New Releases by John Layman

Presenting a new storyline of the New York Times Best-Selling, Harvey and multiple Eisner Award-winner series about cops, crooks, cooks, cannibals, and clairvoyants. Tony Chu -- the cibopathic federal agent with the ability to get psychic impressions from what he eats -- is back in action, just in time to face a cult of egg-worshipping terrorists who''ve declared holy war on the chicken-eaters of the world. Collects CHEW # 31-35.

Dietary restrictions.

On the trail of the vampire!

Tony takes on a load of seamen.

Revelations! Fights! Milkshakes!

Presenting a new storyline of the New York Times Best Selling, Harvey and multiple Eisner Award-winner series about cops, crooks, cooks, cannibals, and clairvoyants! While Tony Chu--the cibopathic federal agent with the ability to get psychic impressions from what he eats--clings to life in a hospital ICU, his twin sister Toni steps up to take center stage. Toni is cibovoyant, able to see the future of anything she eats, and, lately, she''s seeing some pretty terrible things. Collects CHEW 26-30, plus extras, as well as the blockbuster spin-off one-shot that stole America''s heart, CHEW: SECRET AGENT POYO.

The bonus-sized wedding issue, CHEW''s half-way point, and the issue that is gonna take EVERYBODY by surprise. Sure, it''s a terrible jumping-on point for new readers, but did we mention the FREE TRI-FOLD POSTER COVER, at no extra cost?

Remember last year when CHEW shocked, confounded and enraged the entire comic book industry and indeed the entire world by printing an issue out of sequence? Here''s that issue all over again, in order and in context, and now jam-packed with extras and supplemental material so you''ll feel just fine about buying it all over again!

Collects CHEW #21-25 plus bonus materials! Tony Chu - the cibopathic federal agent with the ability to get psychic impressions from what he eats - has been kidnapped. He was ambushed, knocked out, brought to a remote location, and bound securely. His captor intends to feed Tony from a menu of his choosing, to find out what Tony can see, in order to learn from him. His daughter Olive has been kidnapped for the exact same reason. Two kidnappers, two captives, and two very different outcomes. Presenting fifth storyline of the New York Times Best Selling, Harvey and multiple Eisner Award-winner series about cops, crooks, cooks, cannibals, clairvoyants - and kidnappers!

For sale: One Cibopath, slightly used, extremely damaged.

Unstoppable juggernaut of comics greatness? Unbeatable, unbelievable value? You be the judge as another incredible issue of _Dark Horse Presents_ hits shelves! This issue is packing Dean Motter''s _Mister X_, and the reemergence of Mike Baron and Steve Rude''s intergalactic fighting force, Nexus! Seventy-two pages of ad-free, full-color comics.

This issue, we give new meaning to the phrase ''death by chocolate.''

Hey, remember that dead baseball player we put on the back cover of Issue #15? Tony learns his story this issue. And not voluntarily, either.

Two captives. Two kidnappers.

''BASEBALL, HOT DOGS AND APPLE PIE,'' Part One Mike Applebee''s good day, Tony Chu''s first day and John Colby''s last day. An issue of beginning and endings, as we head into the fifth story arc of the multi-Eisner award nominated series about cops, crooks, cooks, cannibals, clairvoyants and--meter maids?

Welcome to Area 51, Tony Chu. Would you like some steak sauce with your dead extraterrestrial?

USDA Suicide mission! Boobs! Germ warfare! And a very, very special guest star!

Bullied nerd Peter Pilaf goes all ''food-Columbine'' on the students of Francis Bacon High. Plus: fun with astronauts!

Mother Clucker''s Homestyle Fried Chicken Palace is open for business! THIS YEAR''S EISNER AND HARVEY AWARD WINNERS FOR BEST NEW SERIES, BELIEVE IT OR NOT!

Collects Chew #11-15! Things are looking up for Tony Chu, the cibopathic federal agent with the ability to get psychic impressions from the things he eats. He''s got a girlfriend. He''s got a partner he trusts. He even seems to be getting along with his jerk boss. But his ruthless ex-partner is still out there, operating outside of the law, intending to make good on his threats against Tony and everybody Tony cares about. It''s just a matter of time before their investigations collide, blood spills and-inevitably-body parts are eaten. Presenting the third storyline of CHEW, the follow-up to the New York Times Best Sellers ''Taster''s Choice'' and ''International Flavor.'' Check out the strange and darkly comic series about cops, crooks, cooks, cannibals and clairvoyants. Winner of the Eisner Award for Best New Series and nominated for Eagle and Harvey awards to boot!

Cibopath showdown! NOT SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES

The killer cock Poyo returns! Feathers will fly, and blood will spill! Plus: Tony Chu undercover!

Collects Chew #6-10! Tony Chu, the cibopathic federal agent with the ability to get psychic impressions from the things he eats, is on a bizarre new case. A newly discovered fruit takes Agent Chu to a remote island full of secrets, strangeness-and a shadowy killer with a particularly sinister appetite. Presenting the second storyline of IGN.com''s pick for Best Indie Series of 2009 and MTV Splash Page.com''s pick for Best New Series of 2009. Find out what the fuss is about in this latest a twisted and darkly funny comic about cops, crooks, cooks, cannibals and clairvoyants.

A few months ago an intact mastodon was discovered encased in a glacier in Siberia. A few weeks ago the lab doing DNA sequencing on the prehistoric creature mysteriously burned to the ground. And a few days ago, Special Agent Tony Chu discovered an exclusive diner''s club of the very, very rich who commit crimes in order to procure the meat of the rare, exotic and extinct. Tonight is their annual dinner. Guess who''s coming to dinner to stop them?

WTF, vampires?!?!?

Introducing Poyo! In the cockfighting ring, Poyo is almost impossible to defeat. This makes Poyo''s owners very, very rich. It also has a habit of making Poyo''s owners very, very dead. Guess who gets assigned to track down Poyo, and the murderers who have stolen him?

Meet Lin Sae Woo. She''s a covert operative for the United States Department of Agriculture, and one its most lethal assassins. She has the equivalent of black belts in four different disciplines of martial arts hand-to-hand combat and is equally deadly with swords, throwing knifes, sniper rifles and handguns. She''ll make a corpse out of anybody who tries to stand between her and completion of her current assignment-and that includes that nosy F.D.A. agent with the creepy cibopath power, Tony Chu!

Tony Chu''s jerk boss: Agent Chu, go eat that. Tony Chu: That''s the grossest thing ever. I''m not gonna eat that. Tony Chu''s new partner: I got an idea. We''re detectives, right? Lie to your boss, and let''s solve this old school - before your boss figures out you lied to him and makes you eat the grossest thing ever! Presenting the first chapter of ''International Flavor,'' the globe-trotting second story arc in the inexplicably well-received comic about cops, crooks, cooks, cannibals and clairvoyants!

Collects Chew Vol. 1 #1-5! Tony 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.

TASTER''S CHOICE, Conclusion. FDA Agent Tony Chu just landed the biggest bust of his career, but while the bullets were flying and the bodies were falling, Tony''s partner Mason Savoy took a slug. Now, Tony''s on his own, and he just ate something that''s revealed the identity of a dangerous enemy-- the absolute last person Tony should be facing without backup. The stunningly violent conclusion to first story arc of the surprise hit of the season-- and just maybe the very best comic you will read all month about cops, crooks, cooks, cannibals & clairvoyants!