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Wednesday, July 13, 2016 1:47:14 AM
Garen Ewing wrote a blog post titled Post Referendum:
Garen said, "I was quite an idealistic kid. When I was young I had an Usborne picture book about the future - it had a couple of illustrations that showed two possibilities ... One was positive, with monorails, greenery, clear blue skies, shiny technology and..." more
Tuesday, June 21, 2016 6:19:02 PM
Garen Ewing wrote a blog post titled The EU Referendum:
Garen said, "I have kept politics out of this blog - it's primarily been for stuff related to work (comics and illustration) and some of my interests and hobbies (history, films and general waffle). But in just over 24 hours' time, we in the UK will be voting on..." more
Monday, May 30, 2016 2:24:46 PM
Garen Ewing wrote a blog post titled Jutland - 100 Years:
Garen said, "It's 100 years since the Battle of Jutland, so I thought I'd reprint this post, originally written for Remembrance Day in 2004, about a cousin of mine who died aboard HMS Invincible on that black day of 31 May 1916 ... Mark William Cameron was..." more
Tuesday, April 19, 2016 8:56:15 AM
Garen Ewing wrote a blog post titled Locate that landmark!:
Garen said, "Something I've been working on for a couple of months went live yesterday, a little web-game/quiz called Locate That Landmark. It's quite simple - you have a certain amount of time to locate and identify as many UK landmarks as you can. Do really..." more
Monday, April 4, 2016 4:33:38 AM
Garen Ewing wrote a blog post titled I'm Still Here:
Garen said, "I'm not going to break any records for posting blog entries, but I haven't quite disappeared off the face of the Earth just yet!I've had a busy start to the new year, especially with one particular project that I've just completed - hard work,..." more
Friday, January 22, 2016 5:20:25 PM
Garen Ewing wrote a blog post titled Star Wars: The Force Awakens:
Garen said, "With two young children and a small business to run, going to the cinema is a rarity for me these days. However, in 2015 I doubled up on the previous year's record, and managed to see two films on the big screen ... Spectre and Star Wars: The Force..." more
Thursday, December 24, 2015 5:09:44 AM
Garen Ewing wrote a blog post titled Happy Christmas 2015:
Garen said, "Rather late this year, but I wish all my readers and friends a very merry Christmas, and I hope lots of good things come to you in 2016. There will be new Julius Chancer - I promise. Thank you, as ever, for your continued support!"
Friday, November 27, 2015 7:26:15 AM
Garen Ewing wrote a blog post titled Arni ends!:
Garen said, "Today sees the final instalment of Arni's Epic Adventures! It's run on JCDecaux digital screens all over the country since November 2nd, with a new strip every week-day. Although today's is the final episode, you can still catch up with all of this..." more
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 4:46:51 PM
Garen Ewing wrote a blog post titled Arni - still flying:
Garen said, "On Monday Arni entered his third week of publication - publication, in this case, meaning appearing on thousands of digital screens across the UK in various open and out of the home spaces, such as railway stations and shopping malls. This is comic..." more
Saturday, November 7, 2015 3:44:27 AM
Garen Ewing wrote a blog post titled Arni's Epic Adventures:
Garen said, "If you follow me on Twitter you may have noticed that I've been going on about Arni a lot this past week. But who is Arni? What's going on? I'm glad you asked ...Arni is a little red bird (a Pine Grosbeak, actually) who was having a lovely snooze in..." more
Friday, October 9, 2015 6:24:06 PM
Garen Ewing wrote a blog post titled Vienna Comix 2015:
Garen said, "The weekend of October 2nd to 4th saw me travelling to Austria and its capital city of Vienna for Vienna Comix 2015. I was invited by my German publisher, Salleck Publications, for the launch of the third volume of Die Regenbogen Orchidee, this time..." more
Monday, July 13, 2015 7:48:39 PM
Garen Ewing wrote a blog post titled WWI stories: Henry Walter Betsworth Stewart:
Garen said, "One hundred years ago today Henry (aka Harry) W. B. Stewart was killed on the Galipolli peninsular.He was born on 16th September 1894 in Willowbank Crescent, Glasgow. His family had just a few months earlier moved from Dundee as his father, Samuel..." more
Monday, June 15, 2015 5:39:15 PM
Garen Ewing wrote a blog post titled Copenhagen Comics 2015:
Garen said, "Last Friday (5 June) I flew out of Gatwick on Norwegian Airlines for my first trip to Denmark. This was to attend the Copenhagen Comics festival where the first volume of the Danish edition of The Rainbow Orchid (Jagten På Regnbueorkidéen)..." more
Thursday, May 7, 2015 8:12:31 AM
Garen Ewing wrote a blog post titled Danish cover:
Garen said, "With volume one of the Danish edition of The Rainbow Orchid currently at the printer's, I thought I'd show you the cover. Yes, I know it's the same cover that's been on all the editions, but I particularly like the title design here - I gave it a..." more
Tuesday, April 14, 2015 5:11:26 AM
Garen Ewing wrote a blog post titled Upcoming events:
Garen said, "Not many this year, but a couple of good events coming up on the horizon to tell you about.The first is aimed at librarians and will take place at Crawley Library, West Sussex, on 18 May, where I'll be on a panel addressing the issue of reaching..." more
Friday, April 3, 2015 2:56:24 PM
Garen Ewing wrote a blog post titled What's happening?:
Garen said, "To those still watching, you might be wondering what has happened to Julius Chancer since I boldly declared (last September) that I would be blogging the first three pages of his new adventure.At the end of November I posted some finished art for..." more
Wednesday, February 4, 2015 3:47:03 AM
Garen Ewing wrote a blog post titled Scrapbook: the original:
Garen said, "Despite looking at the scrapbook spreads for volumes one, two, three and The Complete Rainbow Orchid (see previous entries), I haven't quite finished with scrapbook posts!In 2003 I self-published part one in black and white, and as part of the..." more
Tuesday, February 3, 2015 9:56:43 AM
Garen Ewing wrote a blog post titled Scrapbook in colour vol. 3:
Garen said, "Unlike the scrapbooks for volumes one and two of The Rainbow Orchid I didn't make any new drawings for black and white 'photos' in volume three - the drawings I did do were kept in colour. Here's the volume three scrapbook spread ... Volumes two..." more
Sunday, February 1, 2015 11:52:28 AM
Garen Ewing wrote a blog post titled Scrapbook in colour vol. 2:
Garen said, "A couple of days ago I posted some of the original colour images that were then 'antiquated' to become items in the Rainbow Orchid volume one scrapbook.Volume two had a much smaller single-page spread, and only one full drawing. It shows Nathaniel..." more
Friday, January 30, 2015 8:32:13 AM
Garen Ewing wrote a blog post titled Scrapbook in colour vol. 1:
Garen said, "In each of the volumes of The Rainbow Orchid I put together a scrapbook spread of news clippings, photographs and ephemera. The photographs, being of a 1920s or earlier vintage, were in black and white, but I actually made full colour drawings of..." more
Saturday, January 10, 2015 4:56:19 PM
Garen Ewing wrote a blog post titled Thirty years:
Garen said, "2015 sees a number of significant anniversaries for me, some good, a couple not so good. One of the good ones is that 11th January marks thirty years since I started karate. I did have a couple of breaks in that time, so I have not been training..." more
Friday, January 9, 2015 12:32:28 PM
Garen Ewing wrote a blog post titled Sequential sale:
Garen said, "Digital comics publisher Sequential are currently having a massive winter sale, with 50-80% off a huge range of titles - including The Rainbow Orchid. Their Complete edition includes all my annotations from The Rainbow Orchid Supplement.You can read..." more
Friday, January 9, 2015 12:18:14 PM
Garen Ewing wrote a blog post titled Still Walking:
Garen said, "I don't watch many films these days - it's partially because I have young children, but largely because I always feel I should be doing something productive instead. Actually, watching films can often be inspiring, and feed productivity, but it's..." more
Friday, January 9, 2015 11:40:14 AM
Garen Ewing wrote a blog post titled Happy Christmas 2014:
Garen said, "I'd like to wish each and every one of you a very happy Christmas and I hope lots of good things come your way in 2015. I'd especially like to say a big and sincere thank you for your support of my work and books over the past year - it's hugely..." more
Wednesday, July 13, 2016 1:49:48 AM
Garen Ewing wrote a blog post titled The Somme 100:
Garen said, "Today is the 100th anniversary of one of the bloodiest battles in human history - The Somme. The action itself went on from July into November 1916, but the first day alone saw over 57,000 British casualties, almost 20,000 of whom were killed...." more