. He has psychotic episodes, hallucinations, and more than that a desire to commit murder. He stuffs rats into stuffed animals and puts them into blenders. He Nails animals to the wall and then speaks to them. Creepier yet, they speak to him! He keeps people in the basement to exact his need for violence and bloodshed. And he constantly battles with the desire to commit suicide.
This is one of my most favorite comic book series. I love the artwork that Jhonen Vasquez presents. It is both creepy and stimulating to the eye. But as the creator of the Invader Zim series I would expect nothing less.
JTHM was his first adventure into creation via art and I have to say it's most definitely his best. The distain for living day today and the characters discust for the rest of humanity are really felt through his artwork.
JTHM is both extremely comical and horrifyingly terrible. But obviously it is only that way for a select type of reader. I feel that most people would find this comic very unsettling. However I also feel that this is geared more towards the younger generations who would see the comedy of irony in it. I could speak volumes on this work but I will stop there to restrain myself from babbling LOL.
I would highly recommend this comic book series to anyone who likes Invader Zim or creepy comics in general. show less