Dave Gibbons Art

As mentioned previously, Watchment artist Dave Gibbons drew three original pieces which where up for auction at the recent LFMBEC 21st dinner. Each of the images raised between $1500 and $2500, and you're about to see why as one of the phans who attened the dinner, Chris, snapped some shots of the images. They certanly are beautiful!

 

 

Meet Up 2009 – Event Wrap Up

The weekend is over and the Meet Up was a huge success! Everyone had a brilliant time, many friends where made and we are already hankering for the next one. To read all about the ChronicleChamber.com Meet Up 2009 check out THIS article on the Talking Drums page.

Cheers.

Phantom #2 released in Italy

The second issue of Eura Editoriale's new Phantom series has just been released in Italy. The four Team Fantomen stories that appear in this 132-page b/w issue are:

"Death of a Patrolman, Part 1" by Donne Avenell and Kari Leppänen
"Death of a Patrolman, Part 2: Tracking the Killers" by Donne Avenell and Kari Leppänen
"The Cicrus Murderer" by Donne Avenell and Kari Leppänen
"The Pirate Queen" by David Bishop and César Spadari

#1 and #2 on sale from Eura Editoriale's website. The price is 3 Euro (excluding postage) per issue.

Discuss Eura's Phantom comics here

Phantom biography released in Brazil

Opera Graphica Editora, the Brazilian publisher that has published Phantom comics sporadically since 2001, is going out of business. But not until they have released what is possibly their most ambitious project: a 144-page, giantsized, hardcover "biography" of the Phantom strip!

The book is entitled Fantasma: Biografia Oficial do Primeiro Herói Fantasiado dos Quadrinhos and has been in the works since 2005. It was originally intended for release in 2006, when the Phantom strip celebrated its 70th anniversary, but the project expanded and required more time.

The book is written by Marco Aurélio Lucchetti with assist by Franco de Rosa, and details the history of the Phantom comic strip, interviews with creators (including creators of the almost unknown Brazilian Phantom stories produced in the 1980s), and over 1000 images, including 818 covers of Brazilian Phantom comics!

The book is in the portuguese language, but it would definetely worth checking out for fans that cannot read the actual text. The book can be purchased online here:
http://www.comix.com.br/product_info.php?products_id=9459

New Comics

Lots of new comics today. Here is a list of the additions;

Moonstone:
Ghost Who Walks #6
Generations #7
Generations #8
Phantom: Checkmate TPB


Egmont:
Fantomet nr. 13/2009


Frew:
#1543 - cover scan added
#1544

CC Now on Facebook

ChronicleChamber.com has again journeyed further into the interweb and set up it's own Facebook group which you can fine HERE. The group will be up-dated with news, links to reviews, interviews and articles that appear on the site as well as exclusive images from events such as the forthcoming Meet Up.

Hope to see you all there.

Article: The Ghost Who Walks to the Screen

The Phantom has a rich history when it comes to being adapted into other forms of media, though sadly not as diverse and consistent as one might wish. The character has never had the constant popularity of many of the figures he inspired outside of comics, and his appearances on film and TV have been sporadical. With the upcoming movie The Phantom: Legacy (which looks like it could be the best non-comics presentation of the Man Who Cannot Die this far) and the SyFy television series The Phantom (which looks, to be honest, appalingly bad) the time is right to look back at what we have seen of the Phantom’s adventures on the screen so far.

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Last of the Headers

Thanks to our talented team member Puggdogg the last of the new headers are up! Marvel at their beauty on the Interviews, Reviews and Comic Strips pages.

Tweedle Works > Comic Soaps

Comic Soaps delivers the latest comic strip soaps and superhero comics on your iPhone. You can get the newspaper on your iPhone, why not the funny pages too? These are the same comic strip series that you would find in your local paper.

When you use Comic Soaps, we will automatically display different web pages that show the latest comic strips. While our app does not have any advertising, the web pages we display often do have them.

The full list of strips includes:

- Alley Oop

- Annie

- Apartment 3-G

- Brenda Starr

- Dick Tracy

- Flash Gordon

- Gil Thorp

- Judge Parker

- Li'l Abner Classics

- Mandrake

- Mark Trail

- Mary Worth

- Phantom

- Prince Valiant

- Rex Morgan, M.D.

- Tarzan Classics

- The Amazing Spiderman

Key features:

- One click, easy navigation to see the next comic

View today’s comic and the last couple of days too

Easily customize the list of comics you want to view

Skip your list and jump right to a specific comic

Email a comic to a friend

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Hermes' Phantom Collection @ Amazon

The first volume of The Phantom: The The Complete Newspaper Dailies from Hermes Press is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The book is listed at $26.39US ($32.46AU) with a release date of October 14, 2009.

To pre-order the book view it's Amazon listing HERE. For any inqueries as to how much the book may cost if you live outside of the USA, try THIS great currancy converter. For info on Amazon's pre-order policies see HERE, and for international shipping costs see HERE.

Movie update and new Phantom film music

Moviehole.net recently had a chat with screenwriter Tim Boyle to hear how the new movie The Phantom Legacy is shaping up.

"The Phantom is still at scripting stage’’, Boyle says. ‘’Although the
comic studio and executive producers have given it two thumbs up, we're
constantly pushing the screenplay forward. I believe the film will go into
pre-production by the end of the year.’’

Boyle also discusses the rumours of Sam Worthington playing the Phantom, the upcoming SyFy miniseries and his dislike of the 1996 version starring Billy Zane. You can read the entire interview here.

The website of Sherlock Symington Productions have also been updated, and you can now find things such as a Phantom Blog, images from the comic, and most interestingly, something that appears to be music intended to feature in the movie! You can find it under "Phantom Audio" in the "Production" section of the site. Belive us, the track is well worth a listen or five, and features both vocals from a female performer and some cool-sounding, jungle-like techno-rock. Visit the website and check it out for yourself at sherlocksymington.com.

Happy Birthday Mandrake!

75 years ago, on June 11th 1934, Mandrake the Magician made his first appearance in American newspapers. Mandrake was created by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis. Today, the daily strip is still being produced. Fred Fredericks, who has drawn the strip since 1965 is also the current writer.

CC congratulates Mandrake on his anniversary and wishes to thank Lee Falk, Phil Davis, Fred Fredericks and all others who have contributed to Mandrake in one way or another!

New Frew

New Frew issue #1543, which contains the Falk/ Barry stories The Stolen Ring and Tale of The Good Mark, has been added to the Frew issue listing.

Issue #1542 has also been up-dated with a cover scan.

Meet Up 2009 - FINAL Info Wrap Up

With the ChronicleChamber.com Meet Up 2009  at the SupaNova Con, Sydney, happening in only a few short weeks I thought it best to recap all the details of the Meet Up in one place. So, for those who came in late, here's what's going on.

The Place:
The Meet Up will be talking place at the SupaNova con in Sydney. The con runs from the 26th to the 28th of June (this month) with day of the Meet Up the 27th. You do not need to be attending the con to take part in the Meet Up. The location for the con, and the meeting place for the Meet Up, will be The Dome at Sydney Olympic Park. The address is 1 Showground Road, Sydney Olympic Park NSW 2127 Australia. (See the map below)


If you've not bought your tickets for SupaNova yet you can do so HERE. Tickets can also be bought at the door for $25AU (per day).


The Time:
The Meet Up will "officially" start at 1pm. However, we will have a "gathering time" starting at 12:30. We ask that at 12:30 people start making their way to the meeting location, which will be outside the main doors of The Dome (the doors through which you enter the con).

Fear not, as leaving the con does not mean you won't be able to get back in. However, it is advisable you let the door person know you intend on returning and they will probably stamp your hand or something similar so when you return they will know you've already paid to get in.

We will wait for you to arrive at the meeting location until 1pm at which time we will be moving on. So make sure you're there by 1pm or we might miss you!

The What:
At 1pm we'll be grabbing some lunch and have a good old chat. The Meet Up is intended to be an informal, relaxed meeting of phans. No big speeches or formalities, just mates talking about the hero they love.

There are several food venues a short distance from The Dome which is where we'll be lunching. (See the map below for details.)

There is no set time for how long the Meet Up will go for, however we will probably not go past 3pm so that those who wish to return to the con can do so with enough time remaining to see everything. However, if anyone attending the Meet Up wishes to hang out longer, be it at the con itself or outside, they are more than welcome to do so. The con  closes at 6pm.

The below map shows the location of The Dome and food places;

For a larger version of the map see HERE.

A Few More Things:
While that covers the basics of the where, when and what of the Meet Up there are a few other items of note;

ID Cards:
As there will be many hundreds of people at SupaNova it would be almost impossible to tell who is and isn't part of the Meet Up. Thus, we have made up special Meet Up ID cards for attendees to wear.

There are two versions of the cards, one black and one purple. They measure in at 11.9x14 cm, the perfect size to see across a crowded con. They also have enough space to write both your real name and your CC forum user name if you wish so forum members can put a face to their forum friends.

Once the card is printed we recommend you stick it to a piece of cardboard or laminate it, something to keep it stiff and to stop from tearing. The card has a hole in it to put rope through if you wish to hang it around your neck or you can pin it to your shirt or get an ID card holder, whatever you'd like.

The ID cards can be downloaded from HERE. Both card types are contained in a single WinRar file. If you do not have WinRar on your computer you can download it for free HERE. Below you can see a preview of both card types.

The Lee Falk Memorial Bengalla Explorers Club Dinner:
The LFMBEC is having one of their regular dinners the same day as our Meet Up. While the LFMBEC and CC are seperate entities and exist outside each other the LFMBEC knows of our Meet Up at the con and has invited anyone attending our Meet Up to also join their dinner that night if they wish. If you think you'd be interested in attending the LFMBEC dinner you can see all of the details HERE.

Well, that's everything up to date. These are the final arrangements for the Meet Up and I don't foresee any changes, however if there are any I'll let you all know as soon as I can.

I hope to see you all there, it's going to be a great day!

Cheers.

Phantastic Wallpaper!

 Want to give your computer's desktop the strength of ten tigers? Well, we have just the thing! A whole bunch of new wallpapers have been added to our ever growing collection! 

To view the newest wallpapers click HERE. To see the whole collections, click HERE.

Enjoy

New Releases List

With so many new comics coming out all the time and our pusblisher's pages constantly being up-dated it can be hard to keep track of which issues are out at any given time. In an effort to help overcome this and so you can have easy access to information on the issues that are currently out on shelves I've added the New Releases list which you can find under the Navigation menu on the left.


Here all newly released issues will be listed and by clicking on the issue title you'll be taken to that issue's listing on the publishers page where you'll be able to find lots of  information about it. Whenever a new issue comes out from any of the publishers (Frew, Egmont, Moonstone, Newspaper strips) the list will be up-dated with a link to that new issue's listing.

Hope this makes things a little easier for you all.

New Comics!

 We've a host of new issues from all three publishers today. Here's a list of them;

Egmont:
Fantomet Nr. 11-12/2009
Fantomen nr. 12-13/2009

Frew: 
#1542
#1541- cover scan added


Moonstone:
Phantom: Ghost Who Walks #5
The Legacy and the Law TPB - cover image
The Man Who Can Not Die TPB - cover image

I also noticed that the Trade Paperback link in the Series link-list of the Moonstone page wasn't working. That has now been fixed.

SyFy Phantom Set Photo and Video

This may be the first glimpse of the SyFy Phantom in action available on the net. The video below has been cut down to show only the Phantom.

Original full length video

Mandrake in the Corner

"Based on Lee Falk’s comic strip Mandrake the Magician, Lindberg’s piece is of almost concerto proportions in its fifteen minute continuous span and takes the listener on a perilous journey through Mandrake’s adventures and battles with the criminal underworld."

What's on this CD?

1. Mandrake in the corner, Christian Lindberg, 13.57
2. La fille aux cheveux de lin, Claude Debussy, 2.29
3. The Guardian, Peter Graham, 6.47
4. The Year of the Dragon, Philip Saprke, 14.45
5. Thais’ Meditation, Jules Massenet, 5.09
6. Sambezi, Philip Sparke, 6.34
7. The Swan, Camille Saint Saens, 2.44
8. The Carnival of Venice, Arban, 8.42
9. Cousins, Herbert Clarke, 4.07
Soloists: Hakan Bjorkman & Michael Oskarsson
10. Doolallynastics, Brian Lynn, 7.31
11. A Christian Song, Jan Sandstrom, 5.08

Total Playing Time: 77.53

Original Article

Phantom #1 released in Italy

As previously reported on CC, Italian publisher Eura Editoriale will pubish a new monthly Phantom series. The first issue was released in late May, with an exclusive cover by Germano Ferri.

The stories in the first issue are "Devil's Story" by Donne Avenell and Georges Bess; "Eden" by Donne Avenell and
Hans Lindahl; "The Water of Life" by Dai Darell and Hans Lindahl; and "The Pirate Queen: Convent Island" by David Bishop and César Spadari.

This series will feature 128-page black/white issues containing stories from Team Fantomen that have never appeared in Italy before.

The issues will be on sale from Eura Editoriale's website. The price is 3 Euro (excluding postage).