"No Chris Left Behind" (Peter vs. Giant Chicken fight sequence)

ACTION, COMEDY

The ultra-violent Chicken Fight saga has been a running gag on Family Guy for 25 years.  It was my honor to storyboard two of the brawl's early installments: Fight #2 in "Blind Ambition" (Season Four) and Fight #3 here (Season Five).  FOX submitted both storyboards for award consideration.  This one won, twice!

2007 Primetime Emmy Award - Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation (Storyboard Artist)

2007 Annie Award - Outstanding Individual Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production

Original Rough Thumbnail

Clean Storyboard

Final Aired Episode

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"Chicken Fight" Script Pages

Chicken Fight sequences are always meticulously outlined in the scripts.  Nevertheless, to be effectively executed the storyboard artist needs to possess both a good sense of comedic agency as well as the ability to ratchet up violence to absurd levels.  Basically you need to already be slightly disturbed.

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"Laugh It Up, Fuzzball: The Family Guy Trilogy"

ACTION, COMEDY

A long time ago, in the late 2000's... the Star Wars trilogy got the full Family Guy treatment.  Not since the "Holiday Special" has it been this much fun to laugh at Star Wars.  I had a (laser) blast working on all three of these now classic episodes.  Link to my storyboards below, and may the FARCE be with you.

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"Forget-Me-Not"

DRAMA, COMEDY

Everyone in Quahog has disappeared except for Peter, Brian, Joe and Quagmire.  To add to the mystery, their minds have been erased so they don't even remember who they are themselves.  The guys retrace their steps hoping to piece together their true identities and discover what happened to everybody.

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"Quagmire and Meg"

COMEDY

It's Meg's 18th birthday so her family throws a surprise party.  No one shows up (of course) except pervy neighbor Quagmire, who wastes no time going in for the kill now that Meg is of legal age.   Quagmire episodes are always outrageous, full of sexual innuendo and double entendres.  You've been warned.

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"The Blind Side"

COMEDY

Brian starts dating Kate, a vision-impaired woman he met at The Drunken Clam, keeping an open mind about her handicap.  But when she reveals she hates dogs (not realizing Brian is one himself) Brian decides to keep his canine identity a secret from Kate for as long as he can.  He's hoping love truly is blind.

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"Tom Tucker: The Man and His Dream"

COMEDY

Longtime Quahog news anchorman Tom Tucker moves to Hollywood in an attempt to revive his prior acting career, and Peter joins him posing as his agent.  But things get complicated when actor James Woods also becomes Peter's client, forcing him to fire Tom and focus solely on him.

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