And so begins what is, for all intents and purposes, the second season of Chew. In the aftermath of last issue, everything has changed for the characters as Tony attempts to find a missing FDA genius who may be able to decipher the mysterious message in the sky. This issue also offers up our first glimpse at the horrors of the world in the middle of the Avian Flu crisis that kick started the chicken prohibition and elevated the FDA to the premiere law enforcement agency in the United States. It’s perfectly clear from every page of this issue that John Layman has a masterful plan laid out perfectly, and is giddy at the chance to show us the twists and turns as they come. Rob Guillory continues to astound with his inventive, zany art style which dominates every page of the book and catches the eye, even in the most subtle of ways. If you haven’t read Chew yet, this is the issue to start from; you can pretty easily pick up all the pieces and just run with it and enjoy what is surely one of the finest independent books on the market.