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Chew #16 – Review

Posted on December 27, 2010 by paladinking

by John Layman (writer & letterer) and Rob Guillory (art & colors) The Story: Tony discovers someone with a food-based power he’d never heard of while the chicken prohibition grows slack in light of the “alien fire writing.” What’s Good: Chew’s easily the funniest book on my pull list and it’s issues like this that [...]

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Chew #15 – Review

Posted on November 15, 2010 by paladinking

by John Layman (writer & letterer) and Rob Guillory (art & colors) The Story: We meet Tony’s dysfunctional family as they gather for a less than legal Thanksgiving dinner. What’s Good: It’s a cliché, I know, but Layman really puts the “fun” in dysfunction when it comes to Tony’s family. There’s really no other way [...]

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Chew #14 – Review

Posted on October 4, 2010 by paladinking

by John Layman (writer & letterer) and Rob Guillory (art & colors) The Story: Tony’s past love life is detailed and John has the unfortunate task of confronting the always deadly Mason Savoy. What’s Good: While Chew is a very funny book, it’s issues like this that remind you that John Layman’s ongoing series isn’t [...]

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Chew #13 – Review

Posted on August 23, 2010 by paladinking

by John Layman (writer & letters) and Rob Guillory (art & colors) The Story: Tony discovers the truth behind Montero Industries and Poultplus, their new chicken substitute that everyone is talking about. What’s Good: It’s rare these days for an artist to get big laughs out of me more or less solely on the merits [...]

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Chew #5 – Review

Posted on October 27, 2009 by pozzyfreak

by John Layman (Writer) and Rob Guillory (Artist) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Chew is definitely something special. There just isn’t anything even remotely like it on the stands right now. Uniqueness can only get something so far though. Thankfully, Chew’s got enough personality and cool ideas to earn an easy recommendation from me. That [...]

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Chew #1 – Review

Posted on June 6, 2009 by paladinking

by John Layman (writer and letterer) and Rob Guillory (art) The Story: In a strange world gripped by a chicken prohibition, Detective Tony Chu solves crimes with his unique ability to gain psychic impressions from whatever he eats. The Good As you can tell by the story synopsis, the concept is incredibly inventive, fresh, and [...]

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