As Rainbow Orchid Preps for Print, Parts go Offline...

Garen Ewing's full web version of his comic strip The Rainbow Orchid, is going to remain online for just one more week.

"Book publication of volume one (Egmont UK) is set for 4 August 2009, so after the bank holiday weekend (Tuesday 5 May) the online strip will become a preview," Garen told downthetubes, "with certain sections removed and the full
story available in print only."

You can start reading The Rainbow Orchid here: don't hang about, because you've got only a few days left to do so!

The Rainbow Orchid, a mystery adventure set in the 1920s, is being published in three volumes by Egmont UK. "It's partly inspired by the works of writers such as H. Rider Haggard, Jules Verne and Arthur Conan Doyle," Garen outlines, "mixed up with a very British version of the Franco-Belgian ligne claire school of graphic storytelling, luminaries of which include Hergé, Edgar P. Jacobs, Yves Chaland, Floc'h and Joost Swarte
to name just a handful."

Bryan Talbot (Grandville, Alice in Sunderland, The Tale of One Bad Rat etc.) has previously enthused about the work. "Tightly-plotted, well-researched and beautifully drawn, this book is
a real delight. Garen Ewing's mix of engaging characters, exciting old-school adventure, attractive ligne claire artwork and fluid storytelling makes The Rainbow Orchid easily one of the best graphic novels of the year."

• Visit the website: www.rainboworchid.co.uk