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X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #116 - Meet Mikael Sol

Apr 14, 2019

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #116 - Meet Mikael Sol

In the latest X Band podcast Jermayn & Dan have the privilege to chat with Swedish Fantomen editor Mikael Sol. It is a great conversation as we learn about Mikael the person and Mikael the person behind the Phantom / Fantomen in Sweden. As Mikael is the editor of the magazine and team leader of Team Fantomen which gives us the perfect opportunity to ask Mikael many questions about the Swedish magazine. Some of the questions we asked were: Did Sandal Singh carry the Phantoms

An Interview with the Italian Master - Felmang (Part 1)

ChronicleChamber Team

Mar 19, 2019

An Interview with the Italian Master - Felmang (Part 1)

An entire generation of Phantom phans have grown up on the art of Roy Felmang. Many of us have devoured every beautifully crafted panel, figure and story drawn by the Italian Master who, despite his many pen-names, we most simply know as Felmang. He is credited as the story artist on seven Fratelli Spada stories (published 1967-1970), one hundred Team Fantomen stories (1987-2014) and most recently has started writing and illustrating original stories for Frew Publications in

Mikael Lyck

Mar 8, 2019

Highlighting the Fantomen Logo's from 70 Years PLUS a Bonus Sneak Peak!

Today I review all the different Fantomen logos from issue #1 to the latest adaption of the logo in 2019. It is a fascinating look throughout history with over 1600 issues and nearly 70 years worth. As an added bonus, I also goes through the next part of the 22nd Phantom Saga and I make the bold statement that this years parts are even better than the first part. No word yet when this will hit the newsagent stores in Australia but part one and two have now been published by

The Norwegians Cannot Catch a Break - Major Newspaper Cancels Strip

Jermayn Parker

Mar 2, 2019

The Norwegians Cannot Catch a Break - Major Newspaper Cancels Strip

News has filtered in the last week that Aftenposten, one of the major Norwegian newspapers, has cancelled The Phantom strip. After the current story ends, so does their relationship with the character. What makes this heartfelt is their long history with the character, and their connection to perhaps the greatest ever Phantom history story of all time. The full page in the newspaper explaining that it is all about to end The story goes that Aftenposten used to smuggle in the

Vote for the Best Cover 2018 Fantomen and Win!

Jermayn Parker

Feb 6, 2019

Vote for the Best Cover 2018 Fantomen and Win!

The Frew Best of 2018 might be run and won, but the Fantomen Best Story comp is still open until February 8. And now it's time to vote for the Best Cover of Fantomen 2018! Go to Fantomen.org or click here to get voting. Throughout 2018, Fantomen released 19 issues. Henrik Sahlström was the main cover artist of the year with 13 covers. The team Sal Velluto & Eugenio Mattozzi drew 5 covers and Rafael Ruiz did one cover. No matter where you are in the world, you can still vote a

Will we see the next part of the 22nd Phantom Saga soon?

Jermayn Parker

Feb 4, 2019

Will we see the next part of the 22nd Phantom Saga soon?

On the 1st February, Sal Velluto posted a progress image on Facebook which featured a female and male Phantom, each wearing a Phantom ring, with the Singh mark behind them. It does not take much to put it together that this is likely to be Heloise and Kit Jnr reprising their role as the future Phantoms trying to find out what happened to their Dad, the 21st Phantom, who has been missing for a year. At the top of Sal's sneak preview, it has the title "Shadow of an Enemy". Howe

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #110 - Top 20 Influencers

ChronicleChamber Team

Feb 2, 2019

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #110 - Top 20 Influencers

Who have been the most influential people in the history of The Phantom? It's a huge cast of characters to draw from: there's an 83-year continuity in the newspapers alone, as well as countless other comic creators, promoters, editors and phans contributing over the decades. In this podcast, ChronicleChamber takes on the daunting prospect of identifying and ranking the most important and influential individuals in Phantom history. While #1 may seem obvious to everyone, it wil

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #109 - The Best of 2018

ChronicleChamber Team

Jan 17, 2019

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #109 - The Best of 2018

It's that time of year again - Steve, Dan and Jermayn take a look back at the year that was!. Reflecting on the 80+ issues of The Phantom comics published internationally, we nominate our choices for best writers, best artists, best stories, best issues, and best covers of 2018. We also consider what we thought was the best merchandise, our favourite additions to our own Skull Caves, the best moment of being part of the ChronicleChamber team in 2018, and our overall reflectio

Dan Fraser

Jan 15, 2019

A Wake for Fantomet

Last week a group of Norwegian phans met to celebrate the 54-year run of Fantomet magazine, and commiserate its demise at the end of 2018. Arranged by phan Kristian Hellesund, the wake took place in the cellar of Barbarista, the pub run by May Vik Medås (partner of Lightning Strike Comics author Arild Wærness). The venue features an open space in front of a stage, as well as a bar. With a Phantom cosplayer and a number of The Phantom and Fantomet creators on deck, the mood wa

The Incredible Legacy of Özcan Eralp: RIP

Andreas Eriksson

Jan 15, 2019

The Incredible Legacy of Özcan Eralp: RIP

News have reached us from Turkey that longtime Phantom artist Özcan Eralp passed away on January 12, 2019. His funeral was held in the Kızıltoprak mosque on January 13, 2019. He was 83 years old. When I was a child, my uncle lived with us for a while and drew The Phantom. Some of the best memories I have, was from when he drew and I was watching, as he explained how the images and speech bubbles would fit together. We always had fun, calm and cozy moments, even though he was

Jermayn Parker

Jan 9, 2019

Vote for the Best Story 2018 Fantomen

You've voted for Frew Best of 2018, so now it's time to vote for the Best of Fantomen 2018! Go to Fantomen.org or click here and get your vote on. Throughout 2018, Fabtomen released 19 issues containing 29 different stories comprised of 10 new Fantomen created stories, 2 newspaper stories, and 17 stories previously published by Fantomen. No matter where you are in the world, you can still vote. For example, Frew readers should be fairly familiar with most of the stories: more

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #106 - December 2018 Comics & News

ChronicleChamber Team

Dec 21, 2018

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #106 - December 2018 Comics & News

The ChronicleChamber team take a look back at all the comics and news for the last months of 2018. The recently concluded SHORTEST EVER Daily story leads us out, with Kit's Letter Home opening up a range of conversation points. Frew regular issues #1824-1827 then form the core of the conversation, with one each of the quarterlies also up for review: Giantsize #7, Phantom's World #7 & Kid Phantom #6. For the first time ever we also have an international reviewer, with Mikael L

Sal Velluto

Dec 19, 2018

Remembering Giuseppe Lippi

ChronicleChamber is very grateful to renowned Phantom artist Sal Velluto for this contribution. In 2007, when I was hired by Egmont to draw Fantomen, I had very little knowledge of the history and lore of “The Ghost Who Walks.” I purchased a 50 issue, complete set of “L’Uomo Masherato – Phantom” published by Italy’s Comic Art and gathered as much reference on line, as possible. It was then, that I came across a series of three long articles on “The style of The Phantom” writt

Update on the “The Phantom: Treasures of Drakon” Board Game

ChronicleChamber Team

Dec 16, 2018

Update on the “The Phantom: Treasures of Drakon” Board Game

In Episode #104 of X-Band: The Phantom Podcast we had the unique opportunity to chat with author and The Phantom: Treasures of Drakon board game co-creator Dale Maccanti. He and colleague Alex Wynnter have been burning the midnight oil to get the game up and going, and we are thankful that he was able to spare the time to share their progress to date. There's lots of great stuff in the podcast chat but for those who are not on that wagon yet, here's a quick summary of where t

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #105 - Daily artist Keith Williams

ChronicleChamber Team

Dec 12, 2018

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #105 - Daily artist Keith Williams

In this episode we are honoured to be joined by one of the most prolific The Phantom Daily newspaper strip artists, and the only one to share his initials with our hero! Keith Williams picked up the strip after Sy Barry retired and, together with penciller George Olesen, worked on the strip from 1994-2005. In total, he inked 32 Daily stories and was at the helm when the 1996 Billy Zane film premiered. Post 2005, Keith also inked The Phantom stories for both Moonstone (the Cap

The Ultimate 2018 Christmas Present List

ChronicleChamber Team

Dec 2, 2018

The Ultimate 2018 Christmas Present List

If you're reading this after being sent a link by a partner, parent, sibling, buddy or loved one, it's pretty evident that they are a die-hard Phantom phan who is dropping a not-so-subtle hint! Hopefully in this post we can remove some of the hard work for you in finding them a Christmas present, and ideally something they don't already have... NOTE: socks, jocks and towels do NOT count as Christmas gifts unless they have The Phantom on them! The information below should be a

Jermayn Parker

Nov 27, 2018

Reviewing the Jam Story: Blood Rain

WARNING POTENTIAL SPOILERS CONTAINED IN VIDEO!! Thanks to guest ChronicleChamber video reviewer Mikael Lyck, who reviews one of the most anticipated Phantom comics of 2018. Fantomen 24/2018 features the Egmont created jam story: Blood Rain written by Andreas Eriksson, and extraordinarily drawn by no fewer than eight artists: Sal Velluto, Heiner Bade, Alex Saviuk, Joan Boix, Kari Leppänen, Carlos Pedrazzini, César Spadari, and Rafael Ruiz. Please note: while attempting not to

Norwegian Phans React to the Cancellation of their Fantomet

Jermayn Parker

Nov 21, 2018

Norwegian Phans React to the Cancellation of their Fantomet

The cancellation of a comic book publication that has been running for over five decades was always going to be big news, and in the world of the Phantom the ramifications are beginning to sink in. Fantomet is dead. The iconic Norwegian Fantomet magazine, running for 54 years, has been cancelled. The Phantom is iconic in Norway; according to legend, a resistance password during the WWII occupation by Nazi Germany was 'Fantomet'. The population of Norway may only be 5.25 milli

Jermayn Parker

Nov 16, 2018

Fantomen Kids TPB Coming Soon!

Frew has Kid Phantom featuring the 21st Phantom as a child growing and learning how to be the Phantom and Egmont has Fantomen Kids which is Kit and Heloise growing and learning how to be the Phantom. We first announced this series back in 2015 which you can read about here. The first Fantomen Kids story was released all the way back in Fantomen issue 12 / 2015. The second back in Fantomen 14-15 / 2016 and the third story will be released in 24 / 2018 which is the same issue a

Swedish Egmont 2018 Christmas Album & Special Collectors Cardboard Box Subscription Special Now

Jermayn Parker

Oct 31, 2018

Swedish Egmont 2018 Christmas Album & Special Collectors Cardboard Box Subscription Special Now

Every year Semic and then Egmont puts out a Christmas Album which is a tradition which started all the way back in 1944 and 2018 is no exception with it already hitting stores late October. For the third year in a row it features a cover from Henrik Sahlström and includes the Facsimile copy of a past annual – this year 1968 includes a traditional cover by Rolf Gohs and the contents. All up the issue is 96 pages, costs 99 sek ($15AU) and includes the following stories. "Kistan

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