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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 We

When Frew released their latest incarnation of their Pholio Series (#5 - Frew Heroes), we were introduced to a brand new artist that many phans wouldn’t have heard of before: Daniel Picciotto . Today, ChronicleChamber is lucky enough to sit down with Daniel and find out a little more about the newest contributor to the Frewniverse. ChronicleChamber: Thanks for joining us Daniel! First off, can tell us about yourself? How old are you, and where are you from? Daniel Picciotto

Over the last month, ChronicleChamber and Frew have been running a competition for phans to determine the Best Covers and the Best Stories released by the Australian publishing company in 2017. Well the votes are in and the comp is over - check out all the results in the clip below! Congratulations to Rodger Dean and Peter Vucemillo on winning the Frew Crew badges! Full details and a complete break down of the final results of the Best Cover and Best Story votes will co

In his Message from the Publisher in Frew #1806, publisher Dudley Hogarth relayed some fascinating information about the 'new' cover artist featured on that issue. However, space constraints prevented him from telling the full fascinating story of Jonny Nordlund , so Andreas Erikkson has kindly allowed us to share the tale with you here. Frew readers with a keen eye may have taken a look at issue #1806 and thought that a new cover artist was making his debut. But they woul

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

As promoted by Glenn Ford in his Message from the Publisher in Frew's Giantsize #4: it's time to vote for Frew's Best Story and Best Cover of 2017 . Working in partnership, Frew and ChronicleChamber have created this competition for you to enter - specially timed with the release of Frew's digital poster giveaway! (Both the posters you see on this page are available for free download at www.phantomcomic.com.au ) All you need to do is vote for Frew's Best of 2017 , using

Ever since the news dropped about a potential Phantom board game back in X-Band 85, phans around the world have been clamouring for more information. Thankfully the design team of Alex Wynnter and Dale Maccanti have been very forthcoming, joining us in each of the last two Comics and News episodes of the podcast . With Episode 89 dropping earlier tonight, phans are becoming a little more aware of the gameplay, which sounds like it is heavily built around players avoidin

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

Without any phanfare at all (phun intended) Frew has released their pholio #3 quietly on the Frew website. Interestingly, this is the best set so far in my opinion, as it includes international cover art from the popular Phantoms World releases, including yet-unseen published Frew covers from Ömer Muz (Turkey) and Alexandre Jubran (Brasil). This set included five prints that feature The Phantom's World covers, created by four different artists: Alexandre Jubran , Romano F

Over the last six months we have seen new Phantom stories being created by Frew with the Lou Manna , Felmany, Gaslight and Kid Phantom stories. Today the team at Chronicle Chamber has learnt and can confirm that two known authors who have done work for Egmont have also been commissioned to do more Frew created stories. Their names are Philip Madden and Pidde Andersson . Philip Madden we should all know as we have interviewed him before on the XBand Podcast (Episode #22) a

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