The Rainbow Orchid is available at bookshops in the UK & online including Amazon USA
See Garen's Rainbow Orchid Shop for signed copies, special photos and Rainbow Orchid T-Shirts. The exchange rate is some of the best is a while, so a good time to buy.

LATEST ONLINE
• Garen Ewing's The Rainbow Orchid Vol. 2 is being printed! Amazon UK has Vol. 2 scheduled for release JULY 5, 2010. Garen is working on Vol. 3 (the last part of the three part series), with release currently planned for 2011. Looking for the best USA price? The Book Depositary currently has the best USA price under $10 with free shipping worldwide. I have ordered from them and found my order came fast and well packaged.

• Events: Bristol International Comic & Small Press Expo May 21-23, 2010 - The Guardian Hay Festival June 3, 2009.

Current Visits: 5630 listeners to podcast, worldwide and 209 PDF downloads
2010 REVIEWS, PREVIEWS, INTERVIEWS, REPORTS ABOUT THE RAINBOW ORCHID
JANUARY | FEBRUARY | MARCH


MARCH 2010
• Mar. 2, 2010 - A glimpse...

• Mar. 13, 2010 - A young reader from Vietnam, Stephen Hills, gives his review of Rainbow Orchid. (The book is available in their school library.)

• Mar. 14, 2010 - A glimpse 'at the start' of creating Rainbow Orchid Volume 3. The Rainbow Orchid Volume 2 will be released in July 2010, Rainbow Orchid Volume 3 in 2011. (Follow Garen's blog for the latest.)



FEBRUARY 2010
• Feb. 1, 2010 - Down the Tubes post about Garen's "Book and Magazine Collector" interview

• Feb. 3, 2010 - Today, The Rainbow Orchid podcast passes 5000 listens! Special thanks to everyone who have visited. Check out Garen's site, as he has posted some special Orchid character sketches.

• Feb. 11, 2010 - Report from Garen: The Rainbow Orchid Volume Two is officially off to the printer today!

• Feb. 11, 2010 - David O' Connell interview on Strip (this would be of interest to any 'wild' Orchid fan). Enjoyable interview!

• Feb. 16, 2010 - Garen Ewing's report on The Rainbow Orchid Volume Two. Official release date: July 5th and little RO 2 taster.

• Feb. 27, 2010 - Happy Birthday to Forbidden Planet International Blog, one of The Rainbow Orchid, longtime supporters.



JANUARY 2010
• Jan. 1, 2010 - The Rainbow Orchid Twitter winner (book signed & sketched) was Mondocomico.

• Jan. 16, 2010 - Garen Ewing has an interview in the Feb. 2010 edition of 'Book & Magazine Collector.'

• Jan. 18, 2010 - Rainbow Orchid review by Rob Allwright at Soteria.

• Jan. 19, 2010 - The latest noteworthy review of The Rainbow Orchid from the Birmingham Mail.

• Jan. 19, 2010 - If you haven't seen these, the RO prints make a handsome pair for your home or office.

• Jan. 25, 2010 - I ordered the Feb. 2010 edition of "Book & Magazine Collector" with Garen Ewing's interview with Jonathan Scott. It has a very nice 6 page spread. Available online at B&M Collectors.




2009 REPORTS AND REVIEWS OF THE RAINBOW ORCHID
JULY | AUGUST | SEPTEMBER | OCTOBER | NOVEMBER | DECEMBER

JULY 2009

• July 1, 2009 - Very nice review of Rainbow Orchid from Now Read This.

• July 2, 2009 - Garen Ewing 'talk' with The Phantom Zone writer Jeanette Towey

• July 21, 2009 - Garen's special updated About Garen page

• July 2009 - Egmont UK Rainbow Orchid peek at RO pages

• July 25, 2009 - You just got to 'love him' to 'hate him' for being so talented.
Tim Pilcher review followed by 12-year-old Megan Pilcher-King review on Aug. 3rd
(Content message before entering Pilcher 's page is just for his blog. Rainbow Orchid is a comic book for all ages.)

• July 27, 2009 - Another 'lovely' review from ForbiddenPlanet UK

• July 30, 2009 - Comic creator Dave Morris's review of The Rainbow Orchid

• July 2009 - Review about The Rainbow Orchid from a 7-year-old name Martha
"This is volume one of a series. It is very good but there were some difficult words that you might have to ask people about if you are younger than me. I really enjoyed it, it was great fun to read. (*****)" - Me and My Big Mouth (blog)


AUGUST 2009

• Aug. 1, 2009 - Ben Dickson's interview of Garen for Redeye #2.1 magazine

• Aug. 2, 2009 - Illustrator David O'Connell's interview of Garen
(very good interview and also special thanks for the link)

• Aug. 3, 2009 - The Rainbow Orchid review from the London Financial Times

• Aug. 3, 2009 - A lovely firsthand report about the London launching of Garen's book

• Aug. 3, 2009 - Down the Tubes about London Rainbow Orchid launch

• Aug. 4, 2009 - Sarah McIntryre's report from The Rainbow Orchid launch at Foyles Gallery

• Aug. 4, 2009 - Blake Friedmann page on the launch at Foyles Gallery

• Aug. 4, 2009 - A wonderful report from Garen's brother Murray Ewing, about the launch
( I never been to a book launch before myself, so great to read Murray's insight.)

• Aug. 4, 2009 - Alex Milway posting about the Rainbow Orchid launch

• Aug. 6, 2009 - Garen's was interviewed for Clear Spot with Alex Fitch (London Radio) - Podcast Aug. 20

• Aug. 6, 2009 - Kelvin Green's review of The Rainbow Orchid (Also posted at Comic Bulletin)

• Aug. 8, 2009 - Dave West, Strange Times - Rainbow Orchid spotted and brought in Stockport!

• Aug. 8, 2009 - Fantastic Realm interview of Garen by Iyare - Garen's segment starts about 3:38 into video.

• Aug. 9, 2009 - Comic book fan turns dream to reality.

• Aug. 12, 2009 - Garen has some photos from the RO Book launch on his Event's page, taken by Elyssa.

• Aug. 13, 2009 - John Freeman with Down the Tubes review of The Rainbow Orchid

• Aug. 14, 2009 - Garen Ewing's Rainbow Orchid summary about his book launch

• Aug. 15 & 16 - Garen was guest speaker at Caption 2009 (Comic book yearly event)

• Aug. 16, 2009 -Rol Hirst's Sunset Over Slawit review of The Rainbow Orchid

• Aug. 17, 2009 - The Rainbow Orchid featured in Tripwire (FPI Blog)

• Aug. 17, 2009 - Tripwire report about The Rainbow Orchid launch by Joel Meadows.

• Aug. 17, 2009 - Garen and other comic artists/writers thoughts on the term "Graphic Novel'

• Aug. 20, 2009 - Border Panels 'The Atom Style - Pt. 1' with Woodrow Phoenix & Garen Ewing

• Aug. 23, 2009 - Garen's report on his special Rainbow Orchid book launch


SEPTEMBER 2009

• Sept. 1, 2009 - Latest review and comments about Rainbow Orchid from La Terrasse

• Sept. 2, 2009 - Tripwire PDF which includes article on The Rainbow Orchid and Garen.

• Sept. 2, 2009 - Garen's winner for special drawing and growing fan art collection.

• Sept. 2, 2009 - A recommend to buy Rainbow Orchid from Simon Cross

• Sept. 2, 2009 - Another fan who enjoyed RO, review from Conor Carton.

• Sept. 4, 2009 - Love Reading UK has The Rainbow Orchid as one of their most popular books for Aug.

• Sept. 10, 2009 - Special Rainbow Orchid page from Toonhound. LINK

• Sept. 17, 2009 - Pádraig Ó Méalóid interview with Garen Ewing. LINK

• Sept. 26, 2009 - The Rainbow Orchid was added to the Springfield City Library in Oregon.

• Sept. 29, 2009 - The Rainbow Orchid is now available at Gosh Comics in London.


OCTOBER 2009

• Oct. 1, 2009 - Received a very good review from Geeksyndicate. (During their weekly UK podcast)

• Oct. 3, 2009 - Garen Ewing at British International Comics Show (caught in action, sitting right corner).

• Oct. 4, 2009 - Garen Ewing signing The Rainbow Orchid at BICS. (Thanks to video by Ray Chenshaw)

• Oct. 7, 2009 - Garen at The British International Comics Show 2009

• Oct. 7, 2009 - The Rainbow Orchid review by Mark Clapham at Shiny Shelf.

• Oct. 7, 2009 - The Rainbow Orchid, Speech Balloons by Neil Elkes

• Oct. 12, 2009 - Garen at Cheltenham Literature Festival

• Oct. 12, 2009 - Monkey on my Back, The Rainbow Orchid review

• Oct. 13, 2009 - Rainbow Orchid review about 10 minutes in from Monkey on My Back (Podcast link nonworking).

• Oct 13, 2009 - Cheltenham Literature Festival report by Sara McIntyre.

• Oct. 15, 2009 - Garen's latest update on Part Two of The Rainbow Orchid.

• Oct. 17, 2009 - I hope this is okay Garen, but know your fans would love seeing this. I sure did!

• Oct. 21, 2009 - Another sneak peek at Rainbow Orchid Vol. 2.

• Oct. 28, 2009 - Garen and Elyssa's Movie-Comics-Media Expo report.

• Oct. 30, 2009 - Detailed 'behind the scenes' look at one panel on RO 2.


NOVEMBER 2009

• Nov. 8, 2009 - Comic Book Resources 'What are you Reading?' by Chris Mautner

• Nov. 9, 2009 - The Mousehunter by Alex Milway: Favorite 2009 Children Books

• Nov. 20, 2009 - The Book Zone review of The Rainbow Orchid

• Nov. 23, 2009 - Garen's Thought Bubble report!

• Nov. 24, 2009 - Garen caught in action at Thought Bubble (from Down the Tubes Comics)

• Nov. 24, 2009 - Thought Bubble regional news (video) report.

• Nov. 25, 2009 - Thought Bubble report from Richard at The Forbidden Planet

• Nov. 26, 2009 - Looking good at Thought Bubble (special report from David O'Connell)

• Nov. 26, 2009 - Garen added two new 'wallpapers' for fans to enjoy!

• Nov. 26, 2009 - More thoughts on Thought Bubble from artist Graeme Neil Reid

• Nov. 26, 2009 - Glimpse of Ellie helping Garen at the Rainbow Orchid table at Thought Bubble.

DECEMBER 2009

• Dec. 3, 2009 - Garen had a special Rainbow Orchid December 2009 Sale £4 off signed books and t-shirts.



• Dec. 4, 2009 - Review from Sweden from Shazam. (Translated to English)

• Dec. 11, 2009 - UK The Independent - Garen Ewing's The Rainbow Orchid on List of 'Best Children's books for Christmas' (2009). Article by Nicholas Tucker.

• Dec. 12, 2009 - 'Cracking' good review by Dru Townsend in the December issue of 'National Union of Teachers' (print run 320,000). Report here on Rainbow Orchid blog. Also on 'Lovereading 4 Kids UK' Book of the Year list (under 9-11) but ready for all ages.

• Dec. 19, 2009 - Reviews from GOODREADS.

• Dec. 24, 2009 - Garen shares with his readers a delightful 'Rainbow Orchid' Christmas card!

• Dec. 30, 2009 - RO makes Jason Cobley's 'Best of 2009' selections.

• Dec. 31, 2009 - Garen's '2009 Report.' His year end thoughts about The Rainbow Orchid.

• The Rainbow Orchid on World Cat. Includes list of libraries it is available, including Britian and New Zealand.

• Amazon UK Review Page

EP DONATES RAINBOW ORCHID: Okay, I love The Rainbow Orchid comic! And to help spread the word of Orchid, Ednapurviance.org has donated The Rainbow Orchid to the Springfield Library in Springfield, Oregon. With special thanks to librarian, Rita Eberle, it was added September 26th. EP is planning to donate Volume 2 and 3 when available. See this link for details and more libraries RO is located in the UK.

Comments on the Interview:

"...it was a great interview, nice to have such a long one instead of 20 minutes, allowed for a bit more range."
- Joe Gordon, Forbidden Planet International, UK

"I am very impressed at this new way of spreading the word on silent films... Keep up the great work!"
- Lon Davis, classic and silent film author, USA

"It was a quality interview, you did a really good job! And it's great that someone who knows so much about the Rainbow Orchid could ask the questions." - Sarah McIntyre, Children book Illustrator, DFC Artist - UK

"Your interview was great..." - David O'Connell, London Ilustrator and comic artist

"Good, long talk by Linda Wada with Rainbow Orchid creator Garen Ewing, well worth a listen."
- from FPI and John Freeman, Down the Tubes, comics writer and editor - UK (from the web)

"Thanks for such an interesting interview." - GA (Writer and Silent Film Fan)


EVENTS
Check out Garen's Event Page for details where he will appear in the coming weeks and months.

WEB QUESTION? I have seen this question asked, as fans loving volume one, are looking for when volume 2 and 3 will be released. Please be patience, as The Rainbow Orchid isn't already to just print and send. Currently, it is scheduled for Vol. 2 in July 2010 and Vol. 3 in 2011. But schedules can change, so just watch Garen's site for updates. But do remember, he is very busy creating Rainbow Orchid vol. 3!

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Garen's self portrait - 'Artist at Work'

Some Interview Highlights:
• Garen on drawing comedy
• Silent Films role
• Thoughts on Tintin and RO
• Mixing real and fictional history
• Having fun with Greek
• Self-publishing to Publisher
• Thoughts on being an artist
• Having an agent
• Future RO character comics
• Exclusive: Julius Chancer's future
About "Imagination to Print"
Adventures of Julius Chancer
Garen Ewing: Podcast interview about The Rainbow Orchid
Host Linda Wada, Table Chat, ednapurviance.org

Garen Ewing, the comic artist and creator of The Rainbow Orchid - the Adventures of Julius Chancer, graciously agreed to an audio interview with me (Linda Wada, researcher and founder of ednapurviance.org). I wholeheartedly thank Garen for a most enjoyable chat about his long awaited publication of The Rainbow Orchid.

I first met Garen in the spring of 2001 and soon learned about the creation of The Rainbow Orchid.

Set in the 1920s, The Rainbow Orchid features adventurous Julius Chancer and silent film star, Lily Lawrence, along with a strong supporting cast of characters including: the devious Evelyn Crow, historical researcher Sir Alfred Catesby-Grey, Lily's publicity agent Nathanial Crumpole, mysterious Urkaz Grope and leading gossip columnist and stirrer of trouble, William Pickle. All of them are involved on an adventure to find the mythical flower last mentioned by the ancient Greek philosopher and botanist, Theophrastus. Julius must find it to save the estate of Lily's father, Sir Lawrence.

Drawn in the Franco-Belgian school of bande dessinée (a clear line style), the comic has great characters, a complex story and quality artwork. Garen's comic quickly became my favorite and I have been following the development of the story and project ever since.

You never know for sure, but I always had faith it would be picked up by a publisher one day, and that day has finally arrived.

The Rainbow Orchid (Volume One)
Release August 2009 by Egmont UK
In our interview called Imagination to Print, we start with Garen's childhood background, learning to draw, and the influences that led him to The Rainbow Orchid. We talked about the creation of the comic, development of characters, and the publication history that culminated in publication by Egmont UK.

Garen gives his personal insight on drawing and the world of publishing, (with surprises intermixed). Garen's love of silent films does play a role in the creation of his comic. Garen's book features silent film star, Lily Lawrence, who Edna Purviance is her friend.

We hope you will enjoy listening to his story, and maybe gain some valuable insights through his experience in creating his comic and entering the publishing world.

This current file is the audio version of our interview. I now have a 12 minute video version at this link, with highlights from the interview.

The Rainbow Orchid has been released from Egmont UK August 4th, 2009, starting with Volume 1. Volumes 2 and 3 will follow starting in 2010. It is available in the UK now, but can be bought directly from Garen at his online shop.

So, settle back with a nice cup of tea, and enjoy my conversation with Rainbow Orchid creator Garen Ewing.


Special thanks to Garen for use of his self-portraits and artwork.
NOTES
Interview: April 28, 2009
Launched: May 31, 2009

Book Available
The Rainbow Orchid is being published by Egmont UK. It is available in the UK, Japan, Canada, France and Germany. In the USA, a collector edition is being looked into for the future. In the meantime, USA buyers can get it through Garen Ewing's Rainbow Orchid UK shop (where signed editions will be available after August 4th).

Extra note: Two panels from part two of The Rainbow Orchid appeared in Comic Art Now (2008). Book by Dez Skinn & Mark Millar.

About Table Chat host Linda Wada: Ednapurviance.org started in November 2001. Linda, as part of Leading Ladies, published the first book to feature Edna Purviance called The Sea Gull in 2008. The book was about Edna's starring role in the now lost Charlie Chaplin film production, which was directed by Josef von Sternberg.

In the summer of 2006, Linda showed her first video interview with Lita Hill (Edna Purviance's grand niece) at Cinecon in Hollywood. Lita was our special guest at the event. In 2006, Leading Ladies also restored the re-discovered films featuring Edna Purviance in private life after her film career with Charlie Chaplin.

Linda's interview with Garen Ewing is her first audio interview podcast.

Garen has been a longtime supporter and the one I credit for inspiring me to start ednapurviance.org site in November 2001. We are very excited about the release and wish Garen all the very best with his publication.

Update: Special thanks to Joe Gordon (and staff) at The Forbidden Planet International in the UK, for their link and appreciated comments sent to us about our interview. Garen did a very interesting and in-depth interview with Matt Badham several months ago, which can be read on FBI's blog. Also thanks to Steve Holland (Bear Alley) for linking to Garen's interview. Garen's other interviews can be found here on RO.

Special thanks to everyone who have listened. Appreciate it if you pass on to others to learn about Garen's wonderful comic. Thank-you, everyone! - Linda Wada


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