On this day 62 years ago, Fantomen issue 7/1957 was released. Who cares? Well, what makes this issue significant is that it was the first Phantom cover that the legendary cover artist Rolf Gohs had published. His career has spanned across seven decades, with an astonishing 911 covers (you read that correctly - nine hundred and eleven covers!!) and countless other Phantom images that have been published across more than ten countries and several continents! Today we are lucky

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

Every year Semic and then Egmont puts out a Christmas Album which is a tradition which started all the way back in 1944 and 2018 is no exception with it already hitting stores late October. For the third year in a row it features a cover from Henrik Sahlström and includes the Facsimile copy of a past annual – this year 1968 includes a traditional cover by Rolf Gohs and the contents. All up the issue is 96 pages, costs 99 sek ($15AU) and includes the following stories. "Kistan

It's been over three months in the making, but finally the 2019 Phantom Calendar from Mallon is about to arrive in stores! The calendar is also available straight from the publisher, with direct orders receiving an exclusive extra print (details at bottom of this post). This product is just about everything a Phantom phan could want from a calendar, replete with beautiful prints of Phantom covers from around the world and an assortment of important dates in the Phantom univer

It was about a month ago we reported that Australian company Mallon Publishing was seeking interest in a 2019 Phantom wall calendar. We are happy to announce that Phantom phans have come through, the interest is there, and Mallon WILL be producing a calendar for 2019! Indeed they have started sending out order forms to registered fans and have even released the beautiful cover image seen on this page. The Rolf Gohs cover image was first published in 1965 by Fantomen in Sweden

No doubt you have seen the photos, videos and news coming from Sinisha Bozunovic and his team and I think it is obvious to lay claim this was and is a great success. Since our first post here, there have been a few additions and other important things to note so let us list those and then we can have fun looking through the photos. Sinisha has hired a shop at the local mall and turned it into a Phantom paradise with 11 Henrik Salhstrom covers & one Sal Velluto printed in 70cm

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