When we said back in the show notes for #132A, "You knew that having Billy Zane come to Australia meant that you were going to get bombarded with podcasts, right?", we had no idea that we'd be wedging in an actual sit-down podcast interview with the man himself (#133). As it turns out, we did! That's meant that a bit of a delay with the Brisbane recordings coming out, but so be it! A word of warning - the Phantom panel with the Frew guys (Glenn Ford, Jamie Johnson, Andrew Con

The ChronicleChamber team is lucky enough to sit down with Billy Zane in a quiet moment at Brisbane Supanova 2019. Generous with his time, Billy tells us how he became a phan and why the character resonates with him. He talks through the journey of getting the 1996 movie off the ground and convinces us that the time is right for a new Phantom film. We also hear about interactions with Australian phans and potentially exciting plans for future visits Down Under. If, like Billy

You knew that having Billy Zane come to Australia meant that you were going to get bombarded with podcasts, right? First up in the series is an insight into Adelaide Supanova through the eyes of one who was there. Phantom phan Sean reflects on his experiences and passes on his advice, before taking us into the audience of Billy's Q&A panel session. A massive thank you to Sean for sending these recordings in for us all - we know listeners are going to enjoy this. Until Brisban

In the second of our two-part summary of the 2019 Sydney Supanova/LFMBEC adventure, this podcast features a number of short recordings from the weekend of 21-23 July 2019, as well as Jermayn and Dan reflecting on their experiences. It's both longer and shorter than we expected. What does that mean? Only Old Man Mozz would know. Happy Phantoming! #Supanova #LFMBEC #JeffWeigel #DrPaulMason #JamieJohnson #AndrewConstant #GrangeWallis #GlennFord #JasonPaulos #DudleyHogarth #XBand

There's no doubt that one of the most enjoyable purchases that a phan could make at the Supanova comic convention in Sydney last month was the long-awaited The Phantom Gallery Series 2 trading cards. Make sure you also check out our video review at the bottom of the page! It really was a delight for phans from around Australia to come together, open packets of the shiny new cards and share what they'd found. Many of us took the opportunity of having like-minded individuals ar

In the first of two podcasts recorded over the weekend of 21-23 July 2019, we bring you the Speeches of Supanova & LFMBEC. These were the more formal presentations from the weekend, with panels at the Supanova pop culture convention and speeches at the Lee Falk Memorial Bengalla Explorer's Club (LFMBEC) dinner. It's another longer compilation podcast, so back due to popular demand we have timestamps for you! So whether you couldn't make it and are listening for the first time

Frew have recently established a great tradition of attending the Sydney Supanova comic convention, and an even better one of releasing beautiful items for Phantom phans to enjoy. This post is a wrap up of all the items that Frew have published on their Facebook page, as well as those that Glenn Ford told us about in X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #121. The Phantom Gallery - Series 2 Trading Cards While they're not necessarily a 'Frew Publications' product as such, the release o

The ChronicleChamber team are getting ready for our annual Phantom pilgrimage to Sydney, for the Supanova event, the Frew Booth and of course, the wonderful Lee Falk Memorial Bengali Explorers Club Dinner. To help get you in the mood, we chatted with six different Phantom creators from around Australia and the special guest in Jeff Weigel. We learn a lot including an amazing exclusive and what to expect from the Frew booth. It's a marathon episode, so to help listeners to dip

There might only be four Frew and three Egmont comic books for us to review since our last Comics and News podcast, but there's also a surprising amount of news for us to talk about! Perhaps the biggest Phantom event of the last few years leads the discussion as the phellas reflect on the successful Treasures of Drakon Kickstarter campaign. We also chat about: our Don Newton competition, Mythos in Brazil, what we know about Supanova 2019, and the additions to the Phantom's ou

The 2019 Lee Falk Memorial Bengali Explorers Club (LFMBEC) special guest has finally been officially announced in an email LFMBEC patron Richard Fry sent to members. Jeff Weigel, current Sunday strip artist, will be the main guest speaker! It's a great coup for the LFMBEC to have a current newspaper strip artist in attendance - this will be the first time since Terry Beatty spoke at the 2015 dinner. It hasn't exactly been a huge secret that Jeff was planning to be in Sydney A

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

In Episode 107 of X-Band: The Phantom Podcast, we are delighted to bring you a recording of a The Phantom panel from Brisbane Supanova on November 10, 2018. While the topic as advertised in the program (right) was promising, unfortunately the Supanova team did not exactly bring together a heap of Phantom experience for the panel. Established cover artist Jamie Johnson certainly brought credibility with him. However it is fair to say that co-panelists Tom Taylor, Ryan K Lindsa

It's only been "two" podcasts since our last Comics & News but somehow there's nine Frew issues to discuss! Kid Phantom dominates early because we love it, then later there is a bit of a barney over the latest installment of the Sandal Singh saga - fair to say this plot-line had divided readers (and podcasters)! In between there's all the usual rabbit holes and side-tunnels you've come to know (and love?) from your Phantom podcast... we hope you enjoy it. Happy Phantoming! #M

Yes! It finally happened! Steve, Dan and Jermayn actually met in real life! Join the trio as they take in everything that The Phantom Mecca Weekend had to offer, Sydney Supanova and the LFMBEC Dinner. The fun had by the team is evident in every segment. If we met you over the weekend, listen out because you're probably on the recording. If you weren't able to make it, strap yourself in for one heck of a wild weekend! This podcast also includes Andrew Constant's wonderful

WOW what a weekend! To give you just some idea of the weekend, every team member who attended: Stephen East, Dan Fraser & Jermayn Parker; share their experiences of the Sydney Mecca Weekend! Dan I flew into Sydney 5 hours later than I'd booked for - bloody Qantas! Still, it didn't stop me getting to Supanova only 45 minutes after it opened on Friday and thankfully in time to buy one of the Messenger bags at the Frew booth! It as great to get straight into the first highlight

When Frew Publications released their 100-page "Femme Fatale" issue earlier this month, we were introduced to a brand new artist that many phans wouldn’t have heard of before: Camillo Di Pietrantonio. Camillo created the back cover for the newsagent release of that issue, #1813. Chronicle Chamber: Thanks for joining us Camillo! Can you tell us a little about yourself... How old are you, and where are you based? Camillo Di Pietrantonio: I'm 29 years old and based out of Wester

Earlier today the good folk at Supanova published the digital version of their program for Sydney and Perth, and there's a healthy helping of Frew and Phantom included! Access the PDF of the Sydney program here, and head straight to page 72 for the Frew advertisement showcasing their newest Pholios, and then pages 73-78 for the launch of Kid Mandrake (Boydrake) via a very special Kid Phantom story! It's a nice little episode of Kid Phantom, and once we get past the fact that

Kid Phantom recently shared a big announcement on their Facebook Page: a new title Kid Mandrake is coming soon! This is the first new publication featuring Mandrake the Magician in many, many years, and comes from Frew Publications on the back of their successful Kid Phantom comic book series. The artist for Kid Mandrake is West Australian Brenton McKenna (creator of Ubby's Underdogs for Magabala books). The character was hinted at as far back as Kid Phantom #2, when posters

After their last announcement that Phantom's Vault was now re-releasing the 99.94 Generation Phantom Gallery Prints, we now have more to spend our hard earned cash on. This is highlighted by the Scarlet Sapphire comic which many phans were starting to fear would never arrive. Scarlet Sapphire Available to Buy Now First is something all Australians have been waiting for over a year: the Lightning Strikes Scarlet Sapphire comic. Yes, it's phinally arrived from Ireland! It is wo

It's been a couple of months since the last bit of news filtered out about The Phantom: Treasures of Drakon - the upcoming board game due to be funded via Kickstarter later in 2018. Creators Alex Wynnter and Dale Maccanti are getting excited about Supanova in a few weeks time though, when a playable demo version of the game will be available for attending phans to check out! Dale told ChronicleChamber, "A basic prototype will be at Supanova. It won't be the final art, which i