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

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

It's only been a little over a week since we launched ChronicleChamber's Phundraiser for the Bushfire Appeal, and it's fair to say that we've been completely blown away by the response from the Phantom and broader artistic community. In episode #140 of X-Band: The Phantom Podcast we go into detail about the project (listen through the player at the bottom of this page, or via your favourite podcast app), and you can also read below for a latest and fullest update. At the time

A huge and stunning new Phantom sculpture has been unveiled in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. The Phantom totem stands on the escarpment in the Amphitheatre Garden on the south side at the Leuralla NSW Toy and Railway Museum in Leura. From this vantage point, the impressive 5 metre tall Phantom surveys the vast valley below, looking across to Mount Solitary, not far from the famous Three Sisters. The totem has been a long time coming, first envisaged many years ago by Pe

All good things must come to an end, and so it is for the long running The Phantom Art Show exhibition, which closes in Manly one week from today. Since the opening over one month ago, hundreds of visitors have enjoyed the eclectic collection of Phantom-inspired artworks. Co-curators Dietmar Lederwasch and Peter Kingston are delighted with the turn out, and even more so to see the happy smiles on faces as they tour the exhibition. So - this is your last call! If you have been

Peter Kingston, co-curator of the Phantom Art Show, is going to be available for a very unique event early next month - a private tour of the Show as it is displayed at the Manly Art Gallery in Sydney. An Internet look around the exhibition (such as the one we posted last week) pales considerably in comparison to viewing the artworks in real life. The prospect of actually being escorted around the pieces by one of the men responsible for gathering and commissioning them, and

Phantom art exhibitions seem to be all the rage these days. We all know of the Tour that Never seems to End downunder, The Phantom Art Show co-curated by Peter Kingston and Dietmar Lederwasch, which recently opened and is currently showing at the Manly Art Gallery in Sydney after a near-three year run around Australia. Then of course, there has been Swede Martin Dahlström’s homage to Wilson McCoy, the Godfather of Pop display, which we have also reported on extensively here o

The evening of Friday 8th September 2017 was a very special night for Phantom phans in Sydney, Australia, as The Phantom Art Show exhibition opened for what will almost certainly be the final time. It was an event three years in the planning and follows a two year tour of regional New South Wales and Queensland. It is eminently appropriate that the final two exhibitions of The Phantom Art Show should be in the spiritual homes of each of the co-curators, Dietmar Lederwasch (Ne

After a three year journey around Australia, the acclaimed Phantom Art Show is about to exhibit for the final time in its current incarnation, returning to Sydney for display at the Manly Art Gallery as part of the 2017 Manly Arts Festival. The Show will be available to the public from 8th September till the 29th October 2017. Promotions in and around Manly are well underway, with some of the more iconic images from the Show appearing as posters around the community. Co-curat

It's a little hard to believe, but it's been over two months since the grand opening of The Phantom Art Show at The Bunker Cartoon Gallery in Coffs Harbour, and very soon the exhibition will be on the move once more. Unsurprisingly, the team at the Bunker are a little reluctant to see it leave. Manager Margaret Cameron says, "we're sad to see it go, it’s been a bit of a blast!" "We have broken most of our visitor records, and certainly the overall visitation for The Phantom A

The saso.creative Phantom Downunder Art Prize: The Australian Experience was a creative contest held through February and March this year, challenging Australian artists to reinterpret our favourite purple comic strip hero. Held in conjunction with the arrival of The Phantom Art Show in Coffs Harbour, it was the initiative of Sam Chapman and Nanette Backhouse from saso.creative. ChronicleChamber sat down with Sam to explore the concept, find out a little about what happened b

On Friday 10th March 2017, The Phantom Art Show arrived in Coffs Harbour, at The Bunker Cartoon Gallery. No doubt you've already read our written review of the Opening, but in Episode 59 of X Band: The Phantom Podcast you will hear all the speeches from the Opening night, including the announcement of the winners of the saso.creative Phantom Downunder Art Prize, as well as the Artists' Talk held in the Gallery the following day. From Friday night, you will hear from: Margaret

The winners of the saso.creative Phantom Downunder Art Prize: The Phantom and the Australian Experience were announced at the opening of The Phantom Art Show in Coffs Harbour, at the Bunker Cartoon Gallery on Friday night. Of the 30-odd entries, four finalists were chosen in the Open division, and three in the under-18 category. All these artworks are on display in the foyer of the Bunker Cartoon Gallery. Judges of the Art Prize were prominent Australian artists Euan McLeod,

When Peter Kingston and the Kit Walker Phantom Art Show posted this picture on Facebook in the week leading up to the opening of The Phantom Art Show in Coffs Harbour, sections of the Phantom collectors community went into meltdown. A new Phantom ring was available! The announcement that a "brace of Phantom rings from melted down old pirate gold [were] heading for the BunkaPhantom (sic) show at Coffs Harbour", and would be limited to "first come first served", had some phans

Arriving at the Bunker Cartoon Gallery on Friday night, it is immediately obvious that this is to be a very special opening of the latest incarnation of The Phantom Art Show. The setting is amazing. Tucked into the side of a hill and surrounded by dense trees and vegetation, a Deep Woods feel is evoked immediately. This is only enhanced by the sight of burning tiki torches and the sound of welcoming jungle drumming and bird noises as we approach. While the grand Skull Cave pl

The Phantom Art Show lands in Coffs Harbour this weekend, and while most of the focus has been on the Grand Opening celebration on Friday 10th March, plans are also in place for a recovery gathering the next day. On the morning after the night before, co-curators and contributing artists Dietmar Lederwasch and Peter Kingston, together with featured artists Euan McLeod and Dick Frizzell, will reconvene in the Bunker Cartoon Gallery for an Artists' Talk. This will be a unique o

The Phantom has shut down plenty of slave markets, pirate dens, and smuggler rings over the last 400 odd years - but an Art Gallery? Not until March 2017. Margaret Cameron, Manager of the Bunker Cartoon Gallery in Coffs Harbour NSW, has today let faithful patrons know that preparations for Friday evening's phantastic gala opening of The Phantom Art Show has led to the highly unusual step of temporarily closing the Gallery to members of the public. Further adding to the mystiq

Phantom phans of all talents and abilities are invited to enter the saso.creative Phantom Downunder Art Prize - but you'll have to be quick! On their website, the Australian creative agency saso.creative has announced their sponsorship of the competition, together with all the details of how to enter. With $1200 first prize in the Open category, and $300 for Under-18s, most phans should be scrambling for whatever creative materials and juices they can find! The theme for entr

Recorded on the weekend of 10-11 December 2016, this podcast features audio from the opening of The Phantom Art Show at the Tweed Regional Gallery in Murwillumbah, NSW. ChronicleChamber was lucky enough to attend the official opening on Saturday evening to record the first part of the podcast, where former Governor-General of Australia Dame Quentin Bryce and her husband Michael spoke about their experiences with the Phantom, and his impact on readers of all generations. You c

The Phantom Art Show has arrived in The Tweed, and what an occasion it was! With the Tweed Regional Gallery launching three exhibitions on the same night, over 200 people attended the opening of The Phantom Art Show on Saturday December 10th. However no matter which exhibition they were there to support, there was little doubt that all in attendance enjoyed The Phantom show immensely. Staff at the picturesque Gallery did an amazing job of working to the theme of the Ghost Who