Sam Orchard

@samorchard.bsky.social

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Queer, Trans and Nerdy. Making comics, reading comics, researching comics. http://patreon.com/roostertails He/They

Cover of Rere Atu Taku Poi! Text on the Cover reads (top to bottom): "Rere Atu Taku Poi! Let My Poi Fly! Tangaroa Paul Nā Rebecca Gibbs ngā pikitia" (final line roughly translates as 'and Rebecca Gibbs drew the illustrations'). The cover is bright with bright colours swirling in the background mimicking the movement of the poi. Two white poi with black and red string fly in the foreground, there is a figure drawn from above with long brown hair, holding one poi and reaching for another, smiling
A colourful drawn poster with a montage of images of active young people dancing, listening to music, playing ball and socializing. The text is superimposed over the image and reads (from top to bottom): "Mānuka takoto: kawea ake! Ākona Kōrerotia tō Reo Māori. Take up the challenge - learn your language" In the bottom left corner there is a logo for Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (The Māori Language Commissions
Cover art for Te Wehenga - a graphic cover showing two figures (Ranginui and Papatūānuku) from above reaching towards each other from the top and bottom of the page between them is a space with a spiral pattern. The figures are steeped in shadow and the imagery is a mix of blue, grey and black tones
Te atea: na Katarina Mataira; ko nga pikitia na Para Matchitt. Wellington: School Publications Branch, 1975. Ref. Fomison MAT 1975.
Ōtautahi Zinefest poster - Poster includes text details of the Ōtautahi Zinefest: "August 30-31st 11am-4pm Christchurch Art Gallery, Te Puna O Waiwhetu Accessibility hour 11am-12pm 312 Montreal St Central City" The Poster has a central image of an open book with a colourful illustration of things bursting upwards from the pages of the book. The colourful burst include a rabbit, fish, eyeballs with wings, a frog in a top hat and bow-tie, a unicorn, a woman in a green dress listening to an ipod, an electric musical keyboard, a teapot and tea cup, a moon, a snake, flowers and a duck. There are two logos atthe bottom of the poster for the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna O Waiwhetu and for Word Christchurch Festival 27-31 August 2025.
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Sam, wearing a blue collared shirt, with an orange pin. His eyes are looking towards the pin. It is an orange square with black text, made to look like an element on the periodic table. The text reads "Ah!" In large writing, underneath in smaller writing it reads "element of surprise"
Overhead photo of a white table with a tea spoon, and white saucer and cup full of caramel colored long black coffee
Pink background with comics people portraits in circles. From Top left to bottom right: Jennifer Cheuk, Joshua Santospirito, Allan Xia, Eleri Harris and Neal Curtis
Painting of Bill Rowling's head floating in a black background. Above his head is the new zealand flag, top left features a port city, top right features green hills with sheep. The bottom of the poster has the labour party logo and text that reads "Preserve the quality of leadership that has brought us one of the best lifestyles in the world. Trust Labour. It's working."
hand drawn image with title: "Queer practice: a panel on writing" There are four hand drawn boxes - first one reads: "Featuring Rose Lu, Mia Farlane, Chanelle Moriah and Sam Orchard". Second box reads: "GOOD BOOKS 2/16 Jessie St, Te Aro, Wellington". Third box reads: "6-1.30 Saturday September 16 2023". The final box is a hand drawn picture of a hand holding a pen, scrawling some illegible writing on a piece of paper.
Page from The NZ Listener, March2, 1974. Headline reads 'NZ Authors fund - an end to 'legalized robbery'