CHEW (2009)

"Tony Chu is a cop 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. It's a dirty job, and Tony has to eat terrible things in the name of justice. And if that wasn't bad enough, the government has figured out Tony Chu's secret. They have plans for him whether he likes it or not."

"story JOHN LAYMAN art & cover ROB GUILLORY JULY 1 32 PAGES / FC $2.99 It's Tony Chu's first day on the job as a federal agent for the FDA, the most powerful law-enforcement agency on the planet. He's got a new partner who thinks he knows everything, a boss who hates his guts for no good reason, and his first order of business is to eat a decomposing finger found in a fast food cheeseburger. By the end of the day, Tony will ingest rancid sushi, face Yakuza assassins and meet the girl of his dreams. It's all in a day's work for Tony Chu, in the latest chapter of 'Chew,' a deliciously unsettling new comic about cops, crooks, cooks, cannibal and clairvoyants. RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES"

"story JOHN LAYMAN art & cover ROB GUILLORY AUGUST 5 32 PAGES / FC $2.99 Amelia Mintz is a food critic and a Saboscrivner. That means she can write about food so accurately, so vividly and with such precision, people get the actual sensation of taste when reading her restaurant reviews. Since the government prohibition of poultry, she's lost her enthusiasm for the culinary world, and only reviews restaurants with a 'D' rating or less from the Health Department. Her last review caused half the city to projectile vomit, and sent hundreds to the hospital with severe food poisoning. Agent Tony Chu has been assigned to arrest Amerlia Mintz, but there's just one problem with that he's madly in love with her! Presenting the weirdest comic you will read all month, and maybe the best, as the deliciously twisted new series about cops, crooks, cooks, cannibals and clairvoyants continues! RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES"

"story JOHN LAYMAN art & cover ROB GUILLORY SEPTEMBER 2 32 PAGES / FC $2.99 A senator with bloodstream full of drugs and a belly full of chicken is stone dead in the morgue, and the trail leads back all the way the Arctic, to a joint U.S./Russian space observatory that has been singularly focused on a single, distant, Earth-like planet. Tony Chu and his partner are about to discover whatever secret this planet holds does not compare to those being kept by the astronomers. Yeah, that weird stuff just got weirder, in a spacey story from Image's deliciously twisted new series about cops, crooks, cooks, cannibals and clairvoyants! RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES"

"story JOHN LAYMAN art & cover ROB GUILLORY OCTOBER 21 32 PAGES / FC $2.99 'TASTER'S CHOICE,' Conclusion FDA Agent Tony Chu just landed the biggest bust of his career, but while the bullets were flying and the bodies were falling, Tony's partner Mason Savoy took a slug. Now, Tony's on his own, and he just ate something that's revealed the identity of a dangerous enemy-- the absolute last person Tony should be facing without backup. The stunningly violent conclusion to first story arc of the surprise hit of the season-- and just maybe the very best comic you will read all month about cops, crooks, cooks, cannibals & clairvoyants! RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES"

"story JOHN LAYMAN art & cover ROB GUILLORY NOVEMBER 25 32 PAGES / FC $2.99 'INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR,' Part One Tony Chu's jerk boss: Agent Chu, go eat that. Tony Chu: That's the grossest thing ever. I'm not gonna eat that. Tony Chu's new partner: I got an idea. We're detectives, right? Lie to your boss, and let's solve this old school - before your boss figures out you lied to him and makes you eat the grossest thing ever! Presenting the first chapter of 'International Flavor,' the globe-trotting second story arc in the inexplicably well-received comic about cops, crooks, cooks, cannibals and clairvoyants!"

"story JOHN LAYMAN art & cover ROB GUILLORY DECEMBER 23 32 PAGES / FC $2.99 'INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR,' Part Two Meet Lin Sae Woo. She's a covert operative for the United States Department of Agriculture, and one its most lethal assassins. She has the equivalent of black belts in four different disciplines of martial arts hand-to-hand combat and is equally deadly with swords, throwing knifes, sniper rifles and handguns. She'll make a corpse out of anybody who tries to stand between her and completion of her current assignment-and that includes that nosy F.D.A. agent with the creepy cibopath power, Tony Chu! RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES"

"story JOHN LAYMAN art & cover ROB GUILLORY JANUARY 20 32 PAGES / FC $2.99 'INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR,' Part Three Introducing Poyo! In the cockfighting ring, Poyo is almost impossible to defeat. This makes Poyo's owners very, very rich. It also has a habit of making Poyo's owners very, very dead. Guess who gets assigned to track down Poyo, and the murderers who have stolen him?"

"story JOHN LAYMAN art & cover ROB GUILLORY 32 PAGES / FC $2.99 'INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR,' Part Four WTF, vampires?!?!?"

" 'INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR,' Conclusion Cannibal vs. bloodsucker."

"'JUST DESSERTS,' Part Two The killer cock Poyo returns! Feathers will fly, and blood will spill! Plus: Tony Chu undercover!"

"story JOHN LAYMAN art & cover ROB GUILLORY JULY 21 32 PAGES / FC $2.99 'JUST DESSERTS,' Part Three-Unlucky Number Thirteen! In which we see the return of rogue Cibopath Mason Savoy, a double agent is revealed and a narrative dirty trick is played upon an unsuspecting readership. Plus: what the deal with all those fricken chogs? RETAILER WARNING: NOT SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES"

" 'JUST DESSERTS,' Part Four Cibopath showdown! RETAILER WARNING: NOT SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES "

"story JOHN LAYMAN art/fold-out cover ROB GUILLORY 'Just Desserts' Conclusion. It's the final chapter of the 'Just Desserts' and the biggest story in CHEW history, figuratively and literally. As we reach the one-quarter mark of the CHEW run, the last remaining major characters are introduced and an event transpires that is so shocking and unexpected that it changes the book forever, fundamentally and irrevocably. And, as a special sloppy, wet kiss to everyone who has supported the book and helped it to succeed beyond our wildest expectations: CHEW #15 is bonus-sized, with more story pages and a special TRI-FOLD POSTER COVER at no extra cost!"

"'FLAMBÉ,' Part 1 of 5 Mother Clucker's Homestyle Fried Chicken Palace is open for business! THIS YEAR'S EISNER AND HARVEY AWARD WINNERS FOR BEST NEW SERIES, BELIEVE IT OR NOT! RETAILER WARNING: NOT SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES"

"'FLAMBÉ,' Part Two Bullied nerd Peter Pilaf goes all 'food-Columbine' on the students of Francis Bacon High. Plus: fun with astronauts! RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES"

"'FLAMBÉ,' Part Three USDA Suicide mission! Boobs! Germ warfare! And a very, very special guest star! RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES"

"'FLAMBÉ,' Part Four Welcome to Area 51, Tony Chu. Would you like some steak sauce with your dead extraterrestrial?"

"story JOHN LAYMAN, art & cover ROB GUILLORY 'FLAMBE,' Conclusion Mike Applebee has been itching to get Tony Chu booted from the FDA, and today might be his lucky day. Tony and Colby infiltrate The Church of the Immaculate Ova, a cult of egg worshippers, and things, of course, go terribly wrong. The climax of 'FLAMBE,' CHEW's fourth story arc, and the end of an era for Tony Chu!"

"story JOHN LAYMAN art / cover ROB GUILLORY 'BASEBALL, HOT DOGS AND APPLE PIE,' Part One Mike Applebee's good day, Tony Chu's first day and John Colby's last day. An issue of beginning and endings, as we head into the fifth story arc of the multi-Eisner award nominated series about cops, crooks, cooks, cannibals, clairvoyants and meter maids? "

"CHEW #21 story JOHN LAYMAN art / covers ROB GUILLORY 'MAJOR LEAGUE CHEW,' Part Two Two captives. Two kidnappers. Note: this issue will ship with two covers, 50/50 distribution, a Tony cover and a Savoy cover."

"story JOHN LAYMAN art / covers ROB GUILLORY 'MAJOR LEAGUE CHEW,' Part Three Hey, remember that dead baseball player we put on the back cover of Issue #15? Tony learns his story this issue. And not voluntarily, either."

"story JOHN LAYMAN art / covers ROB GUILLORY 'MAJOR LEAGUE CHEW,' Part Four This issue we give new meaning to the phrase 'death by chocolate.'"

"story JOHN LAYMAN art & cover ROB GUILLORY 'MAJOR LEAGUE CHEW,' Part Five For sale: One Cibopath, slightly used, extremely damaged. "

"'Space Cakes,' Part One 'Open the door, sir. I'm Toni Chu, Agent of NASA. I'm here to lick your paintings.'"

"'Space Cakes,' Part Two Delivered from future! We jump ahead and show you exactly where Tony Chu is nine issues and two story arcs from now. Yes, CHEW presents its version of 'One Year Later.' A brilliant jumping on-point, or a pathetic cry for attention? You decide! Also: those frickin' chogs return!"

"story JOHN LAYMAN art / cover ROB GUILLORY 'SPACE CAKES,' Part Three Remember last story arc when Tony Chu got kidnapped? This issue he gets kidnapped again! How lame is that? Meanwhile, we shameless pander to comics' coveted 'furry' demographic."

"story JOHN LAYMAN art / cover ROB GUILLORY 'SPACE CAKES,' Part Four On the trail of the vampire! "

"'SPACE CAKES,' Conclusion The bonus-sized wedding issue, CHEW's half-way point, and the issue that is gonna take EVERYBODY by surprise. Sure, it's a terrible jumping-on point for new readers, but did we mention the FREE TRI-FOLD POSTER COVER, at no extra cost? "

"The second half of CHEW starts here. With a funeral."

"story JOHN LAYMAN art & cover ROB GUILLORY Revelations! Fights! Milkshakes!"

"Tony takes on a load of seamen."

"On the trail of the vampire!"

"story JOHN LAYMAN art / cover ROB GUILLORY Dietary restrictions."

"CHEW #36 is CHEW #29½ . Did that just blow your mind?"

"'FAMILY RECIPE,' Part Two It's take your daughter to dinner day!"

"'FAMLY RECIPE,' Part Three Cibopath behind bars."

"'FAMILY RECIPIES,' Part Four Amelia's been writing again!"

"'FAMILY RECIPES,' Conclusion This is how you kill the Vampire "

"Vegas!"

"'CHICKEN TENDERS,' Part Two No animals were hurt during the making of this comic."

"'CHICKEN TENDERS,' Part Three Olive. Poyo. Colby."

"'CHICKEN TENDERS,' Part Four Warning: Sissies will need an adult diaper before reading this one. No joke. No lie. This will be the most talked about issue of CHEW in years. "

"'CHICKEN TENDERS,' Conclusion! The aftermath of last issue's shocking events, and an ending that's even MORE shocking. Plus, this issue comes with a WRAPAROUND TRI-FOLD COVER, starring everybody's favorite government secret agent cyborg rooster, POYO!!!"

"'BLOOD PUDDIN',' Part one New partner, new boss, new problems! Also: A new storyline! "

"Poyo gets trashed!"

"We can't show you the CHEW #48 cover because it's too spoiler-y, so here's an unfinished picture of Caesar Rob started for the CHEW #43 cover. NOT ACTUAL COVER!"

"In the kitchen with Chow Chu."

"The landmark issue #50, and the showdown everyone's been waiting for."

"Long solicit: Hey, remember when DC did 'One Year Later' and it was the greatest, most creative, and most revolutionary thing in comics EVER? We thought long and hard about how we could do something that awesome, and we came up with something TWICE as amazing. That's right! 'Two Years Later ' Presenting a bold new chapter in CHEW, which just so happens to be the FINAL chapter. 'The Last Suppers,' Part 1. The countdown begins. Short solicit: Two years later."

"Savoy gets closer to the truth. Major Plot Point: We find out the truth about the fire writing."

"Questions. Answers. Dinosaurs."

"Amelia feels doom."

"END OF STORY ARC The last issue of the second-to-last story arc. MAJOR PLOT POINT: An important character dies. "

"NEW STORY ARC This is it: The Last Story Arc! Five more issues. Yum!"

"THE LAST STORY ARC. Answers!"

"Three issues left. Goodbye, friends."

"Second-to-last-issue! One for the road."

"SERIES FINALE Last issue. Double sized. Trifold cover. Epilogue."