It is written by John Layman[1] with art by Rob Guillory[2] and published by Image Comics across the storylines Taster's Choice, International Flavor, Just Desserts, Flambé, Major League Chew, Space Cakes, Bad Apples, Family Recipes, Chicken Tenders, Blood Puddin’, The Last Suppers, and Sour Grapes.

He is fired from his job after the Philadelphia PD catches him eating the cook and gets hired on to the FDA by an agent named Mason Savoy, who is also a cibopath.

[5] The first case that Tony and Savoy are assigned to is finding out what happened to a Health Inspector named Evan Pepper, based on a finger found inside of a hamburger at a fast-food restaurant.

During the investigation, Tony has a hit put out on him by a businessman named Ray Jack Montero.

Savoy runs off to discover what really caused the so-called Bird Flu, and banned all chicken consumption.

[8] Tony has his FDA credentials checked and is released only to find out by biting another prisoner that another murder has taken place, over a rooster named Poyo, a cockfight champion.

[10] It turns out that Ray Jack Montero is burning the plants to remove any competition, with a little help from some residents of Yamapalu, who are rebelling due to the capture of Poyo.

[11] In Just Desserts, Tony finds out that Poyo had been moved to America, so he retrieves him and shuts down a cockfighting ring.

[16] Tony and Colby investigate a food fight that resulted in several students killing each other at Francis Bacon High School.

After detaining him, Tony finds out that Pilaf had sent a recipe to astronauts on the Fisher-Okroshka International Space Station which exploded shortly afterwards.

[17] While on a mission with the USDA in North Korea, Tony and Colby find out that the FDA are using Poyo as a secret weapon.

[19] Mason drinks Migdalo's blood, and tells Caesar that there is a connection between people with abilities and the writing in the sky.

Tony and Colby are sent to investigate an egg worshiping cult that predicted the disappearance of the sky writing to the minute.

Back when he was a beat cop, he proposed to his girlfriend, Min "Mindy" Tso, but she went insane and wanted Tony to eat one of her toes.

When Tony gets a psychic sensation from his chicken soup and goes to arrest the chef, John is incapacitated by a butcher's knife to the face.

John is often seen eating illegal chicken products whenever he can, and is apparently gay after sleeping with his boss to keep him from pestering Tony.

[10] For Thanksgiving Chow cooks his family an illegal turkey, and because of his broken jaw he cannot give grace so Tony has to do it.

Tony, however, seems to be immune to this nauseating effect, possibly due to his previous experience with disgusting food.

He was kept in a secret safe house by the gambling ring, until his location was discovered by Tony Chu and chief of police Raymond Kulolo.

[27] She was supposed to be transferred to the Gardner-Kvashennaya International Telescope[15] but she stays in the States after alien writing shows up in the sky.

It is later revealed that she had a drunken, sexual experience with Caesar, though she doesn't want him to remember it, possibly out of shame.

But, having foreseen her death, Toni ate a diet of beets beforehand so that the Vampire could not gain her abilities by eating her flesh.

When they got there they found out that the telescope only needed 3 million to operate and they used the rest of the money on prostitutes, drugs and a llama.

After alien writing appears in the sky he decides to buy black market chicken and reopen his restaurant to the public.

[17] The Chew Universe is filled with a variety of characters who exhibit supernatural powers relating to food and their interpretation thereof.

Also, he may be immune to the powers of the other characters, as The Barista's foam message had no effect on him (Though Caesar claims this is because Vorhees is illiterate).

[35] Able to craft a unique preparation out of food to make facial beauty masks that yield amazing transformational (although temporary) results.

[50] In March 2011 Showtime announced it was developing Chew into a half-hour comedy series, based on a script by Terri Hughes Burton and Ron Milbauer.

[citation needed] On February 1, 2013, John Layman wrote on Facebook, "Chew Showtime TV show not happening.

On the day of the campaign launch, Hyper RPG aired an actual play demo on their Twitch channel featuring Kaiji Tang as the GM, Jimmy Wong as Tony Chu, Elyse Willems as Amelia Mintz, Malika Lim Eubank as Toni Chu, and Zac Eubank as John Colby.