Jhonny the Homicidal Maniac

[ZiM The Homicidal Maniac]

Have youy read the Whole series? The early, Karp Noctem ones? (I read all those for a while, despite the magazine itself sucking) Those didn't have that much humor, (Except a little punchline at the very end, or the ways he words some things, which were intended to be funny yet serious at the same time)


You know what? Yeah, Johnny IS too funny to be taken THAT seriously, but many moments are terrific material. The best comic I can find for that though is "Batman: The Dark Knight returns". the gory gothic series where Batman is getting older, but instead of doing that "Batman Beyond" shit, he INSISTS he must keep going. He goes almost insane with grief, depression etc. and ends up slaughtering, maiming, killing, ripping apart etc. a giant gang full of HUNDREDS of maniacal fuckers.


Anyway, Nny is not the most serious one out there I guess, like you said, but it is great like that at alot of times (the "2:00 A.M." stories, the "Caf'e Le Prick" thing, the "Confessions" one, the "Johnny THe Lovestruck YOu-Know-What" one, just to name a few).