"A psychic cannibal detective? Yes, please!" —Felicia Day

Collecting all 60 issues of the New York Times bestselling, Harvey and multiple Eisner Award-winning series about cops, crooks, cooks, cannibals, and clairvoyants in a single massive volume.

Chu is a detective with a secret. A weird secret. Tony Chu is Cibopathic, which means he gets psychic impressions from whatever he eats. It also means he's a hell of a detective, as long as he doesn't mind nibbling on the corpse of a murder victim to figure out whodunit, and why. He's been brought on by the Special Crimes Division of the FDA, the most powerful law enforcement agency on the planet, to investigate their strangest, sickest, and most bizarre cases.

Also included are the blockbuster one-shots featuring everybody’s favorite homicidal rooster, SECRET AGENT POYO, WARRIOR CHICKEN POYO, DEMON CHICKEN POYO.

IGN Best Indie Series of 2009
MTV Best New Series of 2009
ComicBookResources.com's Best 100 Comics of 2009
2010 Eisner Award Winner for Best New Series
2011 Eisner Award Winner for Best Ongoing Series
2010 Harvey Award Winner for Best New Series and Best New Talent

About The Author

John Layman

John Layman is the creator, writer and letterer of Chew, the New York Times best-selling, Harvey Award and multi-Eisner Award winning cannibal cop comedy series from Image Comics. Layman was an editor for WildStorm Production and has written or lettered for every major publisher in comics for the last decade and a half. He’s written Cyclops, Detective Comics, Mars Attacks, Godzilla, Aliens, Thundercats, Gambit, Scarface, Red Sonja, Marvel Zombies Vs. Army of Darkness, House of M: Fantastic Four, the Marvel Identity Wars Annuals, Stephen Colbert’s Tek Jansen… and a whole lotta other stuff. He's currently the writer of Leviathan with artist Nick Pitarra and Outer Darkness with artist Afu Chan, both published by Image Comics.

About The Illustrator

Rob Guillory

Born, raised and currently based in Lafayette, Louisiana, Rob Guillory is most known for his art on Image Comics' longrunning series CHEW. Written by John Layman, the book has achieved much success, winning two Harvey Awards (including Best New Talent for Guillory) and two Eisner Awards (Best New Series in 2010 and Best Continuing Series in 2011).

His most recent work with Image Comics is FARMHAND.

Product Details

Publisher: Image Comics (March 4, 2025)
Length: 1320 pages
ISBN13: 9781534354371

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Raves and Reviews

"This comic [CHEW] is witty and unique, I love the world that's created, and the spoofy nature of the stories and characters doesn't just skim the surface."

– Felicia Day

"Chew is a sick, offbeat, warped, disturbing and very crazy comic. It's also hilarious and quite brilliant."

– IGN