X-Band: The Phantom Podcast – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Jermayn Parker and Stephen East chat with Swedish writer Magnus Carling. This is a fascinating chat with a new comer to the Phantom universe who has two story credits to his name. We learn about his jounery from a Fantomen reader as a kid who grew up in the 1980's to someone who gets to live most phans dreams of creating their own Phantom stories.

You can follow Magnus Carling at his Instagram or Facebook, or look at his work on his website which includes links to his novels and books that you can purchase which includes several being translated into multiple languages including English.

Some of the topics we touch upon in this podcast are his mentorship with popular Fantomen creator Dai Darell aka Diane Alfredhsson / Karlstrom. How the real life world problems of an off shore drill rig being hacked inspired one of his stories, his ways of solving a decreasing page count to tell a comic story plus much more.

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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 Melbourne, you also have the opportunity to watch the movie and or have dinner with Billy. You can find out more about these events here.

Confirmed artists who will be having their own booths at Supanova are: 

• Joe Jusko. Artist for the 1996 Inkworks Phantom Puzzle card set. (Facebook & Instagram)
• Daniel Picciotto. Frew cover and interiors artist. He is the cover artist for issue 2000. (Instagram)
• Alex Trpcevski. Frew cover artist. His most recent Frew cover is issue 1998. (Facebook & Instagram)
• Jamie Johnson. Frew, Hermes Press and Lightning Strike cover artist. His most recent Frew cover is issue 1983. (Facebook & Instagram)
• Lauren Marshall. Frew cover artist. Her most recent Frew cover is issue 1995. (Facebook & Instagram)

Frew will be having a booth at Supanova and will be selling back issues, old products as well as new products and their 2000th number which will be a bumper issue celebrating a mammoth celebration. As for new products being released, they will be selling Legacy two volume collection of the 1950-1952 Super Yank series. (read more here), a Pholio #10 set, a Giant Size annual and they will be hosting several artists at the booth for signatures and commissions. We can confirm Antonio Lemos will be attending the booth.

If you know of other events around the world with Phantom related guests attending, please let us know so we can also promote them. Chronicle Chamber is part of the community and we rely on you to inform others about what is happening around the world.

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Happy birthday to the Phantom & happy anniversary to us celebrating our 300th podcast. We wanted to share the celebration with the Phantom! 

We were joined by Jeff Weigel and Mike Manley the newspaper story artists. Tony DePaul, unfortunately had to cancel due to some health reasons which we briefly cover during the podcast and or you can go to our website for more information.

To help celebrate this milestone with us, we were joined by some of our patreon supporters, CC contributors and other fans from around the world. We had representatives from Brazil, USA and Australia join us and we hope they had as much phun as we did.

If your one of the phans who can only listen to some parts of the podcast, below is a timeline of questions and other topics what we have discussed.

• Introductions: 1 Minute
• Why do we not see the Phantom drinking milk anymore and drinking alcohol?: 4 Minutes
• Tony DePaul and King Features choosing on what to 'keep' and what to rework in phandom: 12 Minutes
• The creators history with the character & their research: 18 Minutes & 30 Seconds
• Do you have a preference drawing period or modern stories?: 25 Minutes
• Why did Jeff Weigel change the Phantom's costume for past Phantoms: 32 Minutes
• Will Mike Manley be using the new Jeff Weigel designs of the Past Phantom?: 37 Minutes
• Other changes to the Phantom costume with the utility belt and the change out of the Mr Walker trench coat: 38 Minutes
• Do you have any input on the sizes of how the strip appears on different mediums from phones to newspapers?: 44 Minutes
• Will we be seeing a new direction of a romantic element introduced to the newspaper stories?: 52 Minutes
• Will "The Spark" Daily newspaper story that is current, be the coming of age story for Kit? 58 Minutes
• How important it is to have an interest in a wide range of art styles & direction: 1 Hour & 5 Minutes
• How learning how to paint landscapes has helped Mike Manley draw his jungle backgrounds: 1 Hour & 13 Minutes
• If you where in charge of King Features, what is the one thing you would do?: 1 Hour & 16 Minutes
• What will happen with the Phantom as it nears public domain?: 1 Hour & 22 Minutes
• What do you think will be your greatest legacy to the character?: 1 Hour & 26 Minutes
• Goodbyes: 1 Hour & 31 Minutes

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 in Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. 

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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 the whole podcast, below is a runsheet with time stamps for you to listen to parts.

Frew Publications Comics Review

• Frew #1914: 3 Minutes
  • "Death in the East End, Part 1: The College Ghost" by Michael Tierres and Georges Bess
• Frew #1915: 
  • "Death in the East End, Part 2" by Michael Tierres and Georges Bess
• Frew #1916: 
  • "Death in the East End, Part 3: Castle in the Sea" by Michael Tierres and Hans Lindahl
    
    

Fantomen Comics Review

• Fantomen 8/2022: 34 Minutes
  • "Den översvämmade staden" ("The Flooded City") by Claes Reimerthi and Janusz Ordon
• Fantomen 9/2022: 36 Minutes
  • "Uppgörelsen vid Paradise hotel" ("The Deal at Paradise Hotel") by Claes Reimerthi and Janusz Ordon
  • Download link for the free English Karl Kämpe comic book 
    
    

Shatki Comics Review

• Shatki Comics #3: 38 Minutes 30 Seconds
  • "A Detente with Crime" by Tony DePaul and Paul Ryan
    
    

Daily / Sunday Stories Progress Discussion

• Sunday 192: "The Ingenues" by Tony DePaul and Jeff Weigel: 43 Minutes
• Daily 260: "Death in the Himalayas" by Tony DePaul and Mike Manley: 52 Minutes 30 Seconds
  
  

News

• Partnership with Ukraine, Unicef and Chronicle Chamber (link): 1 Hour 5 Minutes 
• Inkspot with Glenn Lumsden cover and interview (link): 1 Hour 10 Minutes 30 Seconds
• RIP Aslan Sukur (link): 1 Hour 13 Minutes
• Boss Fight Studio’s posting Wave 1.0 and Wave 1.5 (link): 1 Hour 16 Minutes 30 Seconds
• LFMBEC June with Supanova: 1 Hour 21 Minutes 30 Seconds
• LFMBEC website 

We want your feedback on a few topics. You can email us at chroniclechamber@gmail.com or chat with us via our social media profiles with your feedback at Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. 

• Do you like the new paper stock for Frew? Would you pay extra for it in every comics?
• Have you brought any phaffle tickets for the Unicef Ukraine fund raisers?
• Do you want to see more of the 22nd Phantom saga stories?
• Have you received your Boss Fight Studio figurines yet? Have you pre ordered the other items?
• Would you like to see Madam X back in another Phantom story?
• Which guest would you like to see at Supanova Sydney / LFMBEC?

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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.

Some of the discussions we have during the podcast are:

• Duncan's history with the character
• What he collects and what he would NEVER collect
• Favourite stories
• How he would get new phans if he ever stepped into the KFS and Frew shoes
• The Phantom & the world of digital. Can they marry?
• Colour and increased paper quality with the Frew comic
• Under utilised elements of the Phantom
• Falkism, modernism and the tricky balancing act in-between
• Should we kill off the 21st Phantom?
• The Phantom visiting Australia again
• Duncan and his decision to add/correct Falk lore
• Duncan's right of reply to our reviews of his work

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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-Band: The Phantom Podcast.

Marie Lewis has heaps of titles as a writer, radio host and host of the new Phantom never Dies audio documentary. 

Please note, we do not have video content of this. The above YouTube video is just audio only.

Some of the following discussion has been touched in previous podcasts both here and on the Phantom Never Dies podcast but a list of the topics they touch upon are:

• Racism
• Favourite stories
• You can learn about Matt Kyme's fav story here in X-Band: The Phantom Podcast Episode #170 
• About the Phantom Never Dies Podcast
• What they would like to see in a new TV show or movie
• Should have the Phantom aged in real years and passed the mantle every 30-40 years?
• Do we kill off the 21st Phantom? The transition in the newspaper stories
• Other generational heroes
• The Australian Phantom club

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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 will be first in best dressed. Reserve by email only (chroniclechamber@gmail.com)

All phunds go to Unicef.

The process:

• The artist creates the work
• The artist sends a scan of the artwork to CC
• We promote the art on our website and socials
• Someone reserves the art
• The buyer sends Chronicle Chamber the money via paypal/EFT
• Chronicle Chamber sends the money to Unicef in the buyers name
• We send the receipt to the buyer (can be used for tax deductions)
• The artist sends the art to the buyer
• The purchaser may need to pay extra for the postage. Deal with the buyer and artist

If any artists would like to do another video with us promoting your piece, also contact us.

As some phans will know, 2020 we did a bushfire phundraiser book and we all together raised over $25,000. This is NOT a book but just a call out for artists to help support Ukraine.

All details, plus images of the donations and any further communications with artists can be found here.

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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 & #1913: 36 Minutes 30 Seconds
• Giantsize #20: 41 Minutes

Fantomen Comics Review

• Fantomen 5/2022: 50 Minutes
• Fantomen 6-7/2022: 53 Minutes 30 Seconds
• 91:an 5/2022: 56 Minutes 30 Seconds

Daily / Sunday Stories Progress Discussion

• Sunday 192: "The Ingenues": 1 Hour 1 Minute
• Video instructions on how to say the word 
• Daily 260: "Death in the Himalayas": 1 Hour 12 Minutes

NEWS

• • Sy Barry NFT Art (link): 1 Hour 22 Minutes
  • The Phantom Never Dies podcast (link): 1 Hour 29 Minutes
  • Frew Generations Trading Cards (our review): 1 Hour 34 Minutes 30 Seconds
  • Boss Fight Studio’s posting Wave 1.0 and Wave 1.5 (link): 1 Hour 49 Minutes
  • NECA DotE wave 2.0 out (link): 1 Hour 54 Minutes
  • LFMBEC June with Supanova: 1 Hour 55 Minutes 30 Seconds 
  • WWE Game with the Phantom Skin (link): 1 Hour 59 Minutes
  • German Book on the Phantoms history (link): 2 Hours 5 Minutes 
  • David Bishop writing the Phantom back in New Zealand (link): 2 Hours 8 Minutes
  • Paul Mason Kickstarter (link): 2 Hours 10 Minutes 
• We want your feedback on a few topics. You can email us at chroniclechamber@gmail.com or chat with us via our social media profiles with your feedback at Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. 
  • Would you like to see different themed covers for the Replica Series?
  • Do you like the French language words sprinkled in the Phantom in Paris stories?
  • Would you like all Phantom in Paris stories published together or you like them spread out?
  • Do you like the covers for the two Phantom in Paris issues?
  • You can see more of Turid Aurora Walderhaug and Lily McDonnell's work via:
  • Turid: @walderhaugarts 
  • Lily: @mybeautifulmonsters 

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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.

1. Multiple wives marrying the same Phantom.  
   • Pura married the 3rd, 4th and 11th Phantom 
   • 1st and 2nd married Marabella
2. One of the first comic books published had a cover image of Phantom without the skin tight costume which he fast became famous for (just gloves, mask and briefs)
   • Learn about the Brazillian comic here.
3. The Phantom Club in Australia was run out of the space under a two-story Queenslander in Coorparoo.
   • X-Band: The Phantom Podcast: Episode #81 
   • Learn more about the Preservation Project
4. Name changes from around the World:
   • In the Indian language Bengali:
     • Devil is Bagha 
     • Hero is Tufan which means Storm
     • The country Bangalla / Bengali is renamed to Denkali 
   • Fantomen in a Swedish newspaper was called Dragos
     • Mikael will be exploring this in an article for us later
   • Sala is Diana and Diana is Sala (Read the full story at this link)
5. Lee Falk only used the Singh Pirates as a significant villain in one story ever 
   
   
6. Originally intended to be grey costume, printers decision led to iconic purple (Read the full story at this link)
   
   
7. First colonial township ever mentioned in The Phantom was Frasertown, a settlement on the outskirts of the jungle.
   
   
8. Third most credited writer is someone most phans have never heard of and likely never read his stories: Peter Mennigen (Read an interview with Peter here)
   
   
9. Longest running continuous Phantom comic series is not Frew but rather the Fantomen Swedish Christmas Album series which first published in 1944 and is still publishing them yearly.
   
   
10. Lee Falk based the Bandar tribe on the real life African tribe the Ituri  (Learn about Ituri and watch a video here )

We would love to hear from you on what you think of the Random Phantom Phacts we discussed in this podcast & we hope you have a great time listening to the podcast. 

Huge shout out to all those websites and phans who have helped with sources:

• Deepwoods.org 
• PhantomWiki.org 
• ChronicleChamber.com 
• Mikael Lyck
• Ankit Mitra
• Swaroop Chand
• Ivan Pedersen 
• Ed Rhoades
• Jermayn Parker
• Dan Fraser

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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. 

Now we get into the comics from around the world from the past two months. Jermayn Parker, Stephen East and Dan Fraser are joined by Mikael Lyck and Ankit Mitra as we go through all the comics. 

Some highlights include a passionate plea to Glenn Lumsden to come to a Supanova for some signings and we want to know, did anyone read the replica series that came with the Annual? Please let us know, Jermayn doubts it, someone prove him wrong.

We also discuss the difference between the names of DAKK and DARK for the region beyond the Misty Mountains to the east of Bangalla.

Yes it is a longer than usual podcast but grab a bite to eat and a cold glass of milk and let's get started.

If this podcast is too long for you to listen to, 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 - you can always press pause.

Daily / Sunday progress

• Sunday S192: "The Ingenues" (2 Minutes 30 Seconds)
• Daily D259: "The Chronicle of Old Man Mozz" (14 Minutes) 
• Daily D260: "Death in the Himalayas" (19 Minutes)

Frew Publications 

• Frew #1908: (29 Minutes)
• Frew #1909 (55 Minutes 30 Seconds)
• Frew #1910 (1 Hour 9 Minutes 30 Seconds)
• Giantsize #19 (1 Hour 50 Minutes)
• Frew Graphic novel 2 (1 Hour 56 Minutes)

Hermes

• DC Hermes Book Vol 1 (2 Hours 10 Minutes)

Fantomen   

• Fantomen 1/2022 (2 Hours 18 Minutes 30 Seconds)
• Fantomen 2&3/2022 (2 Hours 23 Minutes 45 Seconds)
• Fantomen 4/2022 (2 Hours 26 Minutes 30 Seconds)

Shakti

• Shatki Phantom issue #2 (2 Hours 29 Minutes)

Regal 

• Phantom issue #19 (2 Hours 38 Minutes 15 Seconds)
• Phantom issue #20 (2 Hours 41 Minutes)
• Phantom issue #21 (2 Hours 43 Minutes)

We would love to hear from you on what you think of what we discussed in the podcast and we hope you have a great time listening to the podcast. 

You can email us at chroniclechamber@gmail.com or chat with us via our social media profiles with your feedback at Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. 

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