Chew: Taster's Choice

John Layman

Nov 2009 · Chew Vol 1, #1-5 · Image Comics

About this ebook

Collects Chew Vol. 1 #1-5! Tony Chu is a detective with a secret. A weird secret. Tony Chu is Cibopathic, which means he gets psychic impressions from whatever he eats. It also means he's a hell of a detective, as long as he doesn't mind nibbling on the corpse of a murder victim to figure out whodunit, and why. He's been brought on by the Special Crimes Division of the FDA, the most powerful law enforcement agency on the planet, to investigate their strangest, sickest, and most bizarre cases.

Ratings and reviews

Loved it all from the start till the final issue, great fun read, there are some shocking parts, some disgusting parts some funny lines and panes just cool comic full of awesome characters, and on top of all that this comic has the baddest hardest cock in the universe (Long live king Poyo)

One of the most original story lines you will ever read in a comic book. Tony Chu is a cibopath. A Cibopath can take a bite from anything and get a psychic sensation of what has happened to that object (strangely, this does not work with beets, however, the only such food from which he can get no sensation). I have been reading this since issue #1, and it has never flagged or waned. Stick with this one, it starts getting super wild about 10-12 issues in. Amazing artwork, and a storyline that continues to amaze and shock. Highly recommended comic book. The trade paperback collections (like this one) make it easy to catch up quickly without needing to read single issues.

I attempted to describe this series to my wife...a special agent with the pre-cognitive power to see the past of something he eats. She could not see how it was going to be good. But it IS. Its disgusting and engrossing all at the same time . I enjoyed every minute of it...I simply ate it up. I'm now voraciously tearing into the rest of the series. If you like dark comedies with a penchant for the macabre, snappy dialogue, and aren't the squeamish sort i highly recommend this series.

About the author

John Layman is an American comic book writer and letterer, and in addition to work for Marvel and DC is the writer and co-creator of Chew.Ê

Rob Guillory is an Eisner Award-winning American comic book artist. Born, raised and currently based in Lafayette, Louisiana, Guillory is most known for his art on Chew, published by Image Comics.