Just Desserts (Chew)
Just Desserts is a 2010 graphic novel written by John Layman, drawn by Rob Guillory, and published by Image Comics as the third volume of the American comic book series Chew, set in the Image Universe. Following Tony Chu, a Cibopathic Food and Drug Administration agent who solves crimes by receiving psychic impressions from whatever he eats, Chapter One was released June 9, 2010, Chapter Two was released July 14, 2010, Chapter Three was released August 18, 2010, Chapter Four was released September 29, 2010, and Chapter Five was released November 10, 2010. Preceded by International Flavor, it is followed by the story arc Flambé.
The series received a universally positive critical reception.
Premise
Chapter One
Things are looking up for Tony Chu! He's got a girlfriend, a partner he trusts, and even seems to be getting along with his jerk boss. Only when he discovers an exclusive diner's club of the rich who commit crimes in order to procure the meat of the rare, exotic and extinct, having stolen a frozen intact mastodon to eat, he must infiltrate their annual dinner and stop them. Guess who's coming to dinner to stop them? The cast of Office Space make cameo appearances.Chapter Two
As Tony goes undercover, the killer cockerel Poyo returns!Chapter Three
As Mason Savoy returns, a double agent is revealed.Reporters Peter Parker and Jimmy Olsen make cameo appearances.