Title: Chew: Flambe Volume 4
Author: John Layman
Artist: Rob Guillory
Genre: Crime / Humor
Year Published: 2011
Year Read: 2013
Series: Chew #4
Publisher: Image Comics
Source: Library
Content Rating: Ages 16+ (Gory Violence and Strong Language)
Introduction:
Seriously, will I ever put
this series down? Every time I pick up a
volume from John Layman’s Eisner Award and
Harvey Award winning series “Chew,” things
just keeps getting crazier and more interesting than ever before! In this volume, “Chew: Flambé,” things get even more crazy for Tony Chu and John
Colby as there is a panic going on in the United States when strange alien
letterings suddenly show up in the sky!
What is this story
about?
In this volume, after a mysterious alien language suddenly
pops up in the sky, everyone starts panicking and believes that an alien
invasion is about to come to Earth! So,
it is up to the FDA agents Tony Chu and John Colby to find out about this
supposed alien conspiracy and what will it mean for Earth?
What I loved about
this story:
John Layman’s writing: For the past three volumes, I
have always said that John Layman’s writing
on the “Chew” series has been
nothing but fantastic! Well, in this
volume, John Layman really brought
out true surreal humor as Tony Chu and John Colby get into even more crazy
adventures than usual! I loved the way
that John Layman made things even
more interesting with the mystery surrounding the strange alien language
suddenly appearing in the sky and it was great seeing the build up towards
solving the mystery of the alien language and what it would mean for
Earth. John Layman’s humorous writing is just as top notch in this volume as it
was in the previous three volumes and I really love the moments shared between
Tony and his twin sister Antonelle “Toni” Chu as Toni is like the annoying
younger sibling towards Tony and I love how she truly cares about him despite
annoying him at every chance. I also
love the character “Poyo,” the rooster who for some strange reason is able to
do some kung-fu fighting (do not worry; you will see its moves in this volume)!
It was also interesting seeing Tony’s daughter (yes, Tony actually has a
daughter) Olive Chu as she seems to have resentment towards Tony and it would
be interesting to see in future volumes whether or not her relationship with
Tony will improve or not.
Rob Guillory’s artwork: Rob
Guillory’s artwork is as usual, extremely hilarious and detailed at the
same time as it brought in so much humor and tension to the story. I loved the way that the characters look
bizarre as their bodies are done in exaggerated proportions, making the artwork
truly creative to look at. I also loved
the way that Rob Guillory drew the gory
scenes during the crime scenes, even though the blood splattering scenes might
be a bit too exaggerated, but it just made those situations more humorous to
look at than making you cringe in disgust (which I never thought would be
possible)!
What made me feel
uncomfortable about this story:
For anyone who does not like gory scenes and strong
language, this volume definitely has plenty of strong violence and
language. There are many instances where
the characters drop the “s” and “f” bombs throughout the stories and that might
offend anyone who does not like reading such strong language in a graphic
novel. Also, there are many violent
scenes of characters getting shot and cut up and blood splattering everywhere
and that might make anyone uncomfortable if they are not used to gory scenes.
Final Thoughts:
Overall, “Chew: Flambe” is really setting things up and I definitely
cannot wait to see what this mysterious alien language in the sky is going to
do to the characters in the future. I
would definitely recommend this volume to any fan of John Layman’s
“Chew” series and also check out the other volumes that came before this one:
Chew: Taster’s
Choice
Chew:
International Flavors
Chew: Just
Desserts
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