Chew: International Flavor

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Chew:
International Flavor
Date
  • November 25, 2009 (Part 1)
  • December 23, 2009 (Part 2)
  • January 27, 2010 (Part 3)
  • March 3, 2010 (Part 4)
  • April 14, 2010 (Part 5)
No. of issues5
Page count128 pages
Publisher Image Comics
Creative team
Writers John Layman [1]
Artists Rob Guillory [2]
Creators John Layman
Rob Guillory
Original publication
Published in Chew
ISBN 978-1-6070-6260-8
Chronology
Preceded by Taster's Choice
Followed by Just Desserts

Chew: International Flavor is a graphic novel written by John Layman and illustrated by Rob Guillory, that was released in five parts throughout 2009 and 2010 by Image Comics as the second volume of the comic book series Chew , set in the Image Universe, and following Tony Chu, a Cibopathic Food and Drug Administration (FDA) agent who solves crimes by receiving psychic impressions from whatever he eats. Chapter One was released November 25, 2009, Chapter Two, Meet Lin Sae Woo, was released December 23, 2009, Chapter Three, Introducing Poyo!, was released January 27, 2010, Chapter Four, WTF, Vampires?!?!?, was released March 3, 2010, and Chapter Five, Cannibal vs. Bloodsucker, was released April 14, 2010. Preceded by Taster's Choice , it is followed by the story arc Just Desserts . [2] [3]

Contents

The series received a universally positive critical reception. [4] [5] [6] [7] In 2010, Chew won the Eisner Award for Best New Series for Taster's Choice and International Flavor, as well as two Harvey Awards, and was nominated for two Eagle Awards.

Premise

Chapter One

Cibopathic federal agent Tony Chu is reunited with his old partner turned-cyborg John Colby on a bizarre new case, as a newly discovered fruit takes the duo to a remote island full of secrets, strangeness-and a shadowy killer with a sinister appetite. [8]

Chapter Two: Meet Lin Sae Woo

Tony Chu finds himself pursued by Lin Sae Woo, a covert operative and one of the most lethal assassins in the employ of the United States Department of Agriculture, with the equivalent of black belts in four different disciplines of martial arts, an expert in hand-to-hand combat, and equally deadly with swords, throwing knives, sniper rifles and handguns, aiming to make a corpse out of anybody who tries to stand between her and completion of her current assignment. [9]

Chapter Three: Introducing Poyo!

In the world of chicken fighting, Poyo is almost undefeatable, making his owners absurdly rich, and more often than not dead, as he passes from owner to owner as one is killed by the other, as Tony Chu aims to track down the latest murderers to have stolen him. [10] [11]

Chapter Four: WTF, Vampires?!?!?

Tony Chu attempts to rescue food critic Amelia Mintz and his brother Chow from a prison camp, learning of the existence of vampires. [12] [13]

Chapter Five: Cannibal vs. Bloodsucker

Continuing off of his rescue attempt, Tony Chu encounters his nemesis The Vampire for the first time. [14] [15]

Reception

Issue #Publication dateCritic ratingCritic reviewsRef.
1November 20098.8/103 [16]
2December 20098.0/101 [17]
3January 20108.4/102 [18]
4March 20108.4/102 [19]
5April 20107.3/102 [20]
Overall8.2/1040 [21]

Accolades

On July 23, 2010, Chew won the Eisner Award for Best New Series for Taster's Choice and International Flavor. [22] On July 26, 2011, it won two 2010 Harvey Awards (Best New Series and Best New Talent) for the volume, [23] and was nominated for two 2010 Eagle Awards. [24]

Collected editions

TitleMaterial collectedPublished dateISBN
Chew: International Flavor Chew (vol. 1) #6–10June 9, 2010 [25] ISBN   978-1607062608
Chew: The Omnivore Edition: Volume One Chew (vol. 1) #1–10 ( Chew: Taster's Choice and International Flavor)August 4, 2010 ISBN   978-1607062936
Chew: The Smorgasbord Edition: Volume One Chew (vol. 1) #1–20 (Chew: Taster's Choice, International Flavor, Just Desserts , and Flambé )November 14, 2013 ISBN   978-1607068051

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