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Chew, Vol. 2: International Flavor (Chew #2)
Tony Chu, the cibopathic federal agent with the ability to get psychic impressions from the things he eats, is on a bizarre new case. A newly discovered fruit takes Agent Chu to a remote island full of secrets, Presenting the second storyline of IGN.com's pick for Best Indie Series of 2009 and MTV Splash Page.com's pick for Best New Series of 2009. Find out what the fuss i...more
Paperback, 128 pages
Published
June 22nd 2010
by Image Comics
(first published April 14th 2010)
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A somewhat busy, eclectic serving of John Layman’s Chew
Overall, not as tasty as Volume 1, but my critique is going to be fairly light because I love the basic ingredients of this series and the presentation (i.e., art) is wonderful. This is a fresh, unique and well prepared comic that definitely deserves patronage. That said, Volume #2, while featuring some quality moments, was not as memorable in total as Volume #1 and left me less than satiated and craving a bit more. It just...more
A somewhat busy, eclectic serving of John Layman’s Chew
Overall, not as tasty as Volume 1, but my critique is going to be fairly light because I love the basic ingredients of this series and the presentation (i.e., art) is wonderful. This is a fresh, unique and well prepared comic that definitely deserves patronage. That said, Volume #2, while featuring some quality moments, was not as memorable in total as Volume #1 and left me less than satiated and craving a bit more. It just...more
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Jan 27, 2013
StoryTellerShannon
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5 of 5 stars
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And so an awesome series continues. In this volume Tony Chu takes time off of his job to go with his brother to a Micronesian Island which is apparently dealing in a substitute chicken. Along the way he meets a competing agent from another US department, crooked locals and catches up with his love interest, Amelie Mintz. He also gets to do some commando mission moves and make his not so smooth moves on his love interest. We also get to meet his former ex partner who is something of a cybernetic...more
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Mar 08, 2013
Ronyell
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Introduction:
After reading the first volume of this fantastic series “Chew: Taster’s Choice,” I was geared up to read the second volume “Chew: International Flavor!” “Chew: International Flavor” is just as interesting and creative as the first volume and being that John Layman’s “Chew” series is an Eisner Award Winning and Harvey Award Winning series, this volume is definitely something that any comic book fan should check out!
What is this story about?
In this volume, Tony Chu is back and this...more
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Well, I'm not really sure what to think about it.
It seemed to be almost as good as the first volume, but instead of being genuinely funny at times, they fell back on racial stereotyping and offensive language (i.e. a pejorative term for a homosexual male, and it was used in that context) to try and either make the book look more vulgar, or because they couldn't think of anything better to do. Instead, it came across as immature (and not the good kind) and rather pointless.
We're introduced to som...more
It seemed to be almost as good as the first volume, but instead of being genuinely funny at times, they fell back on racial stereotyping and offensive language (i.e. a pejorative term for a homosexual male, and it was used in that context) to try and either make the book look more vulgar, or because they couldn't think of anything better to do. Instead, it came across as immature (and not the good kind) and rather pointless.
We're introduced to som...more
"Chew" has an interesting premise and execution. It is difficult to explain, because it is insanely offbeat and definitely won't be everyone's cup of tea. "Chew" is essentially founded in the 'what-if' category of time. What-If: Chicken was outlawed, because of the avian flu, and special task forces were created to enforce these new anti-poultry laws--a chicken prohibition, if-you-will.
"Chew" takes this idea and expands on it by furthing the timeline a bit and supposing that the FDA would becom...more
"Chew" takes this idea and expands on it by furthing the timeline a bit and supposing that the FDA would becom...more
Chew takes place in a future America where 23 million citizens have died from avian flu and all chicken has been outlawed. When chickens are outlawed, only outlaws will have chickens. Thus, this is the story of Tony Chu, a detective who is also a cibopath, who uses his special powers to unravel particularly gruesome mysterious. (Note: A cibopath detects psychic impressions from everything he eats - the story of the food, if you will).
This volume finds Tony reunited with his partner and struggli...more
This volume finds Tony reunited with his partner and struggli...more
Tony Chu's old partner who in the first strip was, ahem, cut out from the story early on, returns to this book as an FDA agent with a new face. Together they bust a ring of chicken smugglers which leads Chu onto the trail of a new type of fruit that tastes like chicken and is located on a remote tropical island. Along the way he'll encounter a deadly government agent with a cyborg rat, mysterious and shady killers, a vampire, a mayor that's kidnapping the world's greatest chefs (including Chu's...more
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Dec 14, 2010
Karin
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3 of 5 stars
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Now that Issue 10 was released I can finally review this arc which is now complete and available as Volume 2 in stores. Chew is somehow able to stay fresh and consistent despite the assumed trapping of the concept. Artist Rob Guillory's ability to show humor is uncommonly successful and reminds me of the successes of the humor to be found in manga. He has a great sense of timing and his facial expressions are spot on with a fluid comedy from panel to panel. The drama is great as well and Chew ma...more
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 comi...more
* The characters in the comi...more
Two volumes in, I still can’t quite find the words to describe how much fun this comic is.
FDA agent Tony Chu has come into his own as a cibopathic detective. Able to read the history of anything he eats, Chu can solve a crime by chewing on anything edible left at the scene (which, since his boss loathes him, often ends up being poop. Or a corpse. Or poop from a corpse). After losing track of his erstwhile mentor, Mason Savoy, Chu rediscovers an old partner from his police days and absconds to an...more
FDA agent Tony Chu has come into his own as a cibopathic detective. Able to read the history of anything he eats, Chu can solve a crime by chewing on anything edible left at the scene (which, since his boss loathes him, often ends up being poop. Or a corpse. Or poop from a corpse). After losing track of his erstwhile mentor, Mason Savoy, Chu rediscovers an old partner from his police days and absconds to an...more
Genre: Graphic novel
Summary: This title is the second work in the series Chew. The series tells the story of a detective, Tony Chu, who receives physic abilities through the things that he eats. In this Volume, Chu eats a odd new fruit which leads him to an island full of new secrets to discover.
Critique:
a. The text and content.
b. The text in this work is extremely inappropriate for a young adult, especially in a school setting. I’m not sure why the ALA, specifically, the YALA would categorize...more
Summary: This title is the second work in the series Chew. The series tells the story of a detective, Tony Chu, who receives physic abilities through the things that he eats. In this Volume, Chu eats a odd new fruit which leads him to an island full of new secrets to discover.
Critique:
a. The text and content.
b. The text in this work is extremely inappropriate for a young adult, especially in a school setting. I’m not sure why the ALA, specifically, the YALA would categorize...more
I loved volume one of this gory, zany little series, and while volume two is neither as funny nor as interesting, I still love it and recommend it. The basic story is that a new fruit has appeared on a Micronesian island, and it tastes exactly like chicken when cooked, so people are able to enjoy, for instance, a chicken gumbo even with the poultry prohibition in effect in the States (and, we learn in this volume, perhaps almost worldwide). For reasons I was unable to fathom, Tony Chu, our story...more
I love Chew!
I love the artwork - Guillory is a master of drawing facial expressions, some of the faces that Tony Chu pulls are especially brilliant. I love the loose, Beano-esque style of the drawing. It's easy on the eye but when you look closer there are so many other little details to notice. I could feel its energy and sense of humour. I also like how the cartoony-ness of the drawing sat alongside the sometimes horrific content (said horrific content being Tony chewing on corpse's arms and p...more
I love the artwork - Guillory is a master of drawing facial expressions, some of the faces that Tony Chu pulls are especially brilliant. I love the loose, Beano-esque style of the drawing. It's easy on the eye but when you look closer there are so many other little details to notice. I could feel its energy and sense of humour. I also like how the cartoony-ness of the drawing sat alongside the sometimes horrific content (said horrific content being Tony chewing on corpse's arms and p...more
Alright. Let me start off by saying that I still absolutely LOVE the premise behind these books. The dialogue is never awkward, the plot is fabulous, and just the general concept is unreal. Now that I've said all that, let me explain why this isn't a five star review.
Firstly, I was reading a later republishing, and found that the artwork had changed, and not for the better. I'm no artist, and I couldn't for a second assume to explain why it is that I didn't like it as much, but that's the benefi...more
Firstly, I was reading a later republishing, and found that the artwork had changed, and not for the better. I'm no artist, and I couldn't for a second assume to explain why it is that I didn't like it as much, but that's the benefi...more
Tony Chu flies to Yamapalu, a small island in the western Pacific, after tasting the "fruit" that tastes like chicken. There, he encounters an agent of the Department of Agriculture (her breasts are ridiculous), a vampire, a governor trying to put Yamapalu on the map, and Amelia, the food writer he thinks is his soul mate. In some corporate warfare, "Montero Industries" tries to destroy all the fruit that tastes like chicken by inciting a civil war and all hell breaks loose.
This continues to be...more
This continues to be...more
Après la lecture du premier volume, je m'étais dit de garder un oeil sur le volume 2. Après lecture, je vais maintenant surveiller la sortie du 3.
On reprend quelques temps après la fin du premier volume, on retrouve certains protagonistes, de nouvelles têtes (dont certaines dont on avait eu vent dans le premier tome), et une nouvelle intrigue de base. On retrouve rapidement les bases des personnages et l'histoire est très agréable à suivre. Toujours autant d'ingéniosité dans la mise en scène, da...more
On reprend quelques temps après la fin du premier volume, on retrouve certains protagonistes, de nouvelles têtes (dont certaines dont on avait eu vent dans le premier tome), et une nouvelle intrigue de base. On retrouve rapidement les bases des personnages et l'histoire est très agréable à suivre. Toujours autant d'ingéniosité dans la mise en scène, da...more
The second book in the series of graphic novels, Chew Volume 2 is just as fun as the first volume. Following Tony Chu as he hunts down a lead pertaining to the first story. He winds up on a tropical island where, a fruit is being grown that, when cooked, tastes remarkably like chicken. Unfortunately, trouble seems to follow Tony and his trip to investigate a lead off the clock turns into something more sinister.
I really enjoy these books and I love the original food-related "powers" that author...more
I really enjoy these books and I love the original food-related "powers" that author...more
I love the idea behind this book. I like the world, where chicken is outlawed, and people are desperate for chicken. I like Tony, who has this special talent/sense, I'm not sure what to call it. But as another reviewer said, could there be more women that aren't dead, or a love interest? I mean, we meet this badass USDA agent and she is dead quickly. And I don't like how the women are portrayed, big boobs and scantily clad. I think it takes away from the story, and I find it disappointing for wh...more
It took me two months to get my hands on this from the Book Depository and it took me picking at it over a few hours to finish it. There are some great original ideas in this series. Chew being a detective who can tell the life and back-story of anything he eats. Mystery and cliffhangers! quickly followed by cliffhangers!! Only to be followed by CLIFFHANGERS!!! The story is great and maybe I missed it the first volume but there is a lot more of subtle and not so subtle humour in this one. I thin...more
This review originally posted at More Than Just Magic
Background
Chew: International Flavor (Vol. 2) picks up not long after Volume 1 ends. Mason is gone but John Colby (Tony’s original partner) has returned. Tony is settling into his new job – though he’s still having trouble with his boss and the more…disgusting elements of his job.
To read more about the first volume of Chew check out my review.
Story
This volume takes Tony on a different track. He finds out about a mysterious fruit – that appare...more
Background
Chew: International Flavor (Vol. 2) picks up not long after Volume 1 ends. Mason is gone but John Colby (Tony’s original partner) has returned. Tony is settling into his new job – though he’s still having trouble with his boss and the more…disgusting elements of his job.
To read more about the first volume of Chew check out my review.
Story
This volume takes Tony on a different track. He finds out about a mysterious fruit – that appare...more
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I read this one back to back with the first volume and it suffers a bit in comparison. Don't get me wrong Layman and Guillroy continue to make some more fun and freaky tales of Tony Chu, agent of the FDA, but the longer story arc of this collection does not work as well as the one-shot tales of the first collection. Again, Layman has a lot of fun ideas he is flinging around (intergalactic plants that taste like chicken!), but the narrative focus is not quite there. Still fun and recommended!
Nov 13, 2012
MissAnnThrope
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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10 November 2012
Rating: * * * 1/2
Chew, Vol. 2: International Flavor is not quite as grotesque as Vol. 1: Taster's Choice, but still very entertaining, especially with the upgraded Cyborg Colby. I absolutely adore this guy! His parts are the funniest and I nearly choked with the scene involving him and Applebee.
I'm looking forward to learning more about The Vampire and I am hoping Mason Savoy makes a reappearance soon!
The art is so much fun, and it captures the ick perfectly. I love it! I must sa...more
Rating: * * * 1/2
Chew, Vol. 2: International Flavor is not quite as grotesque as Vol. 1: Taster's Choice, but still very entertaining, especially with the upgraded Cyborg Colby. I absolutely adore this guy! His parts are the funniest and I nearly choked with the scene involving him and Applebee.
I'm looking forward to learning more about The Vampire and I am hoping Mason Savoy makes a reappearance soon!
The art is so much fun, and it captures the ick perfectly. I love it! I must sa...more
In the second book installment of Chew, detective Tony Chu takes a vacation with his chef brother to a mysterious island that allows the use of chicken. When they get there the brother discovers he isn't cooking with chicken, since it was recently banned by the government just like USA, but with a new "fruit" when cooked tastes just like chicken, maybe even better. Tony has to find out the mystery of this unusual food and why and how people are dying on this idyllic island.
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Secondo volume sull'assaggiatore più particolare che esiste. Cho si è adattato a tastare alimenti edibili (ma anche no).
Simpatici i personaggi - ora si è inserito anche il cyber poliziotto - e le storie stanno iniziando a intrecciarsi.
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Second volume about the most peculiar food taster. Cho now is used to try various edible foods (but mostly the not edible ones).
The characters are fun - now there is also a cyber cop - and the stories begin linking together.
Simpatici i personaggi - ora si è inserito anche il cyber poliziotto - e le storie stanno iniziando a intrecciarsi.
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Second volume about the most peculiar food taster. Cho now is used to try various edible foods (but mostly the not edible ones).
The characters are fun - now there is also a cyber cop - and the stories begin linking together.
Ugh. I don't really know what compelled me to read this follow-up. The first one was amusing, albeit a little gross... this second volume of the "Chew" series continues with the gross theme (necro-cannibalism? literally eating shit? no big deal for our hero), is just as depressing as the first volume (none of the characters are likable, everyone's an asshole), and the plot makes no sense to me (legal chicken is the number one reason that the island has a booming tourist economy -- and then a dic...more
Tony gets back together with his original partner by pretending hatred. Tony also takes off on his own adventure to an island where a mysterious fruit that tastes like chicken is causing political turmoil. Tony also meets up with the girl he's crushing on again. The story line does start to detour back to the tale from the first volume towards the end.
The characters are crazy and fun and I didn't dislike any of them. The colorful, cartoony art style keeps things from getting too dark. The book i...more
The characters are crazy and fun and I didn't dislike any of them. The colorful, cartoony art style keeps things from getting too dark. The book i...more
I would never have thought John Layman had a decent story in him from my prior sampling of his work, much a good to at times near outstanding tale. This is the second installment in the adventures of FDA agent a cibopath Tony Chu. Once Tony eats something he can tell you everything about it, including who killed it (animal or human). we're still in a world where poultry can't be sold in the U.S., and there are people stranger than Tony out there. A slightly twisted, but fun and enjoyable read.
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