After reading Chew #2, it becomes clear that every issue of Chew is just going to get better and better. The story starts off where Chew #1 left off; Tony Chu’s new stint working for the FDA. In this new line of work, Tony Chu quickly finds out that in order to complete his assignments, he will be forced to eat the most disgusting and unimaginable items ever. Tony makes a friend though, who helps him get through it and even saves his life at one point in the story.
Story: John Layman does not disappoint in the story making department. Every panel in the comic book is as thrilling as the last and the plot never gets boring with its amazing unpredictable twists and turns. Besides being cutting edge, the plot also exceeds in its ability to be simplistic enough to understand, yet complicated enough to make the readers think.
Art: Rob Guillory, the illustrator of Chew, is an amazingly talented man. The way in which he combines colors to create breathtaking shades and styles is truly something to behold. Furthermore, he almost conveys as much feeling as the story itself with the way in which his art speaks to the readers, but at the same time doesn’t make it too distracting or detached from the story.
Overall: This comic book is simply one of the best you will ever find. The ingenuity of the writing combined with the depth of the art creates one of the most stunning and beautiful pieces of work, that at the same time has a delicious dark side to it.
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