Taster's Choice (Chew)
| Taster's Choice | |
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| Date | June – October 2009 |
| No. of issues | 5 |
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| Page count | 128 pages |
| Publisher | Image Comics |
| Creative team | |
| Writers | John Layman |
| Artists | Rob Guillory |
| Original publication | |
| Published in | Chew |
| ISBN | 978-1-6070-6159-5 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | International Flavor |
Taster's Choice is a graphic novel written by John Layman, drawn by Rob Guillory, and published by Image Comics as the first volume of the American comic book series Chew, set in the Image Universe. Following Tony Chu, a Cibopathic Food and Drug Administration (FDA) agent who solves crimes by receiving psychic impressions from whatever he eats, Chapter One was released June 3, 2009, Chapter Two was released July 1, 2009, Chapter Three was released August 5, 2009, Chapter Four was released September 2, 2009, and Chapter Five was released October 21, 2009. It is followed by the story arc International Flavor.
The series received a universally positive critical reception. In 2010, Chew won the Eisner Award for Best New Series for Taster's Choice and International Flavor, as well as two Harvey Awards, and was nominated for two Eagle Awards.