Written by John LaymanArt by Rob Guillory
It's time for another great issue of Chew. What I'm finding very cool about this book lately is the way in which Tony Chu, the main and title character, has been relegated to a supporting role while he recovers from his injuries.
This month, Tony's sister, his ex-partner, and his other ex-partner's ex-(and still-)partner team up to foil a plan by the powerful cibopath known as the Vampire and the Collector, from adding a new power-set to his collection.
A victuspeciosian has set up a beauty parlour, and the FDA, NASA, and the USDA have decided that they need an inter-agency task force to bring her down. What's a victuspeciosian you ask? Well, a victuspeciosian is a person who has the rare ability to use a combination of food products to temporarily alter the appearance of another person into whatever they wish. I'm sure, for a gifted etymologist, that would be obvious. The rest of us must continue to rely on John Layman's helpful notes.
As always, this is a fun issue of Chew, with excellent writing and art, a novel situation, and more than a few terrific sight gags. Oh, and Poyo the cybernetic rooster fights a giant Mecha-Turducken in Japan. Great stuff.
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