 | Chew #1 (Image) "Taster's Choice, Part 1 of 5" John Layman Rob Guillory |
are you a cibopath? no? do you even know what it means? no? well, lucky for the rest of us language-challenged dorks, John Layman has wrote a story around that very word.
Tony Chu is a cibopath - basically it means he can derive psychic sensations from the food that he eats and he can tell you how that food came to be. its like akin to doing a complete autopsy on every morsel and knowing everything there is to know about it, minus the scientific methods and hour-long CSI exposition. quite a handy talent, especially when you're a cop. just ignore the looks you get from your coworkers when you say the Peking Duck isn't really duck.
Chu gets more than he bargained for with his gift when a drug bust evolves into serial killer takedown due to the chicken soup. or rather what was in the chicken soup. now instead of just being a beat cop getting saddled with inter-office turf wars without making any headway on crime, he now gets drafted into a bigger league, one that would make the best use of his 'cibopathy'. even if that word didn't exist, Layman has crafted a deliciously original series that deserves several helpings.
it's like he's the Empath of the Food Network!
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