Johnny the Homicidal Maniac

Johnny the Homicidal Maniac

Johnny the Homicidal Maniac

Status:
Completed

Alternate name:
Johnny the Homicidal Maniac 1997

Released:
1997

Author:
Jhonen Vasquez

Genres:
Fantasy,

Summary

The series begins when Squee wakes in the middle of the night to find Johnny in the bathroom of his family''s new house. After a confrontation with Squee''s teddy bear, Shmee, Johnny leaves, informing Squee that they are neighbors. Later, a survey-taker tries to collect Johnny''s opinion on a recent rash of murders around the city. When the man asks about a possible case of vampirism, Johnny explains that he has to keep a wall in his house wet with the blood of his victims because the wall changes color as it dries (later the story changes to suggest a monster imprisoned there will break free), then pushes the surveyor forcefully through a boarded window, scaring Squee in the process. Johnny goes on a rampage with a spork in a Taco Hell restaurant, incited by an elderly patron referring to him as ''wacky''. Following the slaughter, Johnny watches its coverage on the news. Johnny debates Psychodoughboy and Nail Bunny on whether or not he should commit suicide, but the group gets distracted by a commercial for diarrhea medicine.