FOREWARD for JTHM director's cut by: Rob Schrab A girl i once dated said to me, "You only fell when you bleed." This must give you the impressoin that i was dating an Art School-Vampire. She was more like an acid-washed Molly Ringwald, but that doesn't really matter. I fell in total lust with this woman because she told me what i had been thinking my entire life. Pain is food. A food that is essential to the growth of one's soul. Let's talk about violence shall we? Violence in the media is an easy target. "If we get rid of all the violent movies,television shows and comic books, the world will be utopian! An easily believable answer. Just ask your mom. Jhonen Vasquez has touched somthing important here. There's a little monter inside all of us, a little wolf faced monkey that needs to be satiated. As people, we musn't ignore that monster. If we do, we cheat ourselves. We deny an emotion, a feeling. Think of somone who pissed you off. Some yutz who cut you off in traffic; a p***k-a** Kinko's employee who took three hours to copy your resume; the big bully who spit in your face when you were eight. Now, in your head, relive that moment. This time, however, dont just sit there and take it this time. This time you've got a knife. Pull it out from behind your back and whatch the status flip-flop. Suddenly, mr. Kinko isn't so cocky, The playground bully is crying for his mother. Smell their fear. Then kill them. Kill them like you see them in the movies. Make it as horrible as possible. Relese that monster and stab that knife deep into their face. As humans, we are taught to forget that we are animals. Animals kill to survive and its just as natural for us. To deny nature is to deny life. Now that you've commited murder in your dream world, relax. Take a deep breath, give your monster a high five and put him away. You've just used an evil fantasy to keep you civalized and sane. Some may call this irresponsible advice. They kid themselves that their monster doesn't exist. And when a person lies to themselves, there is less chance for spiritual growth. More than likely, their monster will step out of the Dreamworld and into the Realworld. That's how a society gets messy. Lots of hungry neglected monsters. Jhonny the Homicidal Maniac gives our monster somthing to chew on. It's pain-food that wears it's teeth down. Jhonny represents Jhonen Vasquez's monster. Vasquez, and his fans, are all the stronger because of him. Rob Schrab - June 1997
JTHM was written by jhonen vasquez. also the creator of invader zim
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