"Husbands and Knives" is the seventh episode of the nineteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 18, 20
The episode's promotional image, featuring Milo outside his new comic book store Coolsville.
Alan Moore is an English author known primarily for his work in comics including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, The Ballad of Halo Jones, Swamp Thing, Batman: The Killing Joke, Superman: Whatever Happened
Husbands and Knives
…a new comic book store becomes popular in town leading Marge to convert the Android's Dungeon into a gym for women. It features guest appearances from Alan Moore, Art Spiegelman, and Dan Clowes as themselves and Jack Black as Milo. The title is a reference to the Woody Allen film Husbands and Wives. The episode…
Moore in 2008
The town centre of Northampton, the town where Moore has spent his entire life and which later became the setting of his novel Jerusalem
Guy Fawkes serves as physical and philosophical inspiration for the titular protagonist of V for Vendetta.
The threat of nuclear war during the Cold War influenced the setting and tone of Watchmen.