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Jermayn
- Nov 28, 2019
- 2 min
Fantomet Softcover Books Sales Unimpressive
Kjetil Johnsen, the editor of comics from Egmont Norway recently posted on a comics related Norwegian Facebook group (link here) about the future of the Fantomet Softcover Book after the first two issues was released in 2019. The sales was quoted as been 'unimpressive' by what they had budgeted and hoped for. This is sad as 2018 and early 2019 saw the regular monthly Fantomet magazine being cancelled and long standing newspapers ceasing printing the newspaper stories. This is
Dan
- Oct 20, 2019
- 2 min
Fantomet with an Australian flavour
In a huge breakthrough for Australia's Frew Publications, one of their locally commissioned stories has been published by an international comic book producer. This is the first time this has happened in Frew's 71-year history. Hero Complex, penned by Duncan Munro, illustrated by Jeff Weigel, and published in Frew #1832, has been made available to Norwegian audiences by Egmont in issue 2 of their Nye Fantomet historier magazine, released earlier this month. The story has been
ChronicleChamber Team
- Sep 20, 2019
- 1 min
X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #128 - September 2019 Comics & News
It's time again for the ChronicleChamber team to delve into all the latest Phantom news from around the world, followed by an detailed review of recent releases from Frew and Egmont. 1m30 - Billy Zane autographs 2m30 - Kid Phantom cancellation 7m30 - Ray Moore sequel by Matt Kyme 15m30 - Lightning Strike 20m45 - King Features social media 25m00 - Monkey Mail: reprints 33m30 - Frew reviews: #1844 46m30 - #1845 56m45 - #1846 1hr07m - #1847 1hr15m - Phantom by Gaslight conclusio
Jermayn
- Sep 4, 2019
- 6 min
Introducing Bane Kerac: Serbian Artist
Bane Kerac is a name many Phantom phans may not know but is a giant throughout many European countries including his homeland of Serbia. Bane only has one full Team Fantomen Phantom story to his credit along with a trading card in the recent Phanfare 2019 gallery card series. However as you will read, in a sliding doors moment, he could easily have been a house hold name for us Phantom phans. Chronicle Chamber: Can you tell us about yourself? I believe you originally studied
Dan
- Apr 23, 2019
- 2 min
April 2019 Updates to P3 - The Gold Continues to be Added
How on earth is it nearly the end of April? It has been way too long between drinks in terms of updates to the Phantom Preservation Project (P3), so we hope adding a suite of additions makes up for it. Of course you should check out the Index, but a couple of weeks ago we added the following for April 2019: Four songs from Sweden An interview with Sy Barry from 1982 (Comic Scene Publications #1) A scan of 2018 Fumo Di China #280 3 Newspaper articles, including one from India
ChronicleChamber Team
- Apr 14, 2019
- 1 min
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
Jermayn
- Mar 2, 2019
- 2 min
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
ChronicleChamber Team
- Jan 17, 2019
- 1 min
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
- Jan 15, 2019
- 3 min
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
Jermayn
- Nov 27, 2018
- 1 min
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
Jermayn
- Nov 21, 2018
- 9 min
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
- Nov 16, 2018
- 2 min
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
Jermayn
- Nov 13, 2018
- 4 min
Norwegian Fantomet Magazine Cancelled After 54 years
At first it started with rumours, then Facebook posts and by midnight Australia time on the 12 November 2018, news had officially broken that the Fantomet magazine in Norway is ending with issue 13/2018. Only Donald Duck has published a longer magazine in a country rich with Phantom history. We can confirm that the quarterly reprint magazine Fantomet Kronologisk will be continuing. There are also promises by Fantomet editor Hege Høiby to publish regular or semi-regular ongoin
Jermayn
- Sep 5, 2018
- 5 min
Lee Falk on the Team Fantomen Origin Stories
Have you listened to Episode 97 of X-Band: The Phantom Podcast - the Ulf Granberg interview? If so, no doubt you have learnt a lot and may also have been intrigued by his comments when we asked about Lee Falk's opinions about Semic* stories. While of course Lee Falk's work provides the core of The Phantom canon, there are many disputes as to what else can be regarded as 'true' Phantom Lore. Scandinavian authors published stories on the origin of both of the Phantom's rings, a
Jermayn
- Aug 20, 2018
- 3 min
Introducing New Egmont Artist: Janusz Ordon
August saw a new Egmont artist making his debut for the Scandinavian publication. Janusz Ordon is from Poland and mainly known for his work on Clive Barker's Hellraiser, but soon will be known as a Phantom artist for the amazing work in his debut issue. There is no word yet if or when Frew will publish the story in Australia. Janusz has another Phantom connection, as he worked on the comic series Iron Dragon, written by Fantomen writer Philip Madden. Today, ChronicleChamber i
Jermayn
- Aug 13, 2018
- 3 min
The Story Behind the Censoring of Frew 1817
Please note that we will be touching upon adult themes in this article. Censoring in comics is such a negative word that tends to leave a bad aftertaste in everyone's mouth. However, is it always a bad thing? Frew and the Phantom have had a history of censoring. Some of the earliest Ray Moore stories, notably The Phantom Goes to War, were altered prior to publication as a comic book for Australian audiences. For instance, Diana being tied up in front of a cannon on a ship's d
ChronicleChamber Team
- Jul 23, 2018
- 1 min
X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #97B - Interview with Ulf Granberg Conclusion
It is HERE!! Big shout out to Stephen who battled sickness & family commitments to get this edited and to you for a listen. Opportunities like this do not come along very often. Ulf Granberg is the man behind Egmont through what was a golden age for The Phantom in Scandinavia - he was the editor of the Swedish Phantom comic book, Fantomen from 1973 to 1987, then again from 2003 to 2012. From 1973-2012 Ulf was head of Team Fantomen, the group of creators responsible for produc
ChronicleChamber Team
- Jun 14, 2018
- 1 min
X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #97 - Interview with Ulf Granberg pt 1
Opportunities like this do not come along very often. Ulf Granberg is the man behind Egmont in their glory years - he was the editor of the Swedish Phantom comic book, Fantomen from 1973 to 1987, then again from 2003 to 2012. From 1973-2012 Ulf was head of Team Fantomen, the group of creators responsible for producing Phantom stories for Semic then Egmont. Ulf has also written over 30 Phantom stories himself. That is over 40 years of being paid to write, edit, read and plot o
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