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X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#316 - Phans phav Phantom storiesSomething a little different this fortnight with a bunch of phans, publishers & creators from around the world telling us what their phavourite Phantom stories are. If you would like to tell us your own phavourite Phantom stories, send us an email - ChronicleChamber@gmail.com. Here are the stories chosen from the phans, creators and publishers:Sal Velluto. "Danger in the Forbidden City""The Ghost Who Walks Returns" by Peter David and Sal Velluto"Clash of the Immortals" by Peter David and S...
2025-09-0735 minX-Band: The Phantom Podcast#309 - Australian Phan Weekend 2025 (Supanova & LFMBEC)Every year Phantom phans from around the world descend into Sydney to meet up with other phans and have a great weekend. In this podcast we preview the weekend,d chat with the organisers of the famous LFMBEC dinner, as well as the dinner's & Supanova guest Lauren Marshall and Julie Ditrich who is the writer behind the key story in Frew's milestone number 2000th - The Return of the Golden Circle.Billy Zane will be attending Sydney and Perth Supanova events (find out more). For those who live in Sydney and...
2025-06-101h 04X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#299B - January 2025 Comics ReviewWe are padding out our episodes as we want to release our 300th podcast with the Phantom's birthday. This will be 299B where we discuss the latest comics from around the world including Australia, USA, Sweden and Germany. Unfortunately due to the Frew 2025 Annual being delayed, we will be doing a 299C episode in a weeks time for the annual. We may have stolen the A and B issues from Frew but never had a C issue lol.If your one of the phans who can only listen to some parts of the podcast, below is a...
2025-02-021h 15X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#299A - January 2025 Newspaper Stories & News ReviewWe are padding out our episodes as we want to release our 300th podcast with the Phantom's birthday. This will be 299A as we discuss the latest Daily and Sunday stories that are running in newspapers and on the Comics Kingdom website. We will also discuss all the related Phantom news.If your one of the phans who can only listen to some parts of the podcast, below is a timeline of what we discussed.Daily and Sunday Newspaper storiesDaily 267: "The Skull and Jaw": 2 MinsDaily 268: 11 MinsSunday 195: "The Princess of Songhai": 22 Mins
2025-01-261h 13X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#297 - Mad Cave Studios Defenders of the Earth mid series reviewSome phans will know that we have reviews of all of the Mad Cave Studios Defenders of the Earth Series up on our YouTube Channel and website but we wanted to conduct a mid series review with the whole extended team. Join Stephen East, Dan Fraser and Jermayn Parker with our USA reviewer Scott Waldyn. We love comments and feedback from the Phantom phans from around the world. You can either email us, leave your comments at our YouTube Channel, and or leave them at our social media platforms i...
2024-12-3144 minX-Band: The Phantom Podcast#296B - November and December 2024 Comics ReviewWe have fallen behind again with our monthly comics and news podcasts so this will be Episode 296B where we discuss and review the latest comics from around the world including Australia, USA, Norway, Sweden and Germany. There is 11 comics in total we will go through.We love comments and feedback from the Phantom phans from around the world. At the bottom of the article, we list some talking points we would love to have your input on. You can either email us, leave your comments at our YouTube Channel, and or leave them at our social...
2024-12-191h 31X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#296A - November and December 2024 Newspaper Stories & News ReviewWe discuss the latest Daily and Sunday stories that are running in newspapers around the world and all the related Phantom news that has been released around the world.We love comments and feedback from the Phantom phans from around the world. At the bottom, we list some talking points we would love to have your input on. Remember if you comment, you automatically go into our draw for a monthly competition of free Chronicle Chamber swag.Below is a timeline of what we discussed.Daily & Sunday Newspaper story progress"...
2024-12-121h 22X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#295 - Behind the scenes of the Phantom video gameStephen East, Dan Fraser and Jermayn Parker catch up with the team behind the Phantom Video Game. With pre orders for the digital version of the game now open, we thought it would be a great opportunity for us to catch up with Ash Nicholls the Director behind Art Of Play, but also two of his colleagues who have left their imprint on the game.Go here to pre order your digital and collector boxesAnthony Spay is the illustrator of the...
2024-12-0254 minX-Band: The Phantom Podcast#293 - Fantomen 2025 & their 75th AnniversaryJermayn Parker is joined by Team Fantomen editors Jacob Habinc and Andreas Eriksson as he asks them all the questions about what they are planning for 2025 which so happens to be their 75th anniversary birthday!We first start off asking about the celebrations of 2025 and what they have planned. They tell us as much as they can and yet still hold back a few surprises which will be dropped as time goes by. If you want some hints, this is the podcast to listen to. Some of the secrets t...
2024-11-051h 35X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#291 - Jansuz Ordon Fantomen artistDan Fraser, and Jermayn Parker join Janusz Ordon who is a Polish comics creator who has created Phantom stories since 2018. In short 6 years he has drawn 20 full length stories for Fantomen but also Frew. He has also drawn 6x Fantomen covers at the time of recording. We start at the beginning which includes how Janusz Ordon first came to know about the Phantom from the Fantom (TM-Semic) series published from 1992 to 1993 in his home country. Other areas we touch upon and discuss are:His prior relationship with ...
2024-10-131h 12X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#290B - Aug & Sept 2024 Comics ReviewJoin the extended team in Seuj Abir, Ivan Pederson, Scott Waldyn, Stephen East, Jermayn Parker and Dan Fraser as together they discuss the latest Phantom comics from around the world from Sweden, India, USA and Australia. It has been a busy two months with 9 comics in total.We would love it if you could answer some of our questions and topics we raise from our reviews from August and September 2024 - you can find them at the bottom. You can either email us, leave your...
2024-09-241h 23X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#289 - Our Phantom Big QuestionsThe team does not get a chance to nerd out too much by discussing the Phantom in finer details. This podcast fixes that with one podcasters wife commenting that this is perhaps our nerdiest conversation ever!We will discuss two big questions: Is it ethical for the Phantom to have a major treasure room and is the key to the Phantoms future, the digital comic? To join in this discussion we have Seuj Abir from India joining Dan Fraser, Stephen East and Jermayn Parker.We would love...
2024-09-0152 minX-Band: The Phantom Podcast#286 - The Sounds from the 2024 Supanova & LFMBEC DinnerThe Sydney weekend in June every year is the national phan 'Meca' weekend that a lot of hardcore Australian phans enjoy attending. For 2024, Chronicle Chamber team members Dan Fraser and Jermayn Parker made their way to the event and present a wrap-up of the event.This podcast is the collection of our thoughts as we sit together in the same room for a podcast recording. Plus, we collect the recordings from the 2024 Sydney Supanova featuring Game of Play Director Ash Nicholls and writer Matt Kyme. Continuing the Phantom video...
2024-07-211h 01X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#285B - June 2024 Australia, Sweden, Germany & Indian Comics ReviewBecause so much has happened in the Phantom world within the last 4-6 weeks, we have split our June review podcast into two. Join Stephen East, Jermayn Parker, Dan Fraser, Mikael Lyck, Seuj Abir and Christian Moller as together we review 12 Phantom comics from from Australia, Sweden, India and Germany.Please subscribe to our podcast channel, website and or our social media platforms in Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. If your one of the phans who can only listen to some parts of t...
2024-07-072h 06X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#285A - June 2024 Newspaper Stories & News ReviewJust like Frew, we have A and B episodes with our podcasts and because so much has happened in the Phantom world within the last 4-6 weeks, we have split our June review podcast into two. Join Stephen East, Jermayn Parker and Dan Fraser as they sit down and discuss the latest Phantom news from June 2024 from around the world.As the newspaper stories are time sensitive we also discuss the latest from the Daily and Sunday newspaper stories in this podcast. Which includes the ending of "The Chain", the start...
2024-07-0139 minX-Band: The Phantom Podcast#284 - Introducing Djordje Djokovic the NECA Figurine DesignerDan Fraser and Jermayn Parker interview the man behind the NECA figurines in Djordje Djokovic. He talks to us all about the very popular figurines featuring the Phantom in the Defenders of the Earth and Original Superhero's range. You will learn how important he was to ensure NECA went ahead in the figurines being made.On our YouTube channel, we show a lot of photos of the process, original art and prototypes. If you love learning behind the scenes information, this is for you.Some of the subjects we...
2024-06-191h 59X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#283 - Introducing the 2024 LFMBEC Charity Dinner & Phan WeekendEvery year in Australia, phans from around the country gather together in Sydney for their Supanova and the annual Phantom LFMBEC Charity Dinner. In this podcast Jermayn Parker is joined by Sean Bassett and Nick Moles to chat about the weekend with a focus on the LFMBEC Charity Dinner.Please note, that all funds raised will be for charity and going to the Westmead Children's Hospital.We go over the weekend with all the Phantom related events and phan meetups.Friday night drinks and swaps at Mercure Hotel, S...
2024-06-0943 minX-Band: The Phantom Podcast#282 - The Phantom Jam Print FundraiserPresenting 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 booth. Alongside the print, will be the inks over blue lines on A3 paper - t...
2024-05-261h 36X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#280 - Enter the PhantomJermayn Parker and Dan Fraser chat with phan phav creator Matt Kyme who was the writer and artist behind Frew #1969 titled "Enter the Phantom". This story is special to a lot of Phantom phan geeks who love these types of stories. Towards the end of the podcast, phans from around the world submit their questions and comments to Matt and the new story. Some of the subjects we touch upon in this podcast are the following:His overall thoughts on the comic including some small problems with the way the c...
2024-05-071h 39X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#279 - Sounds from Supanova Melbourne 2024Stephen East attended Supanova Melbourne 2024 and it was full of Phantom and got his recorder out to bring us the sounds from the event. We hear from a cosplayer, Ash Nicholls and several artist creators including four Frew cover artists.We have included the panel featuring Ash Nicholls as well as recordings from others including:Chris the cosplayer (Follow him on Instagram) who chats about his design of the costume.Maria Lewis from the podcast "The Phantom Never Dies"Ken Steacy Canadian comic artist...
2024-04-2859 minX-Band: The Phantom Podcast#278 - With Sy Barry & His Worldwide InfluencePresenting a recorded interview with Sy Barry that was originally recorded 18 months ago. Why have we held onto this for so long you may be asking? Great question!Jermayn Parker, and Ankit Mitra originally held this interview for the discussion to be included in the Regal Phantom comics. It can now be released in podcast format in its entirely. Any podcast with Sy is amazing and insightful and this interview is no different.During this podcast Sy Barry discusses a lot with us and some of the...
2024-04-141h 28X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#275 - The Phantom and AIJermayn Parker, and Dan Fraser tackle a hot button topic on AI alongside guest Grange Wallis who helps us understand the potential dangers, where we can be excited and the potential future of it in the world but also our Phantom comic. Is there room for it?Now is the time to subscribe to our YouTube Channel, website and or our social media platforms in Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. Make sure you leave a comment, review and subscribe.This podcast becomes philosophical and will get you to think...
2024-03-051h 22X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#274 - Andreas Eriksson The WriterJermayn Parker goes one on one with Andreas Eriksson who wears multiple hats when it comes to the Phantom. He writes stories, he is a phan, he edits comics for Fantomen and even helps edit Phantom Wiki. We have chatted with him about his journey as a phan and editor before and now we focus on the stories he has written for Frew, Fantomen and Lightning Strikes.Now is the time to subscribe to our YouTube Channel, website and or our social media platforms in Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. Make sure you...
2024-02-251h 53X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#271 - Our Review & Best Of 2023We try and review 2023 in two hours. We go over the tale of the tape, highlighting every comic and merchandise released around the world in 2023 and then go over our favs. We have regular contributors joining us in Ankit, Christian , Seuj, Mikael, Duncan and Christopher and giving their input as well.We also go over the Frew best cover, best issue and best story as voted by you, the phans. Towards the end of the podcast we draw the winners for the 5 prizes....
2024-01-141h 53X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#270 - Update on the New Moonstone Series with Mike BullockTo celebrate the new Moonstone comic book series featuring both the Phantom and Mandrake we catch up with Mike Bullock the writer from the old and new series. What is confirmed and discussed by Mike Bullock is the following:The initial comic series will be like the past KGB Noir series with The Phantom and another characterThere will be three stories released in 15 installments guarantying at least 15 comics and 150 pagesThe titles of the stories are: "Phantom: Last Night", "Mandrake the Magician: Seven Kings Calling" and "Phantom and Mandrake: The Seven Kings"The...
2024-01-0457 minX-Band: The Phantom Podcast#269 - New Years Resolution - Read Some Back IssuesTo celebrate the new year, we have resolutions on what to do differently. Instead of trying to lose weight or eat healthy, this is a resolution all can get behind. Join us with our resolution to read more back issue Phantom comics! This year the team reviews some Moonstone comics which are worth digging out.This year Dan Fraser, Duncan Munro, and Jermayn Parker review the following stories and comics:"Five Days of the Dragon Chapter 1" by Ron Marz and Rubén Procopio"Five Days of t...
2023-12-2729 minX-Band: The Phantom Podcast#268 - The Phantom Video Game UpdateDuring the podcast we discuss and dissect the new Phantom video game trailer plus much more. We ask about NYCC 2023, his dealings with King Features plus rattle of some key future dates including the announcement of Ashley Nicholls and Matt Kyme attending Supanova events in 2024 in Melbourne and Sydney.If this video game excites you, this podcast is must watching and or listening. You do not want to miss out!Some of the key dates to add to your Phantom calendar and that we discuss are: Dec 15 2023: Teaser Trailer Release Fe...
2023-12-181h 23X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#267 - 2023 Bundaberg QLD "Phantom: Off The Drawing Board" Art GalleryA huge thank you to all who contributed to this podcast in Rebecca McDuff and Duncan Munro for their time recording and reviewing the exhibition. To Bradley and Joyful Peach, Terry Krahe, Chris Hill, Amanda Bacchi and Paul Mason for their videoing and photos we used throughout the podcast.Because of what they did, it has allowed those who did not attend the ability to enjoy this PHantastic exhibition.To find out more about the event you can go...
2023-12-1057 minX-Band: The Phantom Podcast#265 - Studio Session with Sy Barry, Lou Manna & Jeremy MacPhersonPresenting our recorded studio session with not one, or two but three highly talented artists in Sy Barry, Lou Manna and Jeremy MacPherson. This event was held on Saturday 4 November 2023 (New York time) with a dozen phans interacting with the three artists and asking various questions while they watched them draw.The bonus was that everyone who brought a ticket went into the draw to win one of the three pieces.All funds from the tickets were raised for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Jimmy Fund. Together we raised over $500...
2023-11-131h 49X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#264 - Our Initial Thoughts on the Moonstone NewsNo your eyes do not deceive you - It is a shorter podcast than most. Jermayn Parker and Dan Fraser join to quickly discuss the news about Moonstone publishing new Phantom comics from the first half of 2024. You can read our initial report here.Like you, we have questions, heaps of questions. So we go over our own questions plus recap what we do know.We go over our initial responses plus why this is important news. We discuss the state of new Phantom stories release from USA since...
2023-10-3037 minX-Band: The Phantom Podcast#263 - October 2023 Comics & New ReviewWe sit down and discuss the comics news from September and October 2023 from around the world including products, exhibitions and much more. We also sneak peak some exciting news that you will hear first on our platform. Now is the time to subscribe to our YouTube Channel, website and or our social media platforms in Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. Below is a timeline of what we discussed:Frew (Australia) Phantom Comics:Frew #1953: 1 Minutes 30 SecondsFrew #1954: 10 MinutesFrew #1955: 18 MinutesGiant size #26: 31 MinutesThe background information on the Defenders of the Earthi crossover story can be...
2023-10-171h 43X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#262 - Happy Frewnersary! Looking at Peter ChapmanJermayn Parker and Dan Fraser are joined by two guests as we look at one of the unsung heroes of Frew Publications in Peter Champan. The two guests who join us are Jeremy MachPerson and Daniel Best two budding detectives in realm of Australian comics. In this podcast you will learn all about Peter Chapman.Did you also know that he created over 400 comics and created artwork from the late 1940's all the way until the 2000's? That is nearly 60 years of professional w...
2023-10-011h 13X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#261 - Happy Frewnersary! Looking At 75 Years of FrewJermayn Parker and Dan Fraser are joined by Kevin Patrick as they go over the 75 years of Frew. It is a fascinating chat and we guarantee that you will learn something new!Kevin Patrick is a great researcher and he has dug up a lot of information for us like stories about Ron Forsyth, Lawford Richardson, Jack Eisen and Peter Watson the original creators of Frew. We learn about one important person who to most has been forgotten about i...
2023-09-191h 45X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#260 - Frew 75th Anniversary Comic ReviewJermayn Parker and Dan Fraser do their best (& fail) to review this 180 page full colour Frew special comic inside an hour. They go down various rabbit holes and get caught up loving this comic which we both label is a hands down winner of the best Frew comic of the year and likely all time.They discuss the overall package of the comic with the paper quality, the cover, the historic article written by Kevin Patrick and each story in full detail - the writing, the drawings and even the colouring...
2023-09-061h 33X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#258 - With Dr Antonio DiDioOur special guest may be our most educated and most professional guest ever. Duncan Munro and Jermayn Parker do their best to try and contain this larger than life Phantom personality.He is a practicing clinician with over 30 years experience, combined with ongoing service through several significant Federal and State medical policy roles providing outcomes to improve the well being of Australians. Was the Chairperson for the International Health Assessment Panel under Medevac Legislation 2019 assessing claims of refugees from Manus Island and Nauru.All that is very impressive but perhaps his...
2023-08-141h 15X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#257 - July 2023 Comics & New ReviewWe sit down and discuss the comics news from July from seven different countries. If your one of the phans who can only listen to some parts of the podcast, below is a timeline.Frew Comics:Frew #1947: 1 Minute 30 SecondsFrew #1948: 30 MinutesFrew #1949: 45 Minutes 30 SecondsFantomen Comics:Fantomen 13/2023: 54 MinutesFantomen 14-15/2023: 57 MinutesMustanaamio Comics:Karpaattien vampyyri 1 Hour 1 Minute & 30 SecondsIndian Comics ReviewShakti #8: 1 Hour 5 MinutesShakti #9: 1 Hour 17 MinutesRegal #30: 1 Hour 24 MinutesDaily / Sunday Newspaper Stories ProgressDaily 263: "Dungeons Undone": 1 Hour 35 Minutes & 30 SecondsSunday 193: "Return of t...
2023-08-012h 35X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#256 - Pitching a Phantom TV SeriesWe are getting excited about the confirmation on the official KFS Phantom page that a new TV series is in development. Obviously with the very small notice given we don’t know much at all, but that’s not going to stop us speculating wildly!For big news like this, we’ve got Chronicle Chamber members from all over the world to share in the excitement with Mikael Lyck, Ankit Mitra and Duncan Munro joining Dan Fraser and Jermayn Parker. Given we know next to nothing (read “absolute...
2023-07-161h 55X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#255 - Sydney 2023 Wrapup (Supanova Panel, LFMBEC Speech & More)Did you go to Sydnova 2023? If not, we have you covered. Included in this podcast we have a recording of the Supanova Phantom panel with Alex Trpcevski, Lauren Marshall and Matt Kyme plus Alex Trpcevski's LFMBEC speech. Jermayn Parker also gives his review of the weekend as he discusses the phan catch ups, the LFMBEC dinner, the Frew booth and Supanova in general.The two recordings were recorded on a phone and in a non controlled environment, so the sound may not be the b...
2023-07-041h 14X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#254 - May 2023 Frew, Fantomen, Mustanaamio, Shakti & Regal Comics ReviewThe extended team Seuj Abir and Mikael Lyck join Jermayn Parker, Dan Fraser and Stephen East as they go through the comics from May (and June). We review 14 Phantom comics in total - 5x from Frew Australia and 3x from Fantomen Sweden, 1x from Mustanaamio and 2x each from Regal and Shakti which are published in India. It is a huge 33 Phantom stories in total.As you can understand, this is why we split episode #253 and #254 into two separate podcasts. Sit back and enjoy the five reviewers a...
2023-06-202h 28X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#253 - May 2023 News & Newspaper Stories Catch UpThe team Jermayn Parker, Dan Fraser and Stephen East are all together as they go through the news from May (and June). We also go over the latest newspaper stories "Dungeons Undone" and "Return of the Temple of the Gods". It has been a busy but exciting last six weeks as we have new products to display in our Skull Caves, new clothing to wear at comic conventions and those boring Sunday lunches plus comics from Greece and France to discuss.Stick around and let us have some phun as we...
2023-06-131h 31X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#252 - Supanova Sydney 2023 PreviewWho is excited about Sydnova 2023? For Those Who Have Come in Late a lot of Phantom phans from around Australia and the world gather in Sydney for a bunch of phan gatherings and Sydney Supanova. To help increase excitement, Jermayn Parker is joined by several Phantom creators and phans to preview the upcoming weekend. If you want to learn more about the event read our Phantom Sydnova 2023 preview.Make sure you listen or watch as we have giveaways to pass onto you but you need to give us the secret keyword.A...
2023-06-051h 47X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#251 - Catch Up on the Latest of the Phantom Video GameRecently Art of Play Games released some new in game screenshots on the Phantom Video Game and the phan community was very excited so we thought it is best to catch up with him. Join Jermayn Parker and Stephen East as they go through the screenshots and ask all the questions to Ashley Nicholls. Some of the questions we asked Ashley Nicholls are below. These questions were asked by phans that were sent to us or asked on the various social media accounts:Is July 2024 still the targeted...
2023-05-281h 25X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#250 - Introducing 'Draw for Life' Charity Art AuctionJermayn Parker is joined with David and Sy Barry as they introduce a charity art auction to raise funds for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund. The auction will be held at the new website www.DrawForLife.org between the dates July 1st to July 8th 2023.We talk about the genesis of the event. Why Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund are important and the choice of the charity. We also go through the meaning behind Sy Barry's piece.We mention the names involved...
2023-05-2124 minX-Band: The Phantom Podcast#249 - Getting to Know Alex TripThe team Jermayn Parker and Dan Fraser together get to know Frew cover artist Alex Trip. In this podcast we can talk about many subjects including how geometry and Fibonacci spirals take place on many Phantom covers by Alex Trip. This part of the discussion will be best viewed on YouTube while listening - you can follow the conversation at the 19 minute mark of this podcast.There are plenty of other interesting topics including potential Frew releases at the 2023 Sydney Supanova event and what Alex Trip
2023-05-0952 minX-Band: The Phantom Podcast#248 - April 2023 Comics & NewsThe team Jermayn Parker, Dan Fraser and Stephen East are all together as they attempt to go through April's comic reviews and news from around the world under two hours. Even in a quiet month, they still find a lot to talk about. we would love to hear your opinions as well.If your one of the phans who can only listen to some parts of the podcast, below is a timeline of what we discussed.Frew Publications Comics Review22nd Phantoms Saga stories: “In the Cla...
2023-04-251h 39X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#247A - Matt Kyme & The Phantom Video Game Sneak PeakIn X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #247 Matt Kyme chatted with us about his involvement with the exciting Phantom video game. We decided it was best to release it as a separate sneak peak podcast for our next podcast. This 16 minute podcast will hopefully be a good tease as our next podcast which will be with Ashley Nicholas who has more to share with us including some more visuals. Devour this podcast and if you have any further follow up questions you would like us to ask, please email them through to us at chroniclechamber@g...
2023-04-1616 minX-Band: The Phantom Podcast#247 - Playing in Lee Falk's SandboxWe have some phun (with a PH) and discuss playing in Lee Falk’s sandbox. The concept of playing in a sandbox is about playing with someone else’s creation, ie the Phantom. Jermayn Parker, Stephen East and Dan Fraser are joined with Shane Foley and Matt Kyme who are two creators who thrive playing in the sandbox.All creators go some way into adding the “toys” that creators can play with in the sandbox. However today we’re getting a bit more specific. Today we’re disc...
2023-04-051h 39X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#246 - March 2023 Comics & NewsThe team are all together as they attempt to go through months comic reviews and news from around the world under two hours. Even in a quiet month, they still find a lot to talk about. we would love to hear your opinions as well.If your one of the phans who can only listen to some parts of the podcast, below is a timeline of what we discussed.Frew Publications Comics ReviewFrew #1939: 3 MinutesFrew #1940: 19 MinutesFor Those Who Came In Late Video on this series (link)Giant Size #24: 57 Minutes 30 Minutes...
2023-03-272h 02X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#245 - March 2023 Open MicEvery phan has an opinion so we have opened the podcast microphone and allowed several phans to voice their opinions on several key modern day topics. This podcast is the recorded conversation between Jermayn Parker and five other phans from around Australia and India. If you missed the open mic invite and are now kicking yourself for missing out and want to participate next time, keep an eye out on our website or social media platforms, you can also email us ahead of time to express your interest in our next open mic invitation. ...
2023-03-141h 19X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#244B - January & February 2023 Fantomen & Indian Comics & NewsThe team Dan Fraser, Jermayn Parker and Stephen East are all together as they attempt to go through almost two and a half months of comic reviews and news. As you can all probably assume, they failed so much, this podcast has been split into two. The first podcast is the Frew comics which consist of four comics and 14 stories which you can listen to here. This is the second part of the podcast which consists all the news, ongoing discussions on the Daily and Sunday stories as well as reviews f...
2023-02-231h 15X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#244A - January & February 2023 Frew ComicsThe team Dan Fraser, Jermayn Parker and Stephen East are all together as they attempt to go through almost two and a half months of comic reviews and news. As you can all probably assume, they failed so much, this podcast has been split into two. The first podcast will be the Frew comics which consist of four comics and 14 stories. The second part of the podcast will be out soon. The second part of the podcast will consist all the news, ongoing discussions on the Daily and Sunday stories as w...
2023-02-201h 55X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#243 - Previewing Fantomen 2023Jermayn Parker is the odd man out as he is joined not by one, or even two but three Swedes in Mikael Lyck, Andreas Eriksson and Jacob Habinc. For Those Who Came In Late: Andreas and Jacob are the editors for Fantomen and they give what we can look forward to for the year 2023. Mikael Lyck helps drill the two editors and we manage to get several exclusives from the editorial team.We start off by learning about Jacob Habinc and
2023-02-132h 05X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#242 - Introducing Ash Nicholls and Art of PlayThe team interviews the man behind perhaps the biggest news of the last 10 years - the announcement of the Phantom video game by Art of Play Games. Thousands of phans from around the world were shocked, amazed and generally excited at the announcement. After the excitement sunk in, the questions flowed so we sat down with Art of Play games director Ash Nicholls who was very open and we think to say after two hours, there may not be many questions we didn't ask.Some of the key questions that are answered in t...
2023-02-012h 07X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#241 - With Ivan Pedersen (Phan & Colourist)Something a little special this time around as we interview Norwegian Ivan Pedersen who is a long time phan & has worked on 6+ publishers living the dream as a phan. Majority of phans who have a social media profile would know off Ivan. Jermayn Parker flies solo chatting with Ivan as they hash out some online arguments throughout the last 20 years.It is a rather in depth interview as we start at the beginning and go through his phan years to working on the character. As we found out, he has helped...
2023-01-251h 10X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#240 - Our Best of 2022The team Dan Fraser, Jermayn Parker and Stephen East join together along with contributors Duncan Munro, Mikael Lyck and Ankit Mitra to discuss EVERYTHING that has been published and released in the year 2022. We do it in two hours. Grab a glass of milk or start that park run and enjoy!2022 see's 11 countries publishing the Phantom, 98 comics from around the world. That is roughly two Phantom comics released a week. It also see's 30 brand new (never been published again anywhere) Phantom stories released i...
2023-01-082h 09X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#239 - New Years Resolution - Let's Read Some Back IssuesTo wrap up the festive season we have created a New Years Resolution that we all can get around and ensure we follow through. Forget eating healthy, saving your money or doing more exercise - let us all take some time out and read a Phantom back issue.Seuj Abir, Bradleigh Kelly, Duncan Munro and Ankit Mitra join regulars Jermayn Parker, Dan Fraser and Stephen East in reviewing a story that is worth digging out of the back catalogue and having a re...
2023-01-0144 minX-Band: The Phantom Podcast#238 - December 2022 Comics & NewsThe team join for the last X-Band: The Phantom Podcast of the year as we discuss all the latest comics being released and Phantom related news for December. We also have some phun stating our Phantom related Christmas wish for 2023.Please note that our reviews of the Indian comics Regal Publications #26 and Shakti #6 will be up on our website and YouTube channel after this podcast comes out.If your one of the phans who can only listen to some parts of the podcast, below is a timeline of what we discussed.Frew...
2022-12-211h 43X-Band: The Phantom Podcast237 - Presenting the Phantom BibleDan Fraser and Stephen East are joined by contributors Duncan Munro and Ankit Mitra as they discuss and grill Jermayn Parker over the project "The Phantom Bible" which is now open for use. What is the Phantom bible? One suggested it is a jumping off point for inspiration and a sense check for reigning you in if you go off in the wrong direction for creators.You can view the website at: www.PhantomBible.com This podcast is a good 2.5 hours long but to...
2022-12-112h 23X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#236 - November 2022 Comics & NewsJermayn Parker is joined by fellow WA resident Callum Markin. With the mad rush to the end of the year forcing the regulars to be absent. Callum, one of our long standing Patreons who has supported Chronicle Chamber for years has pitched in off the bench. We promise they only spent 5 minutes telling everyone how good WA and Perth is.If your one of the phans who can only listen to some parts of the podcast, below is a timeline of what we discussed.Frew Publications Comics Review
2022-11-292h 25X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#235 - When The Phantom Became SwedishMikael Lyck takes over the reigns and leads the interview with special guest Robert Aman about his new book "When the Phantom Became Swedish". It is a rather provocative title and we are sure it will get some reactions from phans around the world. Please note, we do discuss several stories in this podcast which are listed here and may be worth a read before listening/watching this podcast.Sweden was leading the way in the 1960's and 1970's regarding many issues in Africa and teh world at the time and i...
2022-11-201h 21X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#234 - Kelby Wooldridge & His Kickstarter CampaignReapers Quest this past week (2nd November 2022) has started his kickstarter campaign for miniatures of the Phantom country. We sit down with Kelby Wooldridge and he goes into great detail on his campaign.Click here to go Pledge at Kickstarter In this podcast chat we go over the pledge levels, the sizes of the miniatures and ask the hard questions.Have you backed yet? We wont be able to raise the full amount on our own but together, many phans together make light work! Click here to go Pledge at...
2022-11-061h 09X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#233 - October 2022 Comics & NewsThis is a bumper podcast as we try and squeeze two podcasts into one - comics and news plus a creator interview as Matt Kyme gives us a peak behind the curtain of story. The result? A long podcast. Hope you will enjoy it though.We have the full team talking all the latest things Phantom from around the world for October 2022.Mikael Lyck reviews five issues plus we have a heap of news including Kickstarter campaigns, deaths of Phantom legends, conventions, new comics to be released, a passionate plea to K...
2022-10-312h 37X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#232 - A Look into the End of the Phantom?Jermayn Parker is joined by Dan Fraser and Stephen East and we talk about one of the most controversial stories ever written. It features the 21st Phantom dying, the eyes being shown of the Phantom, Diana, Kit jnr and Heloise turning away from the Phantom, we see the end of the Walker line and much more.This story has seen a lot of angst and phans upset, sad and unsure what is next. We simply had to review and talk about this story in great detail.Worth noting that...
2022-10-201h 32X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#231 - with Chris Walker (Cosplayer from USA)Jermayn Parker chats with Christopher Walker a cosplayer from USA who is in the middle of something special including finding some other cosplayers including a Guran, Sala and Diana.You can view more of Christopher Walker's work at his website which can be found here.Hope you have enjoyed our mini series of talking to some cosplayers from around the world who are dressing up and showcasing the Phantom to other comic and pop culture fans.You can email us at chroniclechamber@gmail.com or chat...
2022-10-091h 06X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#230 - September 2022 Comics & NewsDan Fraser and Jermayn Parker join together talking all the latest Phantom comics and news from around the world. It has been a BIG month in the Phantom world. Phan and creator Duncan Munro takes the place of Stephen who is on holidays and does a great job filling his shoes. We are also joined with Mikael Lyck and Ohm Roy who review the Fantomen comics and the amazing Jean-Yves Mitton book by Black and White Editions. For those who cannot listen to t...
2022-09-222h 23X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#229 - with Cosplay Chris (Chris Stanley)Jermayn Parker, chats with Chris Stantley who may be better known as Cosplay Chris who caused a lot of excitement at the 2022 Sydney Supanova event as he cosplayed as the Phantom.Chris goes through the stages of building his costume, sourcing materials from around the world, children's toy shops and his visits to his local tailor. This is a PHUN podcast and we discuss all the interesting points ranging from Chris' love for the Phantom, if the suit is a onsie or a twosie and perhaps the biggest question of all...
2022-09-1157 minX-Band: The Phantom Podcast#228 - Paul Mason & Masked MarvelJermayn Parker, Dan Fraser and Stephen East join forces again to discuss with phan phav creator Paul Mason on his latest Frew Publications created story. The story has a lot of phans excited as it is a sequel to the Lee Falk and Wilson McCoy "The Masked Marvel". We go through why Paul Mason loves the story, this era and the boxing themes in many classic Phantom stories. Paul also highlights the many Easter Eggs including past boxing legends from the world & Australia...
2022-08-312h 06X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#227 - The Phantom Goes DigitalJermayn Parker and David Barry join forces to discuss with Scott Einiger who is the founder of Kleckt. You may remember Kleckt as the company who announced their intentions of turning Sy Barry into NFT on the Phantom's birthday in 2022. This podcast we try and dig into the future of the Phantom and getting the character digitised.As you listen or watch be prepared to have your mind blown, stretched and challenged. As you will find out what Scott talks about is much more than just a N...
2022-08-211h 21X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#226 - July & August 2022 Comics & NewsStephen East and Jermayn Parker join together talking all the latest Phantom comics and news from around the world. Joined by Mikael Lyck and Christian Moller who review the Fantomen comics and the latest comics from Germany. For those who cannot listen to the whole podcast, below is a runsheet with time stamps for you to listen to parts that may interest you.Frew Publications Comics ReviewFrew #1922: 3 Minutes 30 SecondsFrew #1923:9 Minutes 30 SecondsFrew #1924: 21 Minutes 30 SecondsFantomen Comics ReviewFantomen 14-15/2022: 28 Minutes 30 S...
2022-08-091h 56X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#225 - With Sy & David BarryWhile this may be our third podcast with Sy Barry, he is a legend who has been in the industry for decades and has countless stories to share. This time is no different as we are also joined by his son David Barry who shares with us stories growing up as the son of a legend. This is a phun podcast you can watch or listen to.We do not want to give away everything we talk about but some of the subjects we discussed are:His career with Marvel and DCHis...
2022-07-261h 25X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#224 - With Pidde AnderssonStephen East and Jermayn Parker join forces to chat with Pidde Andersson who is a Swede writing stories for the Australian Frew magazine. He is also currently the most prolific story writer for Frew.We discuss many interesting topics including how he got the job, the joys he received seeing his own stories intended for the English audience find its way to be published by the Fantomen magazine. His career plus interesting tropes on artists he has created stories for including: Shane Foley, Rafael Dantas, Joan...
2022-07-101h 28X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#223 - June 2022 Comics & NewsDan Fraser and Jermayn Parker join together talking all the latest Phantom comics and news from around the world. Joined by Mikael Lyck who reviews the latest Fantomen comics.Along with the latest Frew comics we pitch an idea of a new comic series along with a creator team we would like to see take the series. We would love to hear your opinion of the pitch.Maybe the key to a short comics and news podcast is Stephen to limit the length as Dan and Jermayn...
2022-06-282h 08X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#222B - Reviewing Sydnova 2022Jermayn Parker, Dan Fraser from Chronicle Chamber and many other Phantom phans converged to Sydney the past weekend (17, 18 & 19 June 2022). Here is a wrap up of the weekend which included a wrap up of their visit to Frew Publications, Supanova Sydney, the LFMBEC dinner and various phan catch ups.With permission we have also included a touching speech from LFMBEC guest Daniel Picciotto. The podcast also includes thoughts from Jermayn, Dan and our teenager reporter Angus Fraser who attended his first LFMBE dinner. On the Sunday...
2022-06-221h 01X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#222 - With Rene White Previewing Sydnova 2022Jermayn Parker is joined by Frew Publications co owner Rene White as they go over Sydnova 2022 featuring the Frew open house, Supanova and the LFMBEC Dinner.We go over the new and existing products Frew will be selling plus what you will see if you attend the open house event. Please note, bookings need to be made by contacting Rene at his email - rene@rcwhite.com.au. We also list all the Phantom creators who will be attending Supanova. FrewThe new products available at the Frew o...
2022-06-1419 minX-Band: The Phantom Podcast#221 - Online Phundraiser Studio SessionThree young bucks, artists Jamie Johnson, Daniel Picciotto and Camillo Di Pietrantonio banded together in an 'online studio session' to raise funds for Unicef. This came on the back of several other artists who have done similar phundraising. You can learn about the phundraiser (fundraiser) campaign Chronicle Chamber have been involved with on X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #214A.All three artists have credits for Frew, Ninja Turtles plus much more and have a healthy rival at Supanova and Comic Con conventions with their sketch offs and have agreed to do another...
2022-06-092h 35X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#220 - May 2022 Comics & NewsThe three are together talking all the latest Phantom comics and news from around the world. Joined by Mikael Lyck who reviews the latest Fantomen comics.For those who cannot listen to the whole podcast, below is a runsheet with time stamps for you to listen to parts.Frew Publications Comics ReviewFrew #1917: 2 MinutesFrew #1919: 13 MinutesFrew #1917 & #1919: 25 MinutesFrew #1918: 40 MinutesFantomen Comics ReviewFantomen 10-11/2022: 42 Minutes 30 SecondsDaily / Sunday Stories Progress DiscussionSunday 192: "The Ingenues": 47 MinutesSunday 193: "Return of the Temple of the Gods": 50 Minutes
2022-05-312h 01X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#219 - Regal Publishers & the new "Terror of the Python" TPBJermayn Parker is joined by Ankit Mitra as they talk to Pratheesh from Regal Publishers, the Indian publisher bringing back the Phantom with great success. We end the podcast talking and exploring the ground breaking "Terror of the Python" TPB featuring 250+ pages of the collected stories of the battle between Chatu and the Phantom and his family.We learn that Regal Publishers actually first published the Phantom back in the 1980's with reprints of the Avon novels, then comics in the 1990's. We touch upon the family generation of Regal which...
2022-05-231h 25X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#218 - Matt Kyme (Creator and Phan)Dan Fraser and Jermayn Parker continues the series of having a good chat with phans who also wear the hat as a creator. We tackle all the hard questions including should the Phantom be allowed a wine with his wife or how to make new phans, do we kill of the 21st Phantom and much more. Grab a beer or milk and let us have some PHUN!Some of the discussions we have during the podcast are:Matt's history with the characterHow he would get new phans if he...
2022-05-091h 36X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#217 - April 2022 Comics & NewsThe three amigo's are together talking all the latest Phantom comics and news from around the world. Joined by Mikael Lyck and Ankit Mitra who review the latest Fantomen and Shatki comics.We chat paper quality, covers, figurines, historical stories, the ongoing 22nd Phantom saga, what Tony DePaul means by his next Daily newspaper story title plus so much more. For those who cannot listen to the whole podcast, below is a runsheet with time stamps for you to listen to parts.Frew Publications Comics Review
2022-04-251h 31X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#216 - Duncan Munro (Phan & Creator)Jermayn Parker tackles Duncan Munro on his own and together they get up to some mischief and phun talking everything Phantom. It is a fast paced chat as they talk and dissect all the big Phantom topics ranging from colour comics, paper quality, killing off the 21st Phantom, the digital realm and the age old Falkimsm v Modernism.Duncan Munro is one of the few Phantom people who balance the act of a life time phan but also a creator who has added to the lore of the character....
2022-04-131h 26X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#215 - 2022 Melbourne SupanovaA huge shout out to Sean Bassett who was our reporter for the day down at the 2022 Melbourne Supanova on the weekend of March 5 and 6. Sean records his thoughts of the weekend plus records the Phantom panel featuring Matt Kyme and Marie Lewis.Matt Kyme is a comics writer and artist for Frew Publications plus has heaps of his own self published titles. Matt has also been a regular on our own X-Band: The Phantom Podcast.Marie Lewis has heaps of titles as...
2022-03-2948 minX-Band: The Phantom Podcast#214A - Call out to Support UkraineA video call with Sal Velluto who together with Chronicle Chamber calls out phellow Phantom artists to support Ukraine through some donations of their work to sell to phans.Full details can be found on this website.Artists, if you want to participate, please contact us to discuss the donation. We will also be in touch with artists. We will post artwork as it comes up. To reserve the art, it will be first in best dressed. Reserve by email only (chroniclechamber@gmail.com)All phunds go to Unicef....
2022-03-2622 minX-Band: The Phantom Podcast#214 - March 2022 Comics & NewsThe three amigo's are back together talking all the latest Phantom comics & news from around the world. Joined by Mikael Lyck who reviews the latest Fantomen comics & even the 91:an issue featuring another tribute to Claes Reimerthi. Below is a run sheet with a time stamp:Frew Publications Comics ReviewFrew #1911: 3 MinutesFrew #1912 & #1913: 9 Minutes 30 SecondsFrew #1912 & #1913: 36 Minutes 30 SecondsGiantsize #20: 41 MinutesFantomen Comics ReviewFantomen 5/2022: 50 MinutesFantomen 6-7/2022: 53 Minutes 30 Seconds91:an 5/2022: 56 Minutes 30 SecondsDaily / Sunday Stories Progress DiscussionSunday 192: "The Ingenues": 1 Hour 1 MinuteVideo instructions on how to say the word Daily 260: "De...
2022-03-162h 17X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#213 - Random Phantom PhactsWho loves a good random phact? Jermayn Parker and Dan Fraser got over 10 random phacts from around the world. We reckon not one phan will know all 10 & everyone will learn something as you listen or watch this podcast.Here are the random Phantom phacts we highlight during the podcast.Multiple wives marrying the same Phantom. Pura married the 3rd, 4th and 11th Phantom 1st and 2nd married MarabellaOne of the first comic books published had a cover image of Phantom without the skin tight costume which he fast became famous for...
2022-03-031h 22X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#212 - January 2022 ComicsAs we mentioned in our X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #211, due to the festive season, COVID, family sickness and work, we have fallen behind in our comics and news monthly podcasts. With 12 comics from four continents and 34 stories plus the latest Sunday and Daily stories plus a bumper last two months of news from around the world, we decided to split our comics and news into two separate podcasts. Now we get into the comics from around the world from the past two months. Jermayn Parker, Stephen East and Dan Fraser are j...
2022-02-172h 48X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#211 - January 2022 NewsDue to the festive season, COVID, family sickness and work, we have fallen behind in our comics and news monthly podcasts. Our last one December and with 12 comics from four continents and 34 stories plus the latest Sunday and Daily stories plus a bumper last two months of news from around the world, we decided to split our comics and news into two separate podcasts. First up is a good hour discussing all the latest news from around the world from the past two months. Jermayn Parker, Stephen East and Dan Fraser g...
2022-02-081h 04X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#210 - Jeff Parker - 'Kings Watch' WriterThe boys Jermayn Parker, Dan Fraser and Stephen East join together to interview Jeff Parker the writer of the popular Dynamite Entertainment "Kings Watch" series.Jeff also returned to write the Flash Gordon "Kings Cross" series which ended the series of Dynamite Entertainment exploring the King Features characters they had licensed. If you enjoyed the "Kings Watch" series (or even hated what they did), this podcast is a must watch / listen. Jeff is very candid in his comments and details why he chose to have a...
2022-01-271h 32X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#209 - Our Best of 2021 (& Frew Best Of Results)In a bumper 2 hour podcast Jermayn Parker, Dan Fraser and Stephen East go over their favourites for 2021 from around the world. Mikael Lyck and Ankit Mitra also give us their favourites. We cover every country, every publisher and every comic. 10 countries, 100+ comics and 20+ new stories is a lot and even through a pandemic, 2021 has been a good Phantom year.In December we started the competition for the best of Frew of 2021 and we go over the results including drawing the winners which are:
2022-01-132h 08X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#208 - New Years Resolution - Read Some Back IssuesTo wrap up our festive season we have created a New Years Resolution that we all can get around and ensure we follow through. Forget eating healthy, saving your money or doing more exercise - let us all take some time out and read a Phantom back issue.Mikael Lyck, Duncan Munro and Ankit Mitra join regulars Jermayn Parker, Dan Fraser and Stephen East in reviewing (one or two) stories that are worth digging out and having a re read. Some of the stories have...
2022-01-0250 minX-Band: The Phantom Podcast#207 - Merry PhantomingFor our Merry Phantoming (Christmas) X-Band: The Phantom Podcast we decided to have some phun. We created a quiz to celebrate the festive season. The quiz was open for a live participation with phans from around the world and then afterwards open for all. All together we had over 100 phans have a go.The top five:Indian 30,477Seuj 28,464Mase 25,934Marcus 24,579Callum 22,748A huge thank you to all who participated plus Mikael Lyck, Marcus and Seuj Abir who joined us and participated. Seuj and Indian are...
2021-12-2049 minX-Band: The Phantom Podcast#206 - Phan Phavourite Frew 2021This podcast is just shy of 16 minutes - maybe our shortest EVER!Jermayn Parker, Dan Fraser and Stephen East talk about some of their favourite Frew issues, covers and stories and then hand over to Frew creator Matt Kyme as he gives us his top three issues and stories for the year. To vote for your favourite Frew cover, issue and story for the year follow the link below:CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITEWe would love to hear from you o...
2021-12-1415 minX-Band: The Phantom Podcast#205 - December 2021 Comics and NewsAnother bumper (and long) X-Band: The Phantom Podcast as we look back at the comics and Phantom related news that have come out in November and December 2021. Mikael Lyck, Ankit Mitra review comics from Sweden and India and are joined by regulars Jermayn Parker, Stephen East and Dan Fraser.If two hours is too long for you, below is a list of topics that was discussed including their time stamps for you to pick and choose. We do recommend listening to the whole podcast though.
2021-12-092h 09X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#204 - CrossoversCrossovers are all the rage within the comics universe with success with movies, so why not the Phantom? Stephen East, Dan Fraser and Jermayn Parker chat about The Phantom and the crossovers he has existed in and then we discuss why they are important and what we would like to see from comic publishers but also the owners King Features Syndicate.We also discuss if KFS have indeed put a ban on Frew crossovers and we raise why its important for the comic but also for the greater good of the...
2021-12-021h 31X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#203 - Lou MannaDan Fraser and Jermayn Parker are joined by Moonstone and Frew cover and story artist Lou Manna. It was a great phun podcast as we chatted about his 15+ year career with The Phantom which started off with stories and covers for Moonstone and then a decade later a two part story for Frew that was originally created for Moonstone.For fans you will be greatly excited about a couple of other stories awaiting to be published including one by two phans Peter Steven and Jaime Diaz. Some o...
2021-11-181h 06X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#201 - Editor Andreas Eriksson & Fantomen 2022Fantomen editor Andreas Eriksson joins us in episode #201. He introduces himself, his role and how its different to past editor Mikael Sol (His interview in episode #116).After that Andreas goes through what we readers can expect for Fantomen 2022 which includes a new publication released in the first half of next year plus many more tid bits that should excite every reader and phan. One of the cool things was that some past creators will be back - who would you like to see return creating stories for Fantomen?We in total...
2021-10-282h 11X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#200 - Celebration with our Patreons, Tony DePaul, Mike Manley & Jeff WeigelWelcome to our 200th celebration for X-Band: The Phantom Podcast. It has been an amazing ride for the last 8+ years. Chronicle Chamber gives thanks to the past and present hosts in Joe Douglas, Lindsay Walker, Jermayn Parker, Stephen East, Dan Fraser and Matt Kyme along with our many correspondents including Mikael Lyck and Ankit Mitra. To celebrate the 200th, our patreons were invited to chat with the newspaper adventure creators Tony DePaul, Mike Manley and Jeff W...
2021-10-192h 12X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#194 - Vale Claes ReimerthiEvery Phantom phan was devastated when they heard the news of Claes Reimerthi passing on the 23 of July 2021. Please read our obituary on the legacy of Claes Reimerthi.On the podcast the boys (Jermayn Parker, Dan Fraser, Mikael Lyck & Stephen East) spend 90 minutes talking about the great man and his imprint on our hero, The Phantom. We discuss our lasting memory of Claes and what we think his legacy will be. Other topics are:Our favourite characters he created or developed like: M...
2021-07-271h 32X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#192B - May & June 2021 News (Plus Interview with Ankit Mitra)Dan Fraser and Jermayn Parker continue the podcast with #192B discussing all the news from May and June 2021. This follows the comics from May and June 2021 which can be found here.At the end of the podcast after discussing the news, we talk to Ankit Mitra who is a Chronicle Chamber contributor but also a cover artist for Regal Publishers. He talks about Regal and their struggles gaining a foot hold in the India market with COVID still reeking havoc in the country.Please make sure you share, like...
2021-07-0452 minX-Band: The Phantom Podcast#191 - With KFS, The Phantom CustodiansEvery since we started this website and the X-Band: The Phantom Podcast one of the most common questions we have received is when will we get to hear from someone from King Features and or Hearst? It has always been a goal for us as we ourselves had a million and one questions that we wanted to ask. After 200 podcasts we got the chance and while we did not get to ask them all, we spent 90 minutes racing through as many questions as possible. A huge thanks must go to Tea Fougner who is...
2021-06-161h 37X-Band: The Phantom Podcast#187 - April 2021 Comics & NewsWe are back to a shorter comics and news podcast this month. Due to timing there isn't a Regal Publishers comic to review but Mikael Lyck is joined by regulars Dan Fraser and Jermayn Parker in reviewing the latest comics and news from Australia Sweden and around the world.Latest ComicsFrew 1889 & 1890: 3 Minutes, 30 SecondsFrew 1891: 19 MinutesFantomen 8/2021: 29 Minutes, 30 SecondsFantomen 9/2021: 32 Minutes, 30 SecondsLatest NewsNew Fantomen Editor Team Member (link): 35 MinutesBest Fantomen Story Results for 2020 (link): 35 Minutes, 30 SecondsShipping Update for the Card Game (link): 35 Minutes, 40 SecondsReflections on the 2021 85...
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