Chew by John Layman and Rob Guillory was a hit of an Image comic book title, telling the story of a man who could devine the origin of anything he ate, working for a federal department enforcing chicken prohibition in a world where food-based super powers were rapidly becoming the norm – and also put a target on your head. It span off into merchandise, adaptations and remains a strong seller. A year ago, it ended in a fantastic finale and John Layman and Rob Guillory wanted to spin off that success into a DC Comics superhero project – or a Marvel Comics project – especially as Layman had worked on a number of DC Comics titles during that period.
But, for the Chew team, bizarrely no one bit.
Also: tomorrow is the year-anniversary of the final issue of CHEW.
It's been a weird year since.
— LAYMAN (@themightylayman) November 22, 2017
The plan was for me and Rob to follow up CHEW by doing something fun for one of the Big Two.
Things did not go according to plan.
— LAYMAN (@themightylayman) November 22, 2017
Nope, if I'm doing superheroes I'm gonna do the real thing. Not file off serial numbers.
— LAYMAN (@themightylayman) November 22, 2017
Doing Plastic Man is my DC dream.
— LAYMAN (@themightylayman) November 22, 2017
Doesn't matter. DC ain't hirin'.
— LAYMAN (@themightylayman) November 22, 2017
Such a bizarre turn of events. By the way, this is what a Rob Guillory Plastic Man might look like…
Plastic Man quick sketch. pic.twitter.com/Rv7Qv1hJyc
— Rob Guillory (@Rob_guillory) December 10, 2016
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