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Outer Darkness/Chew #1-3
Outer Darkness/Chew: Fusion Cuisine
The creators of CHEW reteam for the first time in most unexpected crossover ever!
Just how does Tony Chu wind up aboard the starship Charon thousands of years in the future? How does Captain Joshua Rigg deal with this cibopathic stowaway? You'll have to read this to find out!
Collects OUTER DARKNESS/CHEW #1-3
Just how does Tony Chu wind up aboard the starship Charon thousands of years in the future? How does Captain Joshua Rigg deal with this cibopathic stowaway? You'll have to read this to find out!
Collects OUTER DARKNESS/CHEW #1-3
80 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 24, 2020
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John Layman
807 books582 followersJohn Steele Layman is an American comic book writer and letterer. Layman is most known for writing Chew, published by Image Comics.
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July 21, 2021
Layman and company manage to pull off a decent crossover between his biggest and his most recent intellectual properties despite them being separated by a great deal of time and space. The concept used is true to the roots of the dark Star Trek homage that is Outer Darkness and pretty darn fun to boot.
The main drawback is the story is a small and trifling detour for both titles with no lasting impact à la "Flash of Two Worlds" or Crisis on Infinite Worlds. We're firmly in Archie Meets the Punisher territory.
The main drawback is the story is a small and trifling detour for both titles with no lasting impact à la "Flash of Two Worlds" or Crisis on Infinite Worlds. We're firmly in Archie Meets the Punisher territory.
May 7, 2021
I’ve lately been burned with lame cross-overs (thanks, DC New 52), but occasionally there are cross-overs that are just too damn juicy to pass up. (Yeah, okay, that’s not the best word to describe it. Sorry.)
John Layman’s “Outer Darkness” is a weird blend of “Star Trek” and “Hellraiser”. It’s part-parody, part-full-fledged horror. Sometimes, it’s funny, in a very dark way.
Layman’s other series, “Chew”, is hilarious and weird and violent, all at once.
While they strike different tones, somehow they work well together. Maybe it’s due to the fact that both series were created by the same guy. They say the best person to collaborate with is yourself. (Actually, I don’t think anyone says that.) Regardless, this “Outer Darkness/Chew” cross-over is great.
Anyway, Captain Joshua Rigg of the Starship Charon is leading a mission of diplomacy, attempting to ally with the Cibulaxians, an alien species that only communicates through food. (Just go with it…)
Stumped, Rigg decides to retrieve Tony Chu and his FDA partner John Colby from the 21st century. Chu is a detective with a unique (and gross) superpower: he can get psychic readings from whatever he happens to be eating.
All well and good, except Chu and Colby discover that they haven’t exactly been time-traveling but, instead, have been replicated via hologram printer from the pages of a 21st-century comic book called “Chew”. Apparently, their breaking of the 4th wall has created a rift in time/space that has brought forth unspeakable demonic forces. Carnage, of course, ensues.
Oh, and spicy chicken is definitely on the menu.
John Layman’s “Outer Darkness” is a weird blend of “Star Trek” and “Hellraiser”. It’s part-parody, part-full-fledged horror. Sometimes, it’s funny, in a very dark way.
Layman’s other series, “Chew”, is hilarious and weird and violent, all at once.
While they strike different tones, somehow they work well together. Maybe it’s due to the fact that both series were created by the same guy. They say the best person to collaborate with is yourself. (Actually, I don’t think anyone says that.) Regardless, this “Outer Darkness/Chew” cross-over is great.
Anyway, Captain Joshua Rigg of the Starship Charon is leading a mission of diplomacy, attempting to ally with the Cibulaxians, an alien species that only communicates through food. (Just go with it…)
Stumped, Rigg decides to retrieve Tony Chu and his FDA partner John Colby from the 21st century. Chu is a detective with a unique (and gross) superpower: he can get psychic readings from whatever he happens to be eating.
All well and good, except Chu and Colby discover that they haven’t exactly been time-traveling but, instead, have been replicated via hologram printer from the pages of a 21st-century comic book called “Chew”. Apparently, their breaking of the 4th wall has created a rift in time/space that has brought forth unspeakable demonic forces. Carnage, of course, ensues.
Oh, and spicy chicken is definitely on the menu.
September 19, 2020
I'm pretty much guaranteed to love this, because I love Outer Darkness, I love Chew, and I love Farmhand. These three chaps all together is my catnip. I laughed, I groaned, I cheered, I thanked my wife for an awesome anniversary present.
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May 26, 2021Chew is a near-future comedy* detective series about food magic. Outer Darkness is set centuries hence, in demon-haunted spaceships, and noticeably shorter on chuckles. The idea of a crossover between them would make no sense whatsoever if they weren't the work of the same writer, John Layman**, who as such has full leeway to muck around with both sets of characters, making them fit with a combination of fourth wall breaks, gruesome violence and sheer chutzpah. I'm much more into Chew than Outer Darkness, but that's probably better for this than the other way around as Chew's cast (and artist) totally steal the show. Daft as a box of frogs, and all the better for it.
*Although one which probably reads darker now, given the backstory includes a pandemic after which restrictions on pleasures once taken for granted never lift, the authorities instead desperately pretending that crappy substitutes are basically the same thing.
**Who does a joke about his own surname here which is so good I can't believe he didn't use it sooner.
*Although one which probably reads darker now, given the backstory includes a pandemic after which restrictions on pleasures once taken for granted never lift, the authorities instead desperately pretending that crappy substitutes are basically the same thing.
**Who does a joke about his own surname here which is so good I can't believe he didn't use it sooner.
April 29, 2021
A mini story the takes place in the world of Outer Darkness with a few familiar faces thrown into the foray.
I've never read any Outer Darkness so I don't really know anything about the characters of the sort of stories that happen. I am however a massive fan of Chew so I had to pick this up when I saw it existed.
I really enjoyed the way this all took place, the twist of how Tony and John were brought onto the Outer Darkness ship was unexpected but a really fun idea. Give me any Chew content and I will lap it up.
I would have liked it if the main story arc was resolved at the end would have wrapped that up a bit better in my opinion. But other that that it was a fun red.
I've never read any Outer Darkness so I don't really know anything about the characters of the sort of stories that happen. I am however a massive fan of Chew so I had to pick this up when I saw it existed.
I really enjoyed the way this all took place, the twist of how Tony and John were brought onto the Outer Darkness ship was unexpected but a really fun idea. Give me any Chew content and I will lap it up.
I would have liked it if the main story arc was resolved at the end would have wrapped that up a bit better in my opinion. But other that that it was a fun red.
July 20, 2022
DELICIOUS!!!
A quirky and funny crossover between Layman's Chew and Outer Darkness universes with the former injecting its unique light and humour to the latter's darker tones.
Layman and his artists have made a very Meta comic poking fun at themselves and their material with perfect comic timing.
The main story is also intriguing and ingenious in how he has managed to fuse both universes together and allow us another look at some of our Chew favourites.
It's just a shame that Outer Darkness was cancelled and whilst the spin off Chu is brilliant we don't get to interact with a our favourite food superheroes as we used to.
A quirky and funny crossover between Layman's Chew and Outer Darkness universes with the former injecting its unique light and humour to the latter's darker tones.
Layman and his artists have made a very Meta comic poking fun at themselves and their material with perfect comic timing.
The main story is also intriguing and ingenious in how he has managed to fuse both universes together and allow us another look at some of our Chew favourites.
It's just a shame that Outer Darkness was cancelled and whilst the spin off Chu is brilliant we don't get to interact with a our favourite food superheroes as we used to.
March 18, 2023
Solo 3 stelle per questo crossover che si posizione fra il primo volume di outer darkness e non so che volume di chew.
Storia che stona, perché alza ancora più l'asticella del nosense di quel tanto che sbriciola la sospensione dell'incredulità, almeno per i miei parametri.
Ammetto che non conoscere chew, mi fa perdere gran parte delle citazioni presenti, non c'è la mia affezione ai personaggi è pari a 0.
Storia che stona, perché alza ancora più l'asticella del nosense di quel tanto che sbriciola la sospensione dell'incredulità, almeno per i miei parametri.
Ammetto che non conoscere chew, mi fa perdere gran parte delle citazioni presenti, non c'è la mia affezione ai personaggi è pari a 0.
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May 9, 2022Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow
A little side-story in the Outer Darkness universe, with some unexpected guests. Still beautifully drawn and colored, hilarious, and even crazier if that's even possible. I'll read and re-read OD obsessively, hoping for an eventual third act to give it the ending it deserves.
It's so good!
A little side-story in the Outer Darkness universe, with some unexpected guests. Still beautifully drawn and colored, hilarious, and even crazier if that's even possible. I'll read and re-read OD obsessively, hoping for an eventual third act to give it the ending it deserves.
It's so good!
June 25, 2020
Two might even be a little generous.
August 19, 2020
A very unnecessary sequel but at least I got to see Poyo again.
August 27, 2020
Mildly enjoyable crossover. I enjoyed the Chew portions a bit more, as Outer Darkness is relatively new to me.
November 7, 2020
Glorious, I missed those guys.
February 7, 2021
Short and sweet crossover. I've never read Chew, but after this it seems like the type of over the top humour I enjoy from time to time.
February 14, 2021
Made me miss the now cancelled Outer Darkness even more
March 18, 2021
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November 6, 2021
Why??? Why do this??
May 25, 2023
The last hurrah for Outer Darkness. I've not read any of the Chew comics before but this serves as a quick introduction, as well as a fun crossover event.
October 17, 2024
Loved reuniting with the Chew gang in this wacky Outer Darkness crossover special!
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