Family Guy: 100 Ways to Kill Lois Review
Family Guy: 100 Ways to Kill Lois
Writer: Stewie Griffin and Matt Fleckenstein
Artists: Ben Phillips and Rich Koslowski
Two words can sum up Family Guy’s transition from animation to comic book format: Freaking Sweet! Being a massive FG fan, I couldn’t pass up the Griffin family’s exploits into the world of comics. This 3 issue, bi-monthly comic book is created in a very fun way. There is a main comic book story, and the rest of the book has one of the main characters (Stewie for the premiere issue) give advice to the audience. In this case, Stewie presents to the readers his list of “100 ways to Kill Lois” and explains how some of his attempts have failed him.
First off, the comic story itself is hilarious! The Griffin family decides to help out at a homeless shelter, leading Peter to “adopt” a mentally unstable homeless man. Of course this doesn’t bode well with Lois. Peter proudly dubs his new homeless friend Gerald, and of course some hilarious antics ensue.
Gerald is so far off his rocker he even gives the notorious evil monkey a run for his money, actually scaring the monkey. In a serious of hilarious moments, Gerald attacks Meg thinking she has his penguin, Gerald fails every job interview Peter arranges for him (“Gerald! We don’t stapler rape in our interview!) and even gets to live inside the house, while Peter sets up a terrible make it yourself tent for the family to live in out in the back yard. When Peter finally realizes he can’t have any beer since his brewing machine has broke down, Peter decides to give Gerald the boot instead of face sobriety. Luckily for Peter, Glen Quagmire knows exactly how to take care of Gerald and his girlfriend.
After an intermission, Stewie returns to his countdown of how to kill his mother. Stewie shows us step by step how to kill her until he reaches #83.
From there on until number one, he writes his plans on notebook paper. Take time to read these, they are hilarious!
Thoughts/Comments:
Giggity Giggity Giggity Goo! This was one of the funniest comic books I have ever read. Having one of the writers from the television show adapt the comic adventures of the Griffin family was a stroke of genius. This read like an actual Family Guy episode! The artwork was top notch; the artists were perfectly faithful to creator Seth MacFarlane’s designs on how the Griffins and their cast of characters should look.
I love the format of having one member of the family give advice, while at the same time the reader gets to explore another day in the life of Peter Griffin and his insane exploits. Just be warned, the price is high. This issue is seven dollars, so that might be a cause for some people not to buy it. But, if you love comedy or Family Guy, I highly recommend buying this and upcoming issues! I give this one an A+ Once again, a very Giggified read!
I'm not finding these comics that funny. Family guy has gone down hill for me. I think they should have ended the series after it got cancelled.
I agree...sorta. I really think that it never should have been cancelled and they should have kept the show going with the same format. There is a clear change in my opinion about the format, its on later and when it was on before it was on at 8:30 or even 8, and its pushed back because of content. It pushes the boundries to get the jokes, a trick that I liked with South Park but not with Family Guy or even The Simpsons. I am a huge Simpsons fan but find South Park to be the funniest right now. I agree it should go, but I dont see that happening, American Dad wont be missed either.