The premise was new and original, the characters were quirky and fun, and the story was bizarre, hilarious, and action packed. Once again these two creators have put out a top notch title that is very hard to put down. And if they ever put out a sixty issue omnibus (carnivore?) edition they will have whatever asking price they put on it. On a separate note, the omnivore editions feature a sewn ribbon bookmark, which I always felt added little, because once I open the book I can't put it down until I'm finished. If you aren't reading chew, you would be in for a treat to pick up the series (especially in the beautiful omnivore editions) Lastly (once more) there is the brief story from the second release of issue 27 included as well.Īll in all if you are reading chew, you know how amazing it is. It is worth noting (without getting into anything too spoilery) that the series title character, Tony Chu, spends a lot of the time off page, giving a chance for the stories fantastic supporting characters a chance to shine (my favourite being antoinelle chu and agent Lorenzo) lastly this book also contains the one shot Secret agent Poyo, which features a panel of Poyo fighting Robert Kirkman's Viltrumites (from Invincible) in outer space which I felt was worth the cover price alone. The second story arc included is space cakes, and is just as good as everything that precedes it. However, once collected, I feel they become much stronger. For starters, the series itself really shined as individual comics as well as the 60 issue run it will be once complete, but these five issues just really didn't stand well on their own. I recall when I first read issues 21-25, the issues that comprise the story arc 'major league chew' that I felt the series was losing its charm. So was very excited to pick up this book as I usually only keep the single issues for a couple months before giving them to my cousin, so getting to go back to issue 21 was a real treat.

Chew Vol. 3 by John Layman