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Family Guy makes the Top 10 Highest-Rated Broadcast Series of 2014 list

My boss Shannon Smith recently sent a mass email to the Family Guy crew with the wonderful news that our show made the Top 10 Highest-Rated Broadcast Series of 2014 list, and included the following excerpt from The Hollywood Reporter: 7. Family Guy Thanks in no small part to that gargantuan season opener, a one-hour crossover episode with The Simpsons, Family Guy is one of the most-improved series of the… Read More »Family Guy makes the Top 10 Highest-Rated Broadcast Series of 2014 list

Family Guy veterans Kara Vallow and Mike Elias among this year’s Annie Award nominees

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Congratulations to Family Guy veterans Kara Vallow and Mike Elias on their Annie Award nominations! Kara has been nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Production Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production for her work on Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
. She is responsible for developing and producing the unique animation style for the historical reenactments of the show. Best known as the executive producer/producer on Family Guy and American Dad!, and with… Read More »Family Guy veterans Kara Vallow and Mike Elias among this year’s Annie Award nominees

“Family Guy” 5 year anniversary drawings

Five years to the day that I started working on “Family Guy” was a Sunday that I spent drawing gifts for the people whom I felt had a hand in putting me on the show. From my co-worker Mick Cassidy, who put in a good word for me when I applied for the job, to my “phone buddy,” Brei Brantley, whom I would often speak to before being connected to… Read More »“Family Guy” 5 year anniversary drawings

Birthday drawings

Birthday drawings for my friend Kristen and my co-worker Doug, featuring Sailor Jupiter from “Sailor Moon” and Lois Griffin as Yukari Hayasaka from “Paradise Kiss.” Drawn and colored on 4″ X 6″ post-its with blue Prismacolor Col-Erase pencil, sepia Faber-Castell Pitt artist brush pen, and Prismacolor warm grey markers. I posted the drawings to their Facebook pages by snapping photos of them with my iPhone, and applying filters with the… Read More »Birthday drawings

50 “Family Guy” sketch cards

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Last year, my co-worker Jason Weitzner set me up with a freelance gig from a friend of his who runs Leaf Trading Cards. The job was to do however many “Family Guy” sketch cards I wanted, depicting scenes from seasons six through eight. These were the result: 50 cards of scenes culled from the episodes “Three Kings,” “Peter’s Progress,” and “Road to the Multiverse.” For those who are interested in… Read More »50 “Family Guy” sketch cards

“Family Guy” goes to see “The Dark Knight Rises”: a photo essay

Last Friday, July 20, the “Family Guy” crew hit up Pacific Theatres at the Grove for the 8:30 showing of “The Dark Knight Rises.” Some photos from the event: The crew, minus assistant director Mark Covell, who totally ninja’d his way out of this photo like the closet ninja he is. Back row (left to right): Pete Michels, Michael Upperco, Brent Crowe, Jason Weitzner, Shannon Smith, some friend of Shannon’s,… Read More »“Family Guy” goes to see “The Dark Knight Rises”: a photo essay

“The Cleveland Show” and “Family Guy” season finales screening

Running late on this one, so I’ll keep this short for now. Celebrated the season finales of “Family Guy” and “The Cleveland Show” with a few of my co-workers over at “Family Guy” producer Shannon Smith’s house. I’ll update this with a better description and photos by Thursday’s post. Stay tuned!