Chew: Major League Chew

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Chew:
Major League Chew
Date
  • October 5, 2011 (Part 1)
  • December 7, 2011 (Part 2)
  • January 18, 2012 (Part 3)
  • February 22, 2012 (Part 4)
  • March 18, 2012 (Part 5) [1]
No. of issues5
Main characters
  • Tony Chu
  • John Colby
  • Mason Savoy
  • Mike Applebee
  • Amelia Mintz
  • Toni Chu
  • Olive Chu
Page count120 pages
Publisher Image Comics
Creative team
Writers John Layman [2]
Artists Rob Guillory [3]
Creators John Layman
Rob Guillory
Original publication
Published in Chew
ISBN 978-1-6070-6523-4
Chronology
Preceded by Flambé
Followed by Space Cakes

Chew: Major League Chew, also known as Chew: Baseball, Hot Dogs and Apple Pie, is a graphic novel written by John Layman and illustrated by Rob Guillory that was released in five parts throughout 2011 and 2012 by Image Comics, as the fifth 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. [4] Chapter One was released October 5, 2011, Chapter Two was released December 7, 2011, Chapter Three was released January 18, 2012, Chapter Four was released February 22, 2012, and Chapter Five was released March 18, 2012. [5] Preceded by Flambé , it is followed by the story arc Space Cakes .

Contents

The series received a universally positive critical reception. [6] [7]

Premise

Chapter One

On Mike Applebee's one good day, Tony Chu's first day and John Colby's last day, an issue of beginnings and endings emerges, involving cops, crooks, cooks, cannibals, clairvoyants and—meter maids!? [8] [9] [10] [11]

Chapter Two

Tony Chu has been kidnapped: ambushed, knocked out, brought to a remote location, and bound securely, by Amanda's ex-boyfriend Dan, with his captor intending to feed Tony a menu of his choosing to find out what he can see, and therefore learn, as elsewhere, Tony's daughter Olive is kidnapped by Mason Savoy for the same exact reason but a different ultimate purpose. [12]

Chapter Three

Force-fed the remains of the dead baseball player from Just Desserts as a part of Dan's tests, Tony involuntarily learns his life story. [13] [14] [15] [16]

Chew #23 contains a brief flashforward to the events of Chew #60 ( Sour Grapes ), serving as an announcement of the intended end of the series. [17]

Chapter Four

As Tony's and Olive's stories continue elsewhere, new meaning is brought to the term "Death by Chocolate". [18]

Chapter Five

Tony Chu finds himself put up to auction, as his friends and family work around the clock to save them. [19] [20] [21] [22] [23]

Statler and Waldorf from The Muppets , Randolph and Mortimer Duke from Trading Places , and Jay and Silent Bob from the View Askewniverse make cameo appearances. [24]

Reception

Issue #Publication dateCritic ratingCritic reviewsRef.
1October 20119.3/103 [25]
2December 20119.0/103 [26]
3January 20129.2/108 [27]
4February 20129.0/104 [28]
5March 20128.3/106 [29]
Overall9.0/1049 [30]

Collected editions

TitleMaterial collectedPublished dateISBN
Chew: Major League Chew Chew (vol. 1) #21–25 and bonus materialsApril 25, 2012 [31] ISBN   978-1607065234
Chew: The Omnivore Edition: Volume Three Chew (vol. 1) #21–30 ( Just Desserts and Space Cakes ), and the Secret Agent Poyo one-shot)March 13, 2013 ISBN   978-1607066705
Chew: The Smorgasbord Edition: Volume Two Chew (vol. 1) #21–40 (Chew: Major League Chew, Space Cakes, Bad Apples , Chicken Tenders , and the'Secret Agent Poyo)July 1, 2015 ISBN   978-1632154286

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