

E-voke celebrates Fantomet issue 5 with colour
Danish publisher E-voke is celebrating a mini anniversary of issue 5 by publishing some of the stories in colour. As per their last 4 issues, issue 5 will be in hardcover format and 128 pages. Buy issue #5 from their website This album will be out in December 2026 and features a wide range of creators and stories from the USA Charlton comic book series, newspaper stories and Team Fantomen. "Fantomet af Shangri-la" ("The Phantom of Shang-Ri-La") by Dick Wood and Jim Aparo. "Br


Update on "Sy Barry: The Ghost Who Draws" - The definitive book campaign
Unfortunately, this campaign did not meet its goal during the October 2026 campaign to raise funds for the book. At the bottom of this article is a video of the introduction to the campaign with the Chronicle Chamber team and David Barry, the son of legendary Phantom newspaper artist Sy Barry. David Barry has posted an update with them going ahead with a new campaign likely to happen in the new year. Did you originally pledge for the campaign? If you did not pledge, we would


The Phantom panel at Norway Bergen Tekst & Tegning 2026 (Bergen Text & Drawing) festival
The Norwegian Bergen Tekst & Tegning 2026 (Bergen Text & Drawing) comics festival is held annually at Bergen, Norway. The 2026 event is held at the Litteraturhuset i Bergen (The House of Literature) on November 6–8, 2026. One of the panels at the show will feature guests Robert Aman, Arild Wærness, Ragnhild Malfang and Kristian Hellesund about the Phantom. The panel will be held on Friday 6 November at 6pm local time. Find out more about the event here Robert Aman is no stran


Phantom creator Dean Rankine Australian Cartoonists Association cartoonist of the year finalist
The Australian Cartoonists Associtaion (ACA) has released their 2026 finalists for the cartoonist of the year, which features Dean Rankine. While Dean Rankine is more known for his work on popular titles like Simpsons and Futurama comics, he has also worked on five Phantom stories. The awards night is held in Sydney on October 31 2026. The five stories are: "Life Blood" written by Dean Rankine and illustrated by Jeremy MacPherson. First published in Frew #1908 (2021) "Undergr


Review of Wick Publications #11 & #12
Review of the final two comics from the German Wick comic book series reprinting the Phantom stories drawn by José María Ortiz Tafalla


Mad Cave Studios Phantom series published by Mythos Editora
Now available for preorder with delivery in November / December 2026 is the translated version of the Mad Cave Studios Phantom series that is being collected into an album series. Album one is 152 pages and has the same contents as the Mad Cave Studios album 1 (read about that here) that was released in July 2026. The great thing about this reproduction is that the series now gets to be enjoyed by the local Brazilian fans with the comics translated into the local language of


X-Band: Phantom Podcast #349 - Our reactions to KFS releasing Tony DePaul
In this episode, the boys hold another emergency reaction podcast looking at Tony DePaul, the writer for the newspaper comics, leaving the post.


Has the capital city of Rhodia changed from Marcusburg to Utawala Mbaya?
In the daily story "The Grudge". The Rhodian capital city was given the name Utawala Mbaya, which is Swahili for 'bad governance', 'misrule', or 'poor administration'.


























































