Talk:Johnny the Homicidal Maniac

message: Because of a lack of secondary sources written about it. Articles get deleted for this reason, but there is a lack of sources and some claims, such as: "Has sparked some controversy", which is unreferenced, "has been criticized", "Later, I Feel Sick was released to show Devi's side of the story, who changed a great deal psychologically, and was taking on the personality of Jhonen Vasquez's feelings towards Nickelodeon." <-- unsourced claim. "It has been suggested by fans that, whether Vasquez intended it or not, Johnny the Homicidal Maniac is an homage of the "revenge fantasy" <-- unsourced claim. "In the webcomic "Sam and Fuzzy the character of Rick Esteban is believed to be an homage to Jhonen" <-- unsourced claim. "These are silly little stories the author created presumably because he wanted to do something different" <-- editor's opinion. Lots and lots and lots of editors' opinions, which Wikipedia is NOT used to publish. Also see WP:Original Research and WP:ATT. --Naruttebayo 02:43, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Original Research

message: Ok, Look. The only two pictures of Johnny here, are from issue six. This might be quite confusing to new readers. Could someone post a new pic of Nny, one with his full hair? TigerDude 14:56, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Pic 

message: Johnny is such a memorable character. I especially enjoy the Happy Noodle Boy comics. --Nob
Gar! I made my first edit without logging in. *sniff*
--Quid 19:04, 16 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other 

message: Is it really relevant what some fanfiction writers think Johnny may be the grown up version of? 
--Quid 14:48, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fanfic 

message: 1) Should this article include summaries of all the strips? The summaries are great, but isn't it a bit much? What's Wikipedia's policy on this?
2) Is Johnny an anti-hero or a villian? He  says he's a villian during his encounter with Mmy.
- Ryan
To answer your second question, JTHM is an Antihero, because he is the main character. Read wikipedia's article on anti-hero's. He considers himself a villian, but so do most Antihero's. A villian opposes the hero.
Would the doughboys therefore be the actual villains of the comic, then? --boiled_elephant 13:28, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I believe so, because they are hindering JtHM 71.211.6.193 18:21, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Two Concerns 

message: I just noticed this. In the comic strip where Nny is telling someone about killing a girl and laughing about it, he then asks the victim (who he's telling the story too) if he thinks it's funny. Look at the victim. It's Kirk.
I'm not sure what issue that appears in, but Krik definitely appears in Issue Two.  Also, Edgar Vargas should be added to the characters list.
--WalterJid 01:24, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trivia 

message: Do we really need to include each and every character that appeared in the comic, from Damned Elise to Krik?
well, Kirk had a whole issue to himself, but some of the others aren't as important. And sign your comments please! Devilmaycare 09:57, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If a daughter article is created, the correct style is Characters of Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, and it should have sections for both major and minor characters. Such an article may not be a bad idea; it would help cut down on a lot of the bloat in this article, and we could still include bios for the most important characters in this top-level article. -Silence 23:21, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I will start up that Characters of Johnny the Homicidal Maniac article as soon as I get a chance, if no one beats me to it. If we can make daughter articles for both the Story and Character sections, this article would be much better, I think. I have no idea if that is called for, though. If so, would you happen to know what the proper title for an article with the content of the Story section would be? That article could also contain descriptions of the Meanwhiles and whatnot as well. Ecto 00:48, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

text: To be fair, there is a spoiler warning at the top of the article, so try to watch out for those. That said, I am not sure if Wikipedia is the place for recaping the entire storyline of a series, but only in as much detail as we see in this article. It could stand to be cut down to the most basic plot movements. What I was suggesting was a list of strip titles (both JTHM and Meanwhiles and whatnot), rather than a description of what happens in each strip, but I suppose that would not be called for since Wikipedia generates a table of contents anyway, and a daughter article about the story would have one of those. Ecto 00:48, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I agree that the detailed recap is way too much. It's practically word-for-word in places.--ChristineDelusion 00:03, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Characters 

message: I went ahead and deleted a sentence stating that, until the Squee comics, it was unknown that Johnny had blue hair and light brown skin because the JTHM comics were in black and white. Not only did this make no sense (the Squee comics were also black and white) but the colored-in covers of the JTHM comics show Johnny as having black hair and very jaundiced looking skin, and this was confirmed in interviews with Jhonen Vasquez as I recall. The placement of the line was right after the sentence about Nny's age, and if anyone can actually explain what the original comment was about, feel free to replace it.
--Sobekneferu 10:16, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Johnny's appearance 

message: Did Jimmy first appear in Issue Six in that one random scene?  I don't have that issue anymore, so I'm not sure if this was Jimmy or another Johnny C. look-alike.
--WalterJid 00:29, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jimmy (Mmy) 

message: Someone put "'Nny Loves Lidda!!!" as the opening paragraph for the section on Johnny's charcater. I took that out; I assume it was some wacko fangirl who just put that there.--Sobekneferu 09:59, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Weird fangirl? 

message: Is Jhonen Thinking of writing NNY again?  There was a little bit of a clue at the end when he said he was going on a "little vacation," or maybe it's just wishful thinking...
The best evidence I can find is his rendition of a more recent Nny from his website. http://www.questionsleep.com/gallery/nnyface.jpg Poonerpoob 04:59, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Return 

message: It says on the article that Johnny the homicidal maniac gained 'some' controversy. What controversy? Negative or positive? I know some people despise JTHM but I wouldn't call it 'controversy.' And if not negative controversy but positive, I'd simply consider that 
"cult fame"-The Powerful
I have to agree.  I saw that in there and it seemed rather pointless...There is no discussion of the controversy, nor of it's basis.  I'd remove it if I weren't so lazy...
72.241.165.155 19:48, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Controversy? 

message: I'm not familiar with the series, but was reading through and noticed that both Kirk and Krik are mentioned in the section "Issue #5." Are there two characters with similar names or is it a spelling error? Stryke3 18:42, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kirk and Krik 

message: It's JHONNY the Homicidal Maniac, NOT JOHNNY! WTF???? 72.178.229.245 09:48, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  WTF?? 

message: I'm thinking of deleting the whole "synopsis" section, as it seems to be a description of everything. A short synopsis is fine, but this is just ridiculous. Would someone mind writing a short synopsis overview? -Wooty Woot? contribs 20:06, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Or better yet, make a short synopsis and put the current one as a new article Plot of Johnny the Homicidal Maniac --Naruttebayo 02:41, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That thought occurred but we don't have plot sections for any other, more notable entertainment works. I also don't think that would be encyclopedic. -Wooty Woot? contribs 02:55, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually we do have plot summaries of many other more notable works, including episode-by-episode guides, not to mention movies, of, course. I mean, you could make a whole paragraph out of links to the things.--Naruttebayo 03:23, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  cruft cruft cruft can't get enough 

message: Anne Gwish, Tess, Johnny, and all of the human characters seem to be goth (and making fun of it)... but, there isn't much about them. And, what happened to the bits about each comic? Perhaps, rather than giving away each story, you could include the bits concerning the basic plot of each? This causes a little bit of concern to me. Please, anybody who knows alot about the supporting goths, add something!
Goths aren't being made fun of in the comic. I'm a goth, and Jhonen really doesn't express 'hatred' in his art, just homages and self-parody. Don't be a troll.
I didn't say that he was doing anything wrong. Yes, he's self-pardoy-ing the comic; I believe I said that. But, the characters do make little bits about gothdom, such as the rumour that we all want individuality and yet we say that everybody else is a fag. In fact, some still do, and that whole rumour is made into a joke that is found throughout the comic. I like Jhonen Vasquez's works myself, and yes, I am a goth, but that's not really the subject on this page. If you want to discuss it, go to the Goth page. Duh. --Nyx Abbing 16:55, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Goths 

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message: I think that a Nny userbox shold be created...because it would be oh so sweet. Maxwell's Daemon 11:43, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nny Userbox 

message: Hi...
I think the "List of strips by issue" segment needs a serious overhaul.  It's not only inaccurate- leaving out many of the strips, and only including what's in director's cut - it's also vague, as most of the strips ARE untitled.  I want to put in an identifying quote or keyword or something in brackets for these, but I'm not sure if that's acceptable, as other people might not agree with them.
I already wrote it up, but I don't want to post it until I get some opinions, as I'm a new user.  I just found the list extremely frustrating as a reference, especially when I hadn't bought the book.  It's kind of like the track listing on an album, isn't it?
Also, I have no idea where the MEANWHILE's go, as I only own Director's Cut.  -_-  So any help in the placement of those would be appreciated.
Thanks!  Seiraka (talk) 06:44, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of strips by issue - changes? 

message: So, can get something a little more than the love-in we've got on this page?  How about some criticism.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.12.90.63 (talk) 19:51, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I found a few reviews online, four positive and two negative, and included them all the the external links section. I don't know if any of these links can be used as reliable sources of opinion on this comic, because they all look to be self-published. I've never heard of any of the blogs or ezines before. I don't know where we would find a review of JTHM from a reliable source, whether positive or negative. Ecto (talk) 22:29, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

text: I got rid of three of the reviews, two positive and one negative, because they were from anonymous users on database sites. I kept the reviews from the blogs and ezines with named authors, but I still don't know if these e-publications are notable enough. Ecto (talk) 02:31, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Criticism 

message: I've noticed repeated references to the girl raped by Jimmy being mentioned by Tess and the Surveyer, with Johnny denying involvment both times. I would like to point out the Surveyer simply mentiond a girl found drained of her blood, and Johnny's reaction contains no denial of this crime. Can we please stop confusing these two victims? User:IndridCold13  —Preceding undated comment added 07:48, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I would like to clarify my previous statment. Johnny did deny that he had drunk the girls blood, but not that he had killed her. IndridCold13 (talk) 08:49, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Surveyer 

message: The often-referenced comic publisher is indeed Slave Labor Graphics.  Alas, the original author(s) cited Slave Labour Graphics, using the European spelling.  I'm not an American and I prefer that spelling, but alas the publisher is an American company so I've begrudgingly edited all of them to use the US spelling as it's simply more accurate in this context.  M.S.K. (talk) 04:35, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Labour vs. Labor 

message: I fixed the summery for Issue 4. It had info about issue 7 in it by mistake (Nny setting up the prerecorded apology to Devi).  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.49.94.81 (talk) 00:26, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Issue 4 

message: The creator has confirmed that he is making a animated short film based off of squee, and if people like it, he will attempt to make a film based off of jthm. seems like something we should add.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.180.227.152 (talk) 19:39, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
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