Writer Chris Ware, author of "Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth," has noticed several similarities between the title character of his work and Stewie Griffin. Ware has remarked, "similarities are a little too coincidental to be simply, well, coincidental." He further stated, "I don't want a book of seven years' worth of my stuff to become available and then be accused of being a rip-off of "Family Guy"." 20th Century Fox Television has insisted that Stewie is an entirely original character. In a 2003 interview, Seth MacFarlane said that he had never seen the comic strip before, described the similarities as "pretty shocking" and said that he "could see how Ware would reach that conclusion."