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Review of Frew's celebratory issue 2000 with 220+ pages in full colour with a variant cover & a free pull-out poster

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

Presenting a fundraiser jam print being sold to rais funds for the Westmead Children's Hospital. This has been the brainchild of Australian cover artist Jamie Johnson in participation with 25 past and present Australian artists, the Lee Falk's Members Bangalla Explorers Club (LFMBEC) and Chronicle Chamber. Each print will be $50Au and will be available at the Sydney Supanova event held Saturday 22 June and Sunday 23 June 2024. You will be able to buy them at Jamie Johnson's b

Some changes to the structure of the Frew see's Glenn Ford moving from Director. We discuss what this may mean to our fortnightly comic

Vote now for your favourite issues, covers, and stories published by FREW in 2023.

Melbourne Collectors Market Comic and Toy Fair is coming to the Darebin Community Sports Stadium on Sunday October 29th!

Review of the latest Australian, Swedish & Indian comics from July 2023 & discussion of all Phantom related news from around the world.

The latest Frew Pholio set is now available to buy & we review the 13 prints by Australian cover artists featuring classic Phantom villains.

We review Frew's 8th Pholio set titled 'Generations' which features 13 prints created by popular Australian artists sold for $95 +postage.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FREW CREW!!! Tuesday 23 February we celebrated 5 years of the Frew Crew releasing their first comic and we discussed what they have done throughout the years. Plus we will try and play Nostradamus on what we think they will do in the future. Tale of the tape After Jim Shepherd 's death in April 2013, Judith and their son Stephen stepped in and kept the title alive. Stephen introduced a number of initiatives, such as the Frew website, purchased a license for the

Have you read the 2019 Frew Annual yet? Every single page contributes to a great collection of past classic and new stories. It's a well printed volume filled with content from great storytelling masters, all wrapped up in a stunning and eye-catching cover. Well done Frew and all the creators! We loved the Annual so much we decided to do an early video review. Join us as we go through every story in detail looking at what was well done and what missed the mark (spoiler - not

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

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

Glenn Ford 's revelation in the Autumn 2017 issue of the Australian Cartoonist's Association magazine Inkspot that Frew are planning to release a graphic novel later this year (as reported by ChronicleChamber here ) has certainly set some tongues wagging in the Phantom phan community. What is this story? What is it going to look like? We had a few clues to go on: The name of the story - The Sword of the Caliph The author - Henriquez The artist - Giancarlo Caracuzzo C

It has been 12 months since Glenn Ford and Rene White took over ownership of Frew Publications and, along with publisher Dudley Hogarth, formed the Frew Crew. For this episode Dan, Jermayn and Steve look back at Frew Crew: Year One going through innovations, positives, minuses, and things we thought were interesting. We also put forward what we would like to see in Year Two. Enjoy! In the episode, we refer to a bunch of statistics around Year One. These are posted below f

As you know Frew will be at Sydney Supanova . They have now announced on Facebook their first ever Jam Cover, as well as two other special products which will be available to purchase at their booths. As announced earlier Gary Chaloner is doing the standard release Frew 1755 cover. New products will be the 1755 jam cover along with the ‘Frew Pholios’ and a Replica series slip case. If you can't get to the Sydney Supanova yourself, be sure to check out the Frew website