Flambé (Chew)
| Flambé | |
|---|---|
| Date | December 2010 – August 2011 |
| No. of issues | 5 |
| Main characters |
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| Page count | 120 pages |
| Publisher | Image Comics |
| Creative team | |
| Writers | John Layman |
| Artists | Rob Guillory |
| Original publication | |
| Published in | Chew |
| ISBN | 978-1-6070-6159-5 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Just Desserts |
| Followed by | Major League Chew |
Flambé is a graphic novel, written by John Layman, drawn by Rob Guillory, and published by Image Comics as the fourth volume of the American comic book series Chew. Set in the Image Universe, it follows Tony Chu, a Cibopathic Food and Drug Administration (FDA) agent who solves crimes by receiving psychic impressions from whatever he eats, as he deals with the FDA's waning power in the aftermath of Just Desserts.
Chapter One was released December 22, 2010; Chapter Two was released February 23, 2011; Chapter Three was released April 6, 2011; Chapter Four was released June 6, 2011; and Chapter Five was released August 24, 2011. Additionally, after Chapter Three (Chew #18), the story jumps ahead to Chew #27 (the second chapter of the future story arc Space Cakes), released May 11, 2011, in a flashforward taking place one year later, before returning to the narrative of Flambé, making it the first volume of the series with six chapters instead of five.
The series received a universally positive critical reception.