Comic Book Guy
The snide owner of The Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop.
Comic Book Guy, real name Jeff Albertson, runs Springfield's comic shop, The Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop. Hank Azaria voices him, and he first appeared in the season 2 episode Three Men and a Comic Book, aired May 9, 1991.
Quick Facts
- Series
- The Simpsons
- First
- "Three Men and a Comic Book" (1991)
- Creator
- Jeff Martin
- Matt Groening
- David X. Cohen
- Designer
- Matt Groening
- Voice
- Hank Azaria
- Full name
- Jeffrey Albertson
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Proprietor of The Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop
Facts from the source article.
Background
He is based on 'every comic book store guy in America': a snobby, sarcastic collector with an obsessive knowledge of pop-culture trivia. His catchphrase is 'Worst [thing] ever!', which sometimes breaks the fourth wall, as when he wears a 'Worst Episode Ever' T-shirt in Saddlesore Galactica. He has a master's degree in folklore and mythology (his thesis included translating The Lord of the Rings into Klingon) and an IQ of 170, and he belongs to Springfield's branch of Mensa. In Bart Sells His Soul, Milhouse trades Bart's soul to him for ALF pogs. His real name was given in Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass, and he has his own spin-off comic series.
More in Characters & Voices
Elsewhere in The Simpsons
Spotted an error? Know more?
Reader corrections go straight into our review queue. Suggest an edit · How this site is sourced