Month Featured: September 2010
Artist: Mary Cagle (Shikaku Suika of DeviantArt)
Artist Links: "Kiwi Blitz"

Featured Fan Artist: Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and it is perfectly captured in this piece by Mary Cagle. Ms Cagle is an artist who decided to take on drawing Rainbow Brite and her friends in her own special style.

Her style is unique while influenced by Japanese Anime as well as other things. You can see these influences in her very own web-comic “Kiwi Blitz” which follows the adventures of a couple of American teenagers in the near future who fight crime with robots.

In her interpretation of Rainbow Brite Characters, she has drawn them in the style of her comic. You could almost see her heroine dressing as these characters for Halloween or a fancy dress party.

Here is her own words about how Rainbow Brite influenced her work:

Rainbow Brite was one of a few series I really liked as a kid that included both adorable characters and adventurous stories. There was even some surprising depth (especially in that first episode!) for a show based on greeting cards. I always liked that combination. It's really too bad that Bratz-style toys have taken over the young population's interest since then.

This month we proudly feature a re-vamped “Classic” Rainbow Brite Logo using Mary's version of Rainbow Brite and Twink. She is also taking on other characters such as Moonglow, Stormy, and Lala Orange and will be working on doing more classic characters in the near future. If you want to view any of these creations or even order prints, please visit her Deviant Gallery! Share the rainbow and tell this awesome artist how great her art is!

Also check out her web-comic: “Kiwi Blitz” to see her art in action!

This is a fan production of an audio production of “Regina Regenbogen und das regenbogenland" by Europa

In the 1980's German fans were introduced to Rainbow Brite through comics, and audio productions of Rainbow Brite.

In 2004 fans on the forums for RainbowBrite.Net got together and decided to act out one of these tapes.

The script is a direct translation from the German production and was translated by Marco Marold of www.sunspire-records.com

This video is the completed 1st episode “Rainbow Brite in Rainbow Land” to stills taken from the episode “The Beginning of Rainbow Land” Parts 1 & 2.
While the audio production differs from the original “Beginning of Rainbow Land” show episode and some liberties were taken with the video stills. While they do not fit the scenes perfectly, this is to be expected.

We hope you enjoy this video!

Have a Rainbow Day

Episode Credits:

Rainbow Brite in Rainbow Land

Based on original German story
" Regina Regenbogen und das regenbogenland" by Europa

Translated to English by
Marco Marold

Audio Production Director
Marco Marold

Video Production Director
RainbowBriteCoUk

Starring
(in order of appearance)

Story Teller.................................Katy Cartee Haile
Sprites, Twink, The Sun ..............Reneé Stowe
Rainbow Brite ............................Tonia M. Bartz
The Dark Tree............................Marco Marold
Murky........................................Mike Gurecki
Lurky, Starlite.............................John Burkhart

Musical Score Composed by
Marco Marold

If you want to download the original audio sound track to the German production you can do so here: Regina Regenbogen und das regenbogenland

If you want to download the fan/English production please do so here: Rainbow Brite Story Tape

If you want the score, you can download that here also: Rainbow Brite Story Tape Original Score

Crayola has released new Rainbow Brite designs in their new "Color Wonder" mess free coloring pages.

What is Color Wonder?

Color Wonder is a mess- free creative system of inks and paints, developed by Crayola scientists. Color Wonder inks and paints are clear, and colors appear only on the special Color Wonder paper. Kids love to watch the colors magically appear, and moms love the fact that Color Wonder inks and paints will not appear on skin, walls or carpet. Color Wonder is great for craft projects, too. Check out Arts & Crafts that use Color Wonder, and enjoy mess-free creativity.

Each package comes with 18 Coloring Pages, and 5 special "Color Wonder" markers.

Order now @ Amazon.com: $10.99 Each from Crayola!

Enjoy the fun! Share the Rainbow!