List of Johnny the Homicidal Maniac characters
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This is a list of characters of Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, a comic book by Jhonen Vasquez.
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Johnny "Nny" C.
The series focuses on the self-titled "villain" Johnny C., also known as Nny (pronounced "knee"). He is a crazy and psychopathic serial killer, mass murderer and spree killer, who interacts with other characters, more often than not torturing and murdering them. He elaborately and sadistically kills anyone who even slightly irritates him, then drains their blood and paints one of the walls in his house with it (to keep a monster from getting out). If the situation dictates, Johnny is willing to murder "innocent" people, though in his twisted mind, he typically manages to justify his acts. The number of Johnny's victims is in the hundreds—or perhaps even thousands. Authorities are unable to capture Johnny and seem unaware of his existence, though his crimes are often witnessed in public and reported by the few who manage to survive. Nny acknowledges this fact, and it appears that the supernatural forces at work in his life prevent his being captured or killed.
He is often devoid of a conscience, and acknowledges that he is insane. This insanity manifests itself in three entities: Nailbunny, who is the closest thing to a conscience that Nny possesses; and Psychodoughboy and Mr.
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