8/15/09 (LONDON) Joel Meadows
Recently TRIPWIRE attended the Rainbow Orchid launch that took place at the world-famous Foyles Bookshop on Charing Cross Road in London.
Rainbow Orchid, created by Garen Ewing, started life as a small press, self-published comic / graphic novel and now years later, it is published by large mainstream illustrated book publisher Egmont, who also publish Tintin amongst many other titles. So to celebrate The Adventures of Julius Chancer: The Rainbow Orchid Volume 1, Egmont took the Gallery upstairs in Foyles and invited people in the comics and publishing field to commemorate its launch.
Among the attendees I saw downthetubes‘ John Freeman, Alex Fitch, from Resonance FM, children’s and comic artist Sarah McIntyre, Rainbow Orchid creator Garen Ewing and Paul Gravett writer about comics and curator of the established London event Comica.
It’s rare that a graphic novel makes the leap from independently published to being part of a mainstream publisher, so it’s very exciting news that Ewing’s title may at last get the sort of exposure it and his work has always deserved.
Photos from the event:
The Rainbow Orchid launch at Foyles
Tim Jones from Egmont and Rainbow Orchid creator Garen Ewing
Pencils and coloured page from Rainbow Orchid
Garen Ewing at the launch
Alex Fith chatting to artist Sarah McIntyre
