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Chew, Vol. 1: Taster's Choice by Rob Guillory, John Layman
4.0

Tony Chu is a guy that can tell something's history by eating it. That is the base of Chew, a fairly recent comic series from John Layman and Rob Guillory. Taster's Choice is the inception of this series, and it's actually a great read and very refreshing in its ideas, even if those ideas are not quite for...everyone. In Tony Chu's world, the Bird Flu of yesteryear became a worldwide plague, such that now poultry is illegal, and the FDA are the premier government organization because food has become such an issue. Chu himself is a cop who ends up being recruited by the FDA due to his particular skillset. It all sounds ridiculous, and it is, but it's thoroughly enjoyable if you can stomach the graphic nature of it all. I'm looking forward to more issues.