Husbands and Knives

"Husbands & Knives"
The Simpsons episode
The episode's promotional image, featuring Milo outside his new comic book store Coolsville.
Episode no.	407
Directed by	Nancy Kruse
Written by	Matt Selman
Showrunner(s)	Al Jean
Production code	JABF17
Original air date	November 18, 2007
Chalkboard gag	"The Pilgrims were not illegal aliens"
Couch gag	Two hands (with five fingers instead of four) open a pop-up book to reveal the family sitting on the couch
Guest appearance(s)
Alan Moore as Himself Art Spiegelman as Himself Dan Clowes as Himself Jack Black as Milo Maurice LaMarche as the jock
Season 19 episodes September 23, 2007 – May 18, 2008 "He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs" "The Homer of Seville" "Midnight Towboy" "I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" "Treehouse of Horror XVIII" "Little Orphan Millie" "Husbands and Knives" "Funeral for a Fiend" "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind" "E Pluribus Wiggum" "That '90s Show" "Love, Springfieldian Style" "The Debarted" "Dial "N" for Nerder" "Smoke on the Daughter" "Papa Don't Leech" "Apocalypse Cow" "Any Given Sundance" "Mona Leaves-a" "All About Lisa"
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Alan Moore as Himself
Art Spiegelman as Himself
Dan Clowes as Himself
Jack Black as Milo
Maurice LaMarche as the jock

"Husbands & Knives" is the seventh episode of The Simpsons' nineteenth season. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 18, 2007. It features guest appearances from Alan Moore, Art Spiegelman, and Dan Clowes as themselves and Jack Black as Milo. It was written by Matt Selman and directed by Nancy Kruse. The title is a reference to the Woody Allen film Husbands and Wives.

The Comic Book Guy charges Milhouse $25 for accidentally ruining a Wolverine comic book when one of his tears drops on its cover and smudges one of Wolverine's sideburns after being scratched by the comic's infamous "pop-out claws" feature at The Android's Dungeon. After Bart proclaims that the events in comic books are not "real", Comic Book Guy tells him and the other children to get out of the store, just as a new comic book store, "Coolsville Comics & Toys" opens across the street. When the children arrive at Coolsville, the store owner, a hipster named Milo, gives them Japanese candy and invites them to his grand opening. The store is filled not only with comic books, but also with video games and modern art, giving it a sophisticated arcade look. When Lisa accidentally rips a page of an Adventures of Tintin book, Milo assures her that the books are meant to be read and enjoyed.