X-Band: The Phantom Podcast

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 - how do you go to the toilet while in costume?

You can find more of Cosplay Chris at the following social platforms and website.

• Instagram 
• Facebook 
• YouTube 
• Etsy website 

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Jermayn 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 and friends who get a billing on a boxing poster. You may have found a few names including Glenn Ford and Rene White, the co owners of Frew Publications as well as the hosts for the X-Band: The Phantom Podcast,

We did have some technical problems but the viewing and listening is still fine. There is also the odd swear word dropped during the podcast - nothing you would not hear at the school yard or work place but we want to declare it up front.

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• What do you think of NFT's? Will you buy one?
• Would you buy a ticket for the digital museum? 
• Does this excite you?

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Jermayn 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 NFT. We talk about providence of collections and how it can add value to your collection or a specific piece. Other topics are a digital museum, the movie, the history and saving it for multiple future generations.

At the 40 minute mark we do watch Scott's trailer for Kleckt which is best viewed on video. If you listen to this on audio only, you will only hear the sound track.

We want your feedback on this podcast and idea of Kleckt. You can email us at [email protected] or chat with us via our social media profiles with your feedback at Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. 

• What do you think of NFT's? Will you buy one?
• Would you buy a ticket for the digital museum? 
• Does this excite you?

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Stephen 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 Review

• Frew #1922: 3 Minutes 30 Seconds
• Frew #1923:9 Minutes 30 Seconds
• Frew #1924: 21 Minutes 30 Seconds

Fantomen Comics Review

• Fantomen 14-15/2022: 28 Minutes 30 Seconds

German Comics Review

• Wick #1: 32 Minutes 30 Seconds
• Wick #2: 35 Minutes 30 Seconds
• Zaubersten #1: 39 Minutes
• Zauberstern #2: 42 Minutes
• The Ultimate Guide to German Comic Books: 44 Minutes 30 Seconds

Daily / Sunday Stories Progress Discussion

• Sunday 193: "Return of the Temple of the Gods": 1 Hour 1 Minutes
• Daily 260: "The Phantoms End": 1 Hour 7 Minutes 30 Seconds

News

• Scott Cohn - Second Ghost Artist (link): 1 Hour 20 Minutes (More discussion from 1 Hour 7 Minutes also)
• Update on buying Phantom figurines in Australia (link): 1 Hour 21 Minutes
• Complete list of shops in Australia and outside of Australia that stock them
• Phantom Showbags (link): 1 Hour 26 Minutes 30 Seconds
• Fantomet Christmas Album cover & contents (link): 1 Hour 32 Minutes
• 2021 Fantomen Best Cover Announced (link): 1 Hour 34 Minutes
• Pre Order for new Mythos Book (link): 1 Hour 36 Minutes
• Cover announced for Heart of Darkness Sweden HC book (link): 1 Hour 38 Minutes
• New CC website design (link): 1 Hour 50 Minutes 30 Seconds

Please note, we are still after a reviewer from Brazil reviewing all the latest Mythos Phantom comics. please contact us.

We want your feedback on a few topics. You can email us at [email protected] or chat with us via our social media profiles with your feedback at Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram.

• Do you have the new NECA and Boss Fight Studio figurines?
• Would you like to see Frew release a TPB (or hardcover) collection of the Heart of Darkness collection?
• Would you like to see more higher end collection books?
• Did you enjoy the  Belle Epoque series? Would you like to see more stories featuring Jane and the 19th Phantom?
• Would you like to see publishers create more indepth stories on past Phantoms like what Frew and Pidde Andersson have done here?
• Was the first time the Phantom's room in Notre Dame introduced in a Lee Falk story? If so, which one?

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While 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 DC
• His assistants
• His legacy
• Who his favourite assistant he worked with
• Who his favourite artist he worked with

As we discussed, this is the third time we have chatted with Sy Barry. To listen to these podcast's go here. He is one of the top Phantom influencers with 30+ years drawing the characters plus many more for DC and Marvel and it is worth re listening to the past podcasts again.

Note, that in this podcast we do not talk about Sy Barry's new venture into the NFT world. That will come in a later podcast down the track. You can follow us on our social media accounts or our podcast channels so you wont miss out on that intriguing chat to come.

Please get in touch with us if you have any feedback, questions you wished we asked plus anything else. You can contact us via email at [email protected] or chat with us via our social media profiles with your feedback at Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. We also love comments, likes, shares and discussions on our social media so please let us know your thoughts.

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Stephen 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 Boix, Jason Paulos, Anthony Spay and others.

We dissect his love for the Phantom drinking milk, editing his own stories to fit in a Frew comic and then translating them back into Swedish for the Fantomen magazine.

This is an easy listen and good phun as you get into the brain on a creator who gets and understands the Phantom. 

Please get in touch with us if you have any feedback, questions you wished we asked plus anything else. You can contact us via email at [email protected] or chat with us via our social media profiles with your feedback at Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. We also love comments, likes, shares and discussions on our social media so please let us know your thoughts.

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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 news podcast is Stephen to limit the length as Dan and Jermayn talk a long time in this podcast. 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 Review

• Frew #1920: 1 Minute 30 Seconds
• "Flame” by Norman Worker and Georges Bessis
• “Welcome Aboard” by Andrew Constant and Wendell Cavalcanti
• Gus Fraser's review: 19 Minutes 30 Seconds
  
  
• Frew #1921: 26 Minutes
• “Kingdom of the Pirates” by Norman Worker & Jamie Vallve
• “The issue with Heloise Part 3” by Matt Kyme & Shane Foley
  
  
• Giant Size #21: 45 Minutes
• “The Imaginary Playmate” by Lee Falk and Wilson McCoy

Fantomen Comics Review

• Fantomen 12/2022: 53 Minutes
• "The Shore of Chains" by Daniel Carlsson and Anthony Spay
• "The Connoisseurs" by Claes Reimerthi, George Olesen & Keith Williams
  
  
• Fantomen 13/2022: 55 Minutes 30 Seconds
• "Femme Fatal" by Andreas Eriksson and Ivan Rodriguez
• "Terror at the Opera" by Lee Falk, Elizabeth Falk, George Olesen & Keith Williams

Regal Comics Review

• Terror of the Python TPB: 58 Minutes
• Stories by Tony DePaul, Graham Nolan and Paul Ryan

Daily / Sunday Stories Progress Discussion

• Sunday 193: "Return of the Temple of the Gods": 1 Hour 7 Minutes
• by Tony DePaul and Jeff Weigel: 
  
  
• Daily 260: "The Phantoms End": 1 Hour 12 Minutes 30 Seconds
• by Tony DePaul and Mike Manley: 

News

• LFMBEC June with Supanova (link): 1 Hour 29 Minutes
• LFMBEC website 
• Temporary Daily Artist (link): 1 Hour 35 Minutes
• Frew Phantom’s World Collector Cards (our review): 1 Hour 42 Minutes
• Frew Pholio #8 - Generations (our review coming): 1 Hour 46 Minutes
• Collective noun of phans: 1 Hour 57 Minutes
• Sal Velluto and Eugenio Prints have arrived: 2 Hours 2 Minutes

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• Did you like the colours printed on the new Frew paper? Does it change your opinion on colour Phantom comics?
• Have you brought the new Frew products? What are your opinion of them?
• Which collective noun of phans do you like?
• Would you rescue Sarvana from Gravelines or leaver her rotting in jail?

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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. The podcast also includes thoughts from Jermayn, Dan and our teenager reporter Angus Fraser who attended his first LFMBE dinner. On the Sunday we also gathered a few quick creator audio grabs including Julie Ditrich, Daniel Picciotto, Matt Kyme, Alex Trpcevski and Kieran Jack.

Did you attend the event? Would love to hear your thoughts on the weekend. You can contact us via email at [email protected] or chat with us via our social media profiles with your feedback at Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. We also love comments, likes, shares and discussions on our social media so please let us know your thoughts.

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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 - [email protected]. 

We also list all the Phantom creators who will be attending Supanova.

Frew
The new products available at the Frew open house are:

• Pholio #7 including a 13 print set by Australian artists: $75Au
• A Phantom World Collector Card set: No price given

Key existing products already on the Frew website apart from trading cards, back issues, signature comics plus much are:

• Limited copies of the Regal TPB which is sold out on the website: $75Au
• Games by Lyck Phantom card game base set and the extension packs
• The Nicola Scott and maybe a reprint of the Chris Wahl door posters: $60Au

Supanova
The event is Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th June - you can find out more at their website including how to buy tickets and  the schedule. We will be giving out 20x Chronicle Chamber branded wristbands, ensure you say the keyword to get yours.

The following Phantom creators will be attending along with the location of their booth.

• Camillo Di Pietrantonio (booth 13 in Comic Supa-Stars)
• Daniel Picciotto (booth 16 in Comic Supa-Stars)
• Jamie Johnson (booth 6 in Comic Supa-Stars)
• Alex Trpcevski (booth 132 in Artists Alley)
• Matt Kyme (booth 10 in Comic Supa-Stars)
• Julie Ditrich (booth 12 in Comic Supa-Stars)
• Christopher Sequeira (booth 11 in Comic Supa-Stars)
• Dean Rankine (booth 4 in Comic Supa-Stars)
• Kieran Jack (booth 55 in Artists Alley)

Expect the artists to have new prints and some will have original art to purchase. 

Phan Catch Ups
There will be two generic phan catch ups over the weekend open for ALL phans.

• Friday night catch up at the Mecure Hotel pub in the Sydney CBD from 7pm-ish.
• Saturday lunch at a restaurant near the convention. We will be meeting at Matt Kyme's booth at 1pm and then heading to the restaurant after. 

LFMBEC Dinner
The LFMBEC Dinner is an all time phan phavourite. This is the highlight for many a phan of the weekend. The dinner draws phans from around the four corner of Australia and the world including Europe, USA, New Zealand and Japan.

This event is NOT open for all. It is by invite only. The guest speaker for the evening is Daniel Picciotto. To learn more about the event we recommend visiting their website LFMBEC.org. 

Are you attending the event? Make sure you come and say hi if you are!

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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 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 with us hosting it with a Phantom theme. 

This podcast is the recording from the special night. We would suggest you watch this on YouTube and while it is 2.5 hours long, you do not often get to watch not one, or two but three talented artists drawing and talking the Phantom. 

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