it was a cartoon that came on late evenings on Nickelodeon on cable. Really warped sense of humor. They stopped showing it here, I'm having withdrawals.
Jhonen Vasquez made his name with the extremely twisted goth fantasy "Johnny the Homicidal Maniac." What I expected to be a comic book that wallowed in its own self-loathing with nothing really important to say actually turned out to be a pretty phenomenal little miniseries that was so sick it was hysterically funny! It plays more like a sly commentary on the goth movement and mental illness, taking it to an extreme and oft-times hilarious level.
His cult status was immediately assured, and somehow he parlayed this into a Nickelodeon cartoon series called "Invader Zim." Naturally it was too edgy for Nick and, just like with Ren & Stimpy years ago, the show was canceled. Zim is very much like Johnny, but without all the blood, death, and bad words; therefore, Zim is extremely clever and funny and worth checking out. 'Nuff said.
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on 2004-07-16 08:55 pm (UTC)-the redhead-
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on 2004-07-16 08:57 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2004-07-16 09:03 pm (UTC)Invader Zim may be powerful, but is no match for The Redhead (tm)
Mwhahahahah!
-the redhead-
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on 2004-07-16 08:57 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2004-07-16 09:04 pm (UTC)-the redhead-
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on 2004-07-17 07:00 am (UTC)no subject
on 2004-07-16 09:00 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2004-07-16 09:03 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2004-07-16 09:04 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2004-07-16 09:42 pm (UTC)any of roman dirge's [he co-wrote some of the episodes]?
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on 2004-07-17 05:22 am (UTC)Which Jhonen Vaquez character are you? By EmReznor.
Put to answer your question, no. At least, not that I'm aware of.
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on 2004-07-17 05:24 am (UTC)no subject
on 2004-07-17 06:24 am (UTC)and roman dirge is the reason for some of my tattoos. from his comic, lenore and the monsters in my tummy.
I didn't know
on 2004-07-17 08:42 pm (UTC)heh
Re: I didn't know
on 2004-07-17 09:17 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2004-07-16 10:18 pm (UTC)His cult status was immediately assured, and somehow he parlayed this into a Nickelodeon cartoon series called "Invader Zim." Naturally it was too edgy for Nick and, just like with Ren & Stimpy years ago, the show was canceled. Zim is very much like Johnny, but without all the blood, death, and bad words; therefore, Zim is extremely clever and funny and worth checking out. 'Nuff said.
(hoping Vasquez is in San Diego next week)
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on 2004-07-17 05:20 am (UTC)no subject
on 2004-07-17 05:31 am (UTC)