X-Band: The Phantom Podcast

Dan 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 ne...

Jermayn 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 . T...

Jermayn 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 Phan...

Three 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 th...

The 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 Review Frew #1917: 2 Minutes Frew #1919: 13 Minutes Frew #1917 & #1919: 25 Minutes Frew #1918: 40 Min...

Jermayn 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...

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 '...

The 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...

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 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-Ba...

A 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 wil...

The 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 Review Frew #1911 : 3 Minutes Frew #1912 & #1913 : 9 Minutes 30 Seconds Frew #1912...

Who 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...

As 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...

Due 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 discu...

The 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...

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 competit...

To 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 wo...

For 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 30,477 Seuj 28,464 Mase 25,934 Marcus 24,579 Callum 22,748 A huge thank you t...

This 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...

Another 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 stam...

Crossovers 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 F...

Dan 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 stori...

Another bumper (and long) X-Band: The Phantom Podcast as we look back at the comics and Phantom related news that have come out in October 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...

Fantomen 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...