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Chew, Vol. 2: International Flavor
by John Layman
Tony Chu, the 'cibopathic' detective who gets psychic clues by tasting bits of suspects and victims, wields his tastebuds once again. You'll remember from Volume 1 that the comic takes place in the near future, when the F.D.A. has attained authoritarian status by outlawing meat, particularly chicken. This time we find our culinary detective in a tropical island where a strange new fruit that tastes like chicken has become the target of FDA approbation. Some thoughts:
* The characters in the comic are drawn with strange proportions, the muscley men VERY muscley, the busty women VERY busty. Issue 7 of the comic (part one of volume 2) features a woman with gigantic breasts, and made me huddle in shame as I read it on the El. The rest of the art is good, but jeez-o-petes, those are some shockingly large breasts.
* The comic features a continuing mix of good action and humor. The detective who continually must taste every bit of evidence stays funny as he gleans clue after clue from corpses, blood, and other physical yuckiness.
* The villains are funny as well. We have the appearance of the hilarious Russian vampire and a Peter Lorre dictator with a passion for the mysterious chicken fruit.
* My favorite detail was the new chef, a mute who communicates messages through his food. His rendition of dramatic theatre made people cry.
Overall, a nice addition to the storyline and mythology of the non-meat world.
* The characters in the comic are drawn with strange proportions, the muscley men VERY muscley, the busty women VERY busty. Issue 7 of the comic (part one of volume 2) features a woman with gigantic breasts, and made me huddle in shame as I read it on the El. The rest of the art is good, but jeez-o-petes, those are some shockingly large breasts.
* The comic features a continuing mix of good action and humor. The detective who continually must taste every bit of evidence stays funny as he gleans clue after clue from corpses, blood, and other physical yuckiness.
* The villains are funny as well. We have the appearance of the hilarious Russian vampire and a Peter Lorre dictator with a passion for the mysterious chicken fruit.
* My favorite detail was the new chef, a mute who communicates messages through his food. His rendition of dramatic theatre made people cry.
Overall, a nice addition to the storyline and mythology of the non-meat world.