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X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #145 - Bushfire Phundraiser Book Release

Mar 3, 2020

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #145 - Bushfire Phundraiser Book Release

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

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #143 - February 2020 Comics & News

ChronicleChamber Team

Feb 19, 2020

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #143 - February 2020 Comics & News

Sorry for the delay in this podcast but we have been busy with the Phantom bushfire phundraiser - more on that soon! Anyway we discuss all the news from the last two and a half months along with eight Phantom comics from Fantomen (Sweden) and Frew (Australia). If you are looking for an excuse to support us as a Patreon, make sure you listen to the news at the start of the podcast. We announce TWO amazing Patreon-only announcements with the card game that is about to be kickst

Anthony Gillies

Dec 31, 2019

An Interview with Luca Giorgi

Luca Giorgi is an Italian comic artist who first came to the attention of the broader Phantom community as the cover colourist of Frew #1800, that memorable 2017 Christmas-themed cover by Massimo Gamberi. Luca has since worked closely with Massimo on Phantom projects on several occasions, including colouring the cover of the well known Fumetto #106 [right] as well as Fumo di China #280. Luca also coloured Massimo's carton card from the 2019 The Phantom Gallery: Series 2 tradi

Reporting From Lucca Comics & Games 2019 Convention

Anthony Gillies

Nov 4, 2019

Reporting From Lucca Comics & Games 2019 Convention

I was lucky enough to attend the 2019 Lucca Comics & Games Convention in Italy. As written about on Chronicle Chamber it is huge, the largest comics festival in Europe. For those who have attended Sydney Supanova, this is 100 times as big with booths and people. This has been the second time I have attended and following are a bunch of photos and reports from my time at the festival. While the Phantom does not have a huge current imprint in the Italian and Southern Europe mar

Sal's bringing A3 Phantom Prints to Lucca

Jermayn Parker

Oct 21, 2019

Sal's bringing A3 Phantom Prints to Lucca

As reported by ChronicleChamber last week, world renowned comic book artist and unofficial Phantom ambassador Sal Velluto will be appearing at Lucca Comics and Games Convention at the end of this month. In further exciting news, we can now reveal that he and colourist Eugenio Mattozzi have produced a folio of Phantom prints that will be available for sale at the event, Europe's largest comics convention. There are eight exclusive prints in the collection, produced on high qua

The Phantom will be at Lucca Comics & Gaming Exhibition 2019

Jermayn Parker

Oct 11, 2019

The Phantom will be at Lucca Comics & Gaming Exhibition 2019

The Phantom will be represented at the Lucca Comics & Games Convention, the annual comic book and gaming convention in Lucca, Italy. Tickets are selling fast for the event, this year held from 30th October - 3rd November. Lucca Comics is the largest comics festival in Europe. At the time of writing 100,000 tickets have already been sold for the five-day convention. In 2016, 275,000 people attended the convention. We are delighted to confirm that a host of Phantom creators wil

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #125 - Interview with Sal Velluto

ChronicleChamber Team

Aug 4, 2019

X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #125 - Interview with Sal Velluto

The team of Chronicle Chamber chat with Sal Velluto, an Italian American artist who we have admired ever since his work first graced a Fantomen / Frew comic. One thing we were surprised at was he has only been doing Phantom comics, covers and images for 12 years, yet he feels like an elder statesmen who has been at it for years. We learn all about Sal, from growing up in Italy and reading Fratelli Spada comics to working on comics around the world from Egmont / Frew and Herme

Gallery Series 2 Trading Cards - Available NOW!

Dan Fraser

Jun 19, 2019

Gallery Series 2 Trading Cards - Available NOW!

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

Leave a Facebook Recommendation & You Could Win!

Jermayn Parker

Apr 3, 2019

Leave a Facebook Recommendation & You Could Win!

Would you like to win a copy of this Italian Magazine Fumo Di China featuring a brilliant cover by Massimo Gamberi and several Phantom related articles inside including one by CC team member Jermayn Parker? If so, it is very easy to enter - leave us a Facebook recommendation on our Chronicle Chamber Facebook page. As announced in the below video and on X Band podcast episode #114, we are going to have some fun with this competition. if your recommendation is detailed and infl

ChronicleChamber Team

Jan 26, 2019

Best of Frew 2018 - Phan phavourites!

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

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

Who Wants a copy of the Italian Language Fumetto #106 Magazine?

Jermayn Parker

Jun 2, 2018

Who Wants a copy of the Italian Language Fumetto #106 Magazine?

Anyone who has been following Massimo Gamberi on Facebook would have seen this cover of the Phantom with Guran, Hero, Devil, the Skull Cave and an exploding volcano in the background. Well for those who did not know its for an Italian Language comic related magazine for the art / comic festival which was just held. Massimo was asked to do the cover. Big Massimo phan and phriend Anthony Gillies has worked out a deal to get some copies to Australia. If interested in a copy read

Frew to Celebrate 70th Birthday with Very Special TPB

Dan Fraser

Mar 11, 2018

Frew to Celebrate 70th Birthday with Very Special TPB

We all know about the beautiful and successful For Those Who Came In Late trade paperback released by Frew late last year, and are excited about the prospect of a Pirates of the Red Dragon TPB to be released as a Reward level or Stretch goal in the Kickstarter campaign for The Phantom board game in November 2018. ChronicleChamber has now discovered that Frew will also be celebrating their 70th Birthday later this year with another very unique and special TPB. As we explored w

ChronicleChamber Team

Jan 8, 2018

X Band: Episode #87 - The Best of 2017

For the first podcast of 2018, Steve, Dan and Jermayn take a look back at the year that was 2017. They share their thoughts on the best writers, best artists, best stories, best issues, best covers, best merch, best addition to their own Skull Caves, best moment of being part of the ChronicleChamber team in 2017, and what they thought of 2017 in relation to the Phantom. Enjoy! #DynamiteEntertainment #HermesPress #XBand #KingFeaturesSyndicate #Podcast #Frew #YearinReview #KidP

Anthony Gillies

Dec 23, 2017

Introducing Massimo Gamberi

Massimo Gamberi is the creative talent behind the stunning and phestive Christmas-themed cover for Frew's 2017 Christmas Special, currently on sale on newsstands around Australia and winging it's way around the world. Massimo is considered a "future art comic superstar" by the prominent Phantom artist Sal Velluto, and it is a real coup for Frew to have him join their stable of cover artists. Friend of the ChronicleChamber, Anthony Gillies, has been kind enough to chat with Ma

X Band: Episode #85 - Into the Frewniverse

ChronicleChamber Team

Dec 10, 2017

X Band: Episode #85 - Into the Frewniverse

You asked so we answered! In this episode of X-Band, the ChronicleChamber team is delighted to spend a couple of hours speaking with the publisher of Phantom comics in Australia - Glenn Ford. We last spoke to Glenn on Episode 33, almost exactly two years ago, and so much has changed since then! To find out about the phan, the creator and the artist, go back and listen to that one. To find out about Frew Publications - listen to this one! It's a monster recording, but only bec

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