Dan 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 Philip Madden a Fantomen writer.
• The art scene in Poland including Fantomen artist Kasia Nie who drew her first Fantomen cover and story in 2024.
• Janusz Ordon describes his style for the Phantom. How do you see his work?
• His style that works as well in black and white (Frew comic) and in colour (Fantomen comic). Do you have a preference? 
• Talks about his process and how that can change depending on the style of the script and how inspired he is by it.
• What he gets from different writers and editors in terms of the scripts and references.
• How he deals with different scripts and references from the dozen Phantom writers & editors he has worked with.
• Challenges working on scripts.
• Playing with the panels to use splash pages when working on Claes Reimerthi scripts.
• His process of using digital and traditional mediums for sequential (roughs / layouts and final art) and the cover art.
• Why Janusz Ordon traditionally paints his Fantomen covers and will traditionally pencil and ink his next Fantomen story.
• His process of creating a cover for stories he did not draw. [Editors note: this will surprise you]
• Would you like to see a process of Janusz Ordon painting some Phantom illustrations?
• We ask Janusz Ordon if he is drawing the next parts of the 22nd Phantom saga?
• He gives us some feedback on our own comments from past podcasts about his work. Dan Fraser even apologies. 
• Janusz Ordon lifts the lid on Kit and Heloise showing their eyes in the 22nd Phantom saga.

You can follow Jansuz Ordon at his Art Station page. He will be releasing his new Instagram page soon.

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