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Chew #5
Publisher: Image
Writer: John Layman
Artist: Rob Guillory
Letters: John Layman
Colors: Rob Guillory

Having heard the hype about this series for a while now, I had to add this title to my pull list. Having had a chance to sit down and read issue #5 recently, I was instantly horrified that I haven’t been following this title! This issue is a great starting point for new readers; not being familiar with this series or its characters, I found myself being drawn in and brought up to date, as it were, rather quickly. For those of you still unfamiliar with Chew, it is about Tony Chu. Tony Chu is a cibopath. A cibopath is an individual who gets psychic impressions from any substance he ingests; he can eat something and knows its history. The writing for this comic is both ludicrous and well planned and thought out. Issue #5 starts with the ending panels of the comic and then leads into how things unfolded. Big changes are coming for Tony Chu, changes that will affect him and Mason Savoy forever. I am still truly horrified that I haven’t been following this series since issue #1.

Cowboy Ninja Viking
Publisher: Image
Writer: Aj Lieberman
Artist: Riley Rossmo
Letters: Clayton Cowles
Cover: Dave Casey

Cowboy Ninja Viking is one of those titles you most likely would pass on simply because of the title; it sounds like a really cheese filled comic. I can say there is absolutely no cheese anywhere is this comic; what you will get is some great writing and some serious butt kicking! Cowboy Ninja Viking follows a trained assassin with multiple personalities that, as you can guess, are a cowboy, a ninja, and a viking. He is known as a triplet and has been trained to kill, along with numerous other triplets. When a triplet goes rogue and needs to be put down, they bring in the best of the best – Cowboy Ninja Viking! This series is fast paced and extremely well written, and the artwork has its own stylistic flair. I love when each of the personalities talk; either a six shooter, a katana, or an axe run through the speech bubble. I get a real serious Cowboy Bebop vibe from this comic, so check it out, you won’t be disappointed!

Scott Andrews
scott@comicattack.net