This is Comic Geek Speak, Episode 781 Book of the Month Club on Chew, Volume 1, Taster's Choice.

I'm Jamie D. I'm Sank Kelly. I'm Adam Murdo. I'm Brian Deamer.

I'm Jamie D. I'm Sank Kelly. I'm Adam Murdo.

I'm Brian Christman. I'm Matt.

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We took our month of December off and we're back in January for Book of the Month Club.

And we decided to kick it off with one of last year's hit comics, Chew, from Image.

And joining us for the first part of this episode is John Lehman, the writer of Chu. So here we go.

Thanks for having me. Oh, thank you. Well, thanks for taking the time to join us. So let's talk a little about

Chew. First of all, how are you handling all of the hype? This seems to be like the hot hit of last year, so what do you think about that?

I know.

I'm still pretty weirded out about it.

I mean, I never expected it.

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