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

For a lot of Frew readers from the 1980s and 90s, the work that Jim Shepherd and Frew did by bringing to us unedited and uncensored newspaper stories was all part of the reason why many including the team at Chronicle Chamber were and still are hooked on the Phantom. In the December Comics and News X-Band podcast in a discussion between Mikael, Dan and myself we highlighted how even today the newspaper stories get edited in comics from Frew and Egmont which is a direct 180 on

Very lucky to have the ability to release this podcast featuring Keith Williams, the last Daily Newspaper artist to have drawn stories for Lee Falk, Pete 'Pistol' Klaus and Spike Barkin who spoke at a panel at the 2019 Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention. Along with a audio recording we also have a video of the panel, both featuring attached below for your viewing pleasure. Keith does a live inking example of the Phantom, while Pete talks about his travels and experiences with

Roving reporter and Phantomer extraordinaire Duncan Munro is our host today as he explores Baltimore Comic-Con, 18-20 October 2019. We're lucky to listen in as Duncan has the opportunity to speak to a number of amazing American creators: Mike Gold - on the editorial team for DC's The Phantom series (1988-1990) Keith Williams - Daily artist (1994-2005) Mike Manley - Daily artist (2016-present) Bob McLeod - story and cover artist for Egmont (2003-2006) Thanks so much to Duncan

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

In this episode we are excited to be joined by the one and only Alex Saviuk. Alex is an accomplished and experienced Phantom artist, and in fact boasts the extraordinary achievement of having worked for the greatest variety of The Phantom publishers of any artist in history! His Phantom credits (both covers and stories) include: Marvel, Egmont, Moonstone, Lightning Strike Comics, Frew, Hermes Press, and even the King Features' syndicated Sunday strip! Over the course of this

Australia and Sweden have their branch of the LFMBEC, Supanova Sydney has a Chronicle Chamber lunch and USA has their annual phan meet up at Sardi's. Every meeting is different and has it owns uniqueness - Sardi's is no different. On the 8th of June 2019 in New York the FOTP (Friends of the Phantom) group had another lunch with three Phantom artists in attendance in Sy Barry (with his wife Simmy), Luke McDonnell (DC Phantom artist) & Keith Williams (Daily Inker & Moonstone Ar

In a very special X-Band: The Phantom Podcast, the ChronicleChamber team are once again privileged to be joined by living legend Sy Barry. Recorded in early February, we're releasing it today to coincide with the great man's 91st birthday! As any self-respecting phan knows, Sy Barry drew The Phantom Daily and Sunday newspaper strips for 33 years from 1961 to 1994. It's been two years since we last spoke to the great man for a podcast, back in December 2016, episode #53. Sy is

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

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 following is an edited transcript of X-Band: The Phantom Podcast – Episode 53 “Our Interview with Sy Barry”. The complete, unedited and unabridged version was made available to Patreon subscribers on January 8th. Features of the full transcript include: The complete and unedited voice of Sy Barry Pre- and post- interview chat from the CC Team Sy's thoughts on Australians Comic strip artists living the rock star lifestyle Sy's attitude to the Horror comic genre popular in

In a very special X-Band: The Phantom Podcast, Steve, Jermayn and Dan are privileged to be joined by living legend Sy Barry. As any self-respecting phan knows, Sy Barry drew The Phantom Daily and Sunday newspaper strips for 33 years from 1961 to 1994, and is widely recognised as the artist that gave the Phantom his modern look. Over the course of an expansive conversation, Sy opens up about: his artistic influences over the last 75 years, working with his brother Dan, how he