Chew Eats-Up the Competition!

10 June 2009 (Berkeley, CA) - CHEW, the all-new crime series with a cannibalistic twist from writer John Layman and illustrator Rob Guillory, debuted to a near immediate distribution-level sell-out despite a significant overprint, resulting in a second printing.

"I've been insisting for years that the comic book industry has been clamoring for more books with double-page spreads of non-costumed characters eating soup, and it's gratifying to see there is, indeed, a robust market for such a book," Layman said. "Big thanks to everybody -- retailers, readers and reviewers -- who came out in such shocking numbers to check out something new and different... and more than a little bit weird. Rob Guillory's amazing art certainly played a big part in attracting people's attention, so I want to thank him for his great work as well."

CHEW's star, Detective Tony Chu, is a cop with a secret. As a Cibopath, Detective Chu gets a psychic impression from whatever he eats. While it means he's a hell of a Detective if he can stomach the evidence, once his secret gets out, the government makes plans for him - whether he likes it or not. CHEW blends horror, mystery, and the strangest ability of them all, in an ongoing series of horrific crimes solved in the most horrific way possible. Since its release, the book has been receiving an immense amount of buzz with many retailers directly contacting Image for as many copies as they can spare! Even Layman's fellow creators have been talking-up the book.

CASANOVA and Uncanny X-Men writer, Matt Fraction, commented, "Of all the times John Layman has made me want to throw up, this was the best. CHEW is disturbed and disturbing and warped and grotesque and hilarious and horrifying -- in short, exactly the kind of book we were all afraid John Layman had hiding inside of him somewhere. Now, when they find the bodies, we can all hold up copies of CHEW and say, 'SEE? WE TOLD YOU THIS WAS COMING!'

"Oh, and Rob Gullory is going to helllllllllll."

CHEW #1 2^nd-Printing (APR098373) and CHEW #2 (MAY090346), both 32-page, full-color comic books for $2.99, will be in stores July 1^st, 2009.

© C Harris Lynn, 2009