After self-publishing several fanzines, he started King Rat Press in 1988 with the anthology
Cosmorama, which included contributors such as
Steve Pugh,
David Wyatt,
Warren Ellis, Paul H. Birch,
Ralph Horsley and Sara Russell. In 1994 he had his full length comic version of
Shakespeare's
The Tempest published, is a mystery adventure,
The Rainbow Orchid, which has received much critical acclaim, including two nominations for a National Comic Award (2004), and winning the 2013 Young People’s Comic Award (part of the
British Comic Awards). The book is published in English by
Egmont UK, in Dutch by Silvester Strips, in French by BD Must Editions, in Spanish by NetCom2 Editorial, in German by Salleck Publications, and in Danish by Tellerup. He was one of the contributors to
The DFC, the weekly kids' comic published by
David Fickling Books, originally developing
John Blake with
Philip Pullman, then writing and drawing
Charlie Jefferson and the Tomb of Nazaleod. For the DFC's successor,
The Phoenix, he illustrated two Ben Haggarty stories,
The Legend of the Golden Feather in issue 1, and
The Bald Boy and the Dervish in issues 23 to 26, as well as writing and drawing
The Secret of the Samurai, a 20-page Julius Chancer adventure. He was one of the artists featured in
Dez Skinn's
Comic Art Now: The Very Best in Contemporary Comic Art and Illustration (
ILEX Press, 2008), and in February 2011, his poster design for
Return to the Forbidden Planet was released as a stamp as part of Royal Mail's British Musicals set. He contributed the 2004 section to
Blank Slate Books'
Eisner Award nominated
Nelson (2011) collaborative graphic novel. From 2006 to 2017 Ewing provided all the cover artwork for Bafflegab Productions' series of audio plays,
The Scarifyers, written by Simon Barnard and starring
Nicholas Courtney,
Terry Molloy and
David Warner.
Arni’s Epic Adventures, a wordless comic strip about a little red bird (a
Pine grosbeak), was broadcast in daily episodes throughout November 2015 across the UK. Commissioned by
JCDecaux, it was the first comic strip to appear on public digital
screens, and reached an estimated audience of 30-40 million people. Ewing was the artist for the 2017 jungle-exploration
Eurogame,
The Lost Expedition, designed by Peer Sylvester and published by
Osprey Games. He illustrated 80 cards for the game (which was based on
Percy Fawcett’s search for the
Lost City of Z), as well as providing the box art.
The Lost Expedition has subsequently been translated into French, Polish, Italian, Spanish and Chinese. Ewing was also the artist for the 2018 expansion pack,
The Lost Expedition: The Fountain of Youth & Other Adventures. Ewing was the principal concept artist and illustrator for the expedition-simulation
computer game,
Curious Expedition 2 (no connection to
The Lost Expedition), the sequel to
Berlin-based games studio Maschinen Mensch’s 2016
roguelike hit,
Curious Expedition. The game was released on
Steam on 28 January 2021, and later for
Nintendo Switch,
Xbox, and
PlayStation. ==Bibliography==