Haha Tickle Me Hellmo would just be a black square over the screen, with audio that bleeped every few seconds.
Welp, guess imma have to go dust off my JTHM books now. Thanks for the reminder, OP!
It's Johnny the homicidal maniac, also written by Johnen Vasquez and illustrated by Roman Dirge, the creatives behind Invader Zim.
I am grateful they did, but I have no idea how Nickelodeon executives took a look at the work of the guys who made Johnny the Homicidal Maniac and Squee and said, "yep, these are the guys who should make a cartoon for us."
Wow completely forgot reading this. It was like a crazy half forgotten nightmare