# Does the comic book store guy have a name? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 16, 2003, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-comic-book-store-guy-have-a-name/161844 "2003-03-16T21:37:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-comic-book-store-guy-have-a-name/161844/1 "2003-03-16T21:37:51Z")
From The Simpsons, that is. If so, what is it? ---
**Author:** ![ResIpsaLoquitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@ResIpsaLoquitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ResIpsaLoquitor)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-comic-book-store-guy-have-a-name/161844/2 "2003-03-16T21:40:50Z")
There’s an issue of Wizard magazine that interviewed the current _Simpsons_ writers. One of them speculated that his name is actually… …wait for it… … **Louis Lane**. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-comic-book-store-guy-have-a-name/161844/3 "2003-03-16T22:35:32Z")
Other staffers want his name to be Guy. But other than that, no. He’s only known as Comic Book Guy. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-comic-book-store-guy-have-a-name/161844/4 "2003-03-16T22:41:04Z")
Indeed, **mobo85** is correct. In fact, that’s how they refer to him on the show. **Comic Book Guy**. No more, no less. Kind of like **Squeaky Voiced Teen** , **Sea Captain** , and the rest of the one trick pony characters they have on that show. ---
**Author:** ![SpaceGhostofArrakis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@SpaceGhostofArrakis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpaceGhostofArrakis)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-comic-book-store-guy-have-a-name/161844/5 "2003-03-16T22:48:12Z")
ResIpsaLoquitor is correct. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-comic-book-store-guy-have-a-name/161844/6 "2003-03-16T22:52:38Z")
The Sea Captain does have a name, though: MacAllister. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-comic-book-store-guy-have-a-name/161844/7 "2003-03-16T22:57:40Z")
The Sea Captain does have a name, though: MacAllister. ---
**Author:** ![peepthis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@peepthis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peepthis)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-comic-book-store-guy-have-a-name/161844/8 "2003-03-16T22:58:09Z")
I wouldn’t be surprised if, in an episode before the Simpsons finally goes off the air, there is an episode where he’s given a real name. And given the way they revealed Homer’s middle name, I wouldn’t be surprised if it was something as uninspired as “Guy.” ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-comic-book-store-guy-have-a-name/161844/9 "2003-03-17T00:14:47Z")
What about the episode in which he dated Skinners mom, didn’t they mention his name? ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-comic-book-store-guy-have-a-name/161844/10 "2003-03-17T00:35:04Z")
Louis Lane? Worst. Name. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![DougAB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@DougAB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougAB)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-comic-book-store-guy-have-a-name/161844/11 "2003-03-17T00:39:02Z")
> [@](#): > > What about the episode in which he dated Skinners mom, didn’t they mention his name? No sir. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-comic-book-store-guy-have-a-name/161844/12 "2003-03-18T01:38:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MeanOldLady \* > \*\*Louis Lane? Worst. Name. Ever. \*\* No. That would be **Joey Joe Joe Shabbadoo**. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-comic-book-store-guy-have-a-name/161844/13 "2003-03-18T10:45:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Big Cheese \* > \*\*No. That would be **Joey Joe Joe Shabbadoo**. \*\* Actually, it was Joey Joe Joe _junior_ Shabadoo.