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

For those who came in late… Phantom + Raffle = Phaffle! As we discussed in X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #140, Peter Kingston of The Phantom Art Show has generously donated several artworks from the exhibition to be used as part of our phundraising efforts for the Red Cross Bushfire Appeal in Australia. To make sure we honour this generosity and raise as much money as possible, while also giving all phans a chance to own one of these one-of-a-kind and completely unique items, w

Chronicle Chamber's Phantom Preservation Project (P3) has been given a massive boost in the last month or so, with Jermayn sourcing an absolute treasure trove of Phantom history. Keeping his ear to the ground as always, Jermayn was able to save a few boxes of newspaper clippings and other assorted Phantom curiosities, available "clutter" after the estate sale of a devoted phan and collector. With the assistance of Phantom phans and Chronicle Chamber Patreon supporters, we hav

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

In this episode we are honoured to be joined by one of the most distinctive Phantom cover artists going around - Douglas Klauba! Doug is renowned for his covers for Moonstone comic books in the mid-late 2000s, as well as the artwrk that has featured on so many Bradford Exchange products and now most recently, on a future Lightning Strike Comics issue. In a wide-ranging interview that starts with a video tour of his studio (keep an eye on our YouTube channel for the footage),

The late Ed Rhoades is greatly revered in the Phantomverse. He was one of the founders of Friends of the Phantom in the USA, a great mate of Phantom creators and phans alike, and a keen collector of Phantom art, memorabilia and merchandise. Indeed, we recently voted in Ed (together with his great mate Pete Klaus) as one of the Top 20 Most Influential Phantom people in X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #110, which you can listen to here. One of the areas Ed and Pete were influential

One of the world's most iconic comic book covers is Batman: The Killing Joke (right) which features the Joker holding up a camera in front of his eye in a classic ‘Smile!’ pose. What some may not know is that artist Brian Bolland drew the image based on a photographic reference of himself posing for the cover. Other famous mainstream artists like Jim Lee and Alex Ross also use photographic references for their work. This is far from just a modern thing, with a very similar st

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

On this day in 1984, Raymond Stephen(s) Moore passed away after complications with his ongoing health problems. Better known as Ray Moore, he was the very first Phantom artist but not much is known about him. In the last few years we have been lucky to have seen some new photos and information about him released by Gina Moore Reiners, a niece of the great man. Prior to that one of the only other sources was a fantastic interview with his late wife Claire Moore, conducted by E

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

Maybe you're like me who gets a kick out finding something rare, collectable and unusual that no one else knows about. If so, this is up your sleeve as we introduce some Phantom collectable history featuring these Super Knapslers (inside of bottle caps) from the late 1970's and early 1980's that are so rare that out of the 20 odd high profile Phantom and non Phantom collectors I asked from around the world, no one knew about them, let alone had any. Knapsler is a constructed

About a month ago, on March 12th 2018, phans the world over celebrated the 90th birthday of a seminal Phantom artist - the one and only Sy Barry. Among the many online tributes and social media posts that were flying around on the big day, were specially commissioned artworks addressed directly to Sy. It became apparent that a very special birthday gift was being commissioned. We discussed this briefly in Episode 93 of the X-Band podcast: Comics and News; mega-phan Pete Klaus

Howard Gesbeck recently posted this fascinating history lesson to our PhantomCollector Facebook group. With his permission, we repost it here. Friends of the Phantom was an American fan club for the Phantom. Ed Rhoades, one of the founders of the group, was also the Editor of the FOTP Newsletter. The newsletter was published from February of 1993 until the Spring of 2004. There were 24 issues. The first issue contained 4 pages, and the newsletter became progressively longer (

Dan and Jermayn speak with one of the foremost authorities on all things Phantom, the co-founder of the Friends of the Phantom, Pete Klaus. Pete has had a number of cameos in Phantom stories and was able to tell many a story about his relationships with Lee Falk, Sy Barry and Ulf Granberg. He is also regarded as the world's premier Phantom collector and possesses more knowledge about the toys than anyone. Pete was also good enough to take us on a video tour on but a very smal