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We are extremely happy to announce that the Phantom Bushfire Phundraiser Book is now available to Purchase! $30 per book (plus shipping). Over 50 artists featured on 52 pages in colour. Only 400 copies printed - do not delay! Officially licensed by KFS. This podcast is a quick chat with Stephen East joining the band, interviewing and asking the questions to Jermayn and Dan about the production of the book. Listen for a peak behind the curtain on the production of this book th

At the start of every season (Spring, Summer, Autumn [Fall] and Winter) we hold a competition for our loyal Patreon supporters. For the Australian Autumn, we have two (2) pencil roughs from Jeff Weigel from the current Sunday story which features the 13th Phantom visiting Australia and having an adventure with Australian explorer George Bass. The roughs are from the following dates: Sunday 17 November 2019 Sunday 26 January 2019 You will receive the roughs in A4 format, thumb

So which did you think were the best Frew issues, stories and covers published in 2019? After a huge response from the phans, the Best of Frew 2019 survey has been run and won. Today we're releasing the results - very exciting! It was an expanded survey this year as we added a "Favourite Issue" category, and we were blown away by the entries - over 230 responses in all. The google form document went into hyperdrive on the last day in particular as votes came in thick and fast

In this relatively short episode, we have a quick bit of Christmas phun! Joined live by Swedish correspondent Mikael Lyck, the CC team draw the special Patreon Xmas raffle before discussing the best Phantom Christmas presents we've ever received, and then our honest thoughts on the lack of explicitly Christmas themed covers from Fantomen or Frew in 2019. After musing on our Xmas/New Years wishes for 2020, there's a bit of a laugh while we scare each other with a round rob

In our last Comics & News podcast for 2019, there's a lot to discuss! 2min - Reflecting on Billy Zane 11min - Frew's launch on comiXology 19min - Fantomet's soft cover book sales 23min - Sal Velluto's Lucca prints 25min - Lightning Strikes in Australia 28min - Wulfric Media designs and plans 35min - A new Phantom card game! 48min - Mikael Lyck reviews Fantomen 2019/24, 25-26, and Christmas Album 1hr25 - Frew #1852 - The Sky Band 1hr42 - Frew #1853 - The Pit of Do

At the start of every season (Spring, Summer, Autumn [Fall] and Winter) we hold a competition for our loyal Patreon supporters. For the Australian Summer, we have nine (9) signed Frew trading cards to give away to our Patreon winner. The winner gets to choose from the signed cards we have collected. At the time of writing we have signed cards from American artists in Jeff Weigel and Keith Williams. Australians in Paul Mason, Glenn Lumsden, Jason Paulos, Jamie Johnson, Shane F

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

Our determination to keep the conversation under two hours this month was thwarted by a few huge recent announcements in the world of the Phantom! With Billy Zane hitting Australian shores in a few short months, two new exciting collections of Phantom merch, and a raft of reading to get through there's a lot to discuss in the world of the Phantom at the moment! Of course, our ever-reliable Scandinavian correspondent Mikael Lyck also gives us his detailed insight into the late

In the second of our two-part summary of the 2019 Sydney Supanova/LFMBEC adventure, this podcast features a number of short recordings from the weekend of 21-23 July 2019, as well as Jermayn and Dan reflecting on their experiences. It's both longer and shorter than we expected. What does that mean? Only Old Man Mozz would know. Happy Phantoming! #Supanova #LFMBEC #JeffWeigel #DrPaulMason #JamieJohnson #AndrewConstant #GrangeWallis #GlennFord #JasonPaulos #DudleyHogarth #XBand

Frew have recently established a great tradition of attending the Sydney Supanova comic convention, and an even better one of releasing beautiful items for Phantom phans to enjoy. This post is a wrap up of all the items that Frew have published on their Facebook page, as well as those that Glenn Ford told us about in X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #121. The Phantom Gallery - Series 2 Trading Cards While they're not necessarily a 'Frew Publications' product as such, the release o

It's been 23 years since Series 1 was in stores, and almost three since the promo card came with Frew's 80th Anniversary Special, but finally - The Phantom Gallery - Series 2 trading card set is available for sale! Creator Glenn Ford is understandably relieved that his vision of over two decades has finally been realised. "It all got done - it's looking amazing, it's looking fantastic." he tells us in Episode #121 of X-Band: The Phantom Podcast. Glenn was speaking to Chronicl

The Phantom: Treasures of Drakon is LIVE!! At 4:30 this afternoon Australian time (AEDT), the highly anticipated Kickstarter campaign for The Phantom: Treasures of Drakon board game went live and started collecting pledges. You now only have until the end of April to get involved, pledge to buy a board game, and help get this unique Phantom collectible produced! The newly commissioned Frew Games department of Frew Publications just needs to raise a modest $51000 to fund produ

So which were the most popular Frew stories and covers published in 2018? After a huge response from the phans the Best of Frew 2018 survey has been run and won, and many of you will have already heard the results on Episode #109 of X-Band: The Phantom Podcast. However today we're releasing the full set of results in written form so you can sit back and take it all in at your leisure! We were blown away by the entries - over 300 responses to the survey just about melted down

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

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

It's only been "two" podcasts since our last Comics & News but somehow there's nine Frew issues to discuss! Kid Phantom dominates early because we love it, then later there is a bit of a barney over the latest installment of the Sandal Singh saga - fair to say this plot-line had divided readers (and podcasters)! In between there's all the usual rabbit holes and side-tunnels you've come to know (and love?) from your Phantom podcast... we hope you enjoy it. Happy Phantoming! #M

Yes! It finally happened! Steve, Dan and Jermayn actually met in real life! Join the trio as they take in everything that The Phantom Mecca Weekend had to offer, Sydney Supanova and the LFMBEC Dinner. The fun had by the team is evident in every segment. If we met you over the weekend, listen out because you're probably on the recording. If you weren't able to make it, strap yourself in for one heck of a wild weekend! This podcast also includes Andrew Constant's wonderful

Hands up if you're enjoying the Phantom by Gaslight series and the very recent prequel to the Princess Sin saga? If so this is your chance to own something cool, historic and very awesome ... the original art! Jason Paulos has a long history of quality comic art, not just in Australia but also for DC. His Australian work has included Mad Magazine, Black House Comics and Hairbutt the Hippo, his own story that stars an anthropomorphic hippopotamus named Hairbutt who works as a

In a very special (and very short) episode of X-Band, Dan and Jermayn talk Steve through his first Sydney Supanova / Lee Falk Memorial Bengalla Explorers Club dinner weekend experience. We talk about what we know and what we hope we know; what we expect and what we wish from the FREW Booth at Supanova. And most importantly, we welcome perhaps the most special guest (certainly the youngest) we've ever had on the podcast. Happy Phantoming - hopefully we'll see you in Sydney! #X

In this episode Dan, Jerm, Steve along with a special appearance by Gus review the latest comics in the world of the Phantom. The phellas also discuss the latest news in the Phantom World. Happy Phantoming! #Mallon #DolmenEditorial #Supanova #Frew #LightningStrikeComics #HermesPress #KidPhantom #Giantsize #PhantomsWorld #AlexSaviuk #ClaesReimerthi #ShaneFoley #JasonPaulos #ChrisWahl #JeremyMacpherson #DaleMaccanti #Felmang #GlennLumsden #AndrewConstant #DrPaulMason #PhantomsV