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Join us for 80 minutes as we review each Phantom & Mandrake crossover story in finer detail, the annual as a whole, and much more.

Spoiler warning! This is a behind-the-scenes account of “ The Magician’s Curse ”, one of the stories in Frew’s 2026 Annual. Make sure you read the comic first as we will be discussing spoilers. I had already illustrated a Phantom two-parter (" The Pinstripe Wizards " published in Frew #1956 and #1957 ) written by Jason Franks and thought it would be exciting to do a Mandrake story as well. In my mind, they always go together! I grew up reading the newspaper strip reprints,

In an announcement by Dudley Hogarth, the publisher for the Australian Phantom comic, the yearly Frew annual for 2026 has been delayed.

Full details on Frew's number 2000 comic incl a variant cover & the stories. Plus what they will be selling at Sydney Supanova.

The results from Chronicle Chamber's annual poll of Frew phans' phavourites results are in! We greatly appreciate all the phans who cast their votes during the Christmas break, sharing their appreciation for the work of Frew Publications from the year that was 2024. Voting numbers remained consistent with last year's figures, and we saw a diverse group of phans from across Australia and indeed the world taking the time to express their opinions, providing us with clear insi

Presenting Frew's 2000th issue featuring two classic Lee Falk stories printed in colour & a new story by Pidde Andersson & Shane Foley.

Review of Frew #1952, the 75th Anniversary Comic Celebration feat 8 stories & 180 pages of full colour & 19 creators from around the world

Excited for the Frew 75th anniversary 180 page, full colour comic out on 31 August 2023? Included are the contents & two sneak peak pages

Metro Comic Con will be held at the Melbourne Showgrounds on July 8th and 9th with 8 confirmed popular Phantom creators attending.

Podcast #244 was so long we have split it into 2 episodes. Episode #244A is a review of the Frew issues in #1935, #1936, #1937 & #1938

Jermayn Parker and Dan Fraser review the Frew's second graphic novel titled " The Ghost and the Monster ". You can buy this graphic novel on the Frew website and many local Australian comic book shops. The story was written by Andrew Constant ‎ and drawn by Giancarlo Caracuzzo . Giancarlo's daughter Flavia Caracuzzo coloured the story. In our review we look at the cover, the art, the storyline and our overview opinions of the book. Notes from Jermayn 's review is below in

So which did you think were the best Frew issues, stories and covers published in 2020? After a huge response from the phans, the Best of Frew 2020 survey has been run and won. Today we're pleased to be releasing the results, both here and in conjunction with our "Best of 2020" podcast. Once again we were blown away by the entries - over 210 responses in all. It's great to see so many phans, new and old, getting involved. Thanks so much to all of you who took the time to

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 rele

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

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 expl

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 on

When news comes out of Frew Publications it comes strong, and so it has been today! The first item of big news is something that has been anticipated by phans ever since Frew started publishing titles outside their regular numbering: Kid Phantom , Giantsize and most recently, Phantom's World . Given that subscriptions have become such an important part of the business model, it was only a matter of time that these titles would also available directly from Frew HQ. In a Face

Following the 2016 success of Frew Publications ' Supanova booth, their first in many years, it is wonderful to see they are renewing their appearance in 2017. So, what can we expect to see from them this year? From the outset, we already know that they will have double the floorspace from last year with not one but two booths in 2017. Clearly, while The Phantom may be a "niche" and "antiquated" character, he still draws enough of a crowd to really cram a small area! Given t

Not wanting to rest on their laurels with the Phantom by Gaslight series, the crew at Frew have continued to hint at what is in store for the year ahead. It looks like the "Phantom Kids" concept which has been teased in several of Dudley Hogarth’s Message From The Publisher , as well as in the responses to Phantom Forum letters, has really taken shape. While there have been hints through the past weeks that an Australian creative team has been commissioned by Frew to creat