#241 - With Ivan Pedersen (Phan & Colourist)

01/25/23 • 70 min

Something a little special this time around as we interview Norwegian Ivan Pedersen who is a long time phan & has worked on 6+ publishers living the dream as a phan. Majority of phans who have a social media profile would know off Ivan. Jermayn Parker flies solo chatting with Ivan as they hash out some online arguments throughout the last 20 years.
It is a rather in depth interview as we start at the beginning and go through his phan years to working on the character. As we found out, he has helped coloured stories, consulted and provided scans of original newspaper strips for a lot of publishers including Frew, Fantomet, Comics Revue, Hermes, Zauberstern and Dolmen. Has their been any other phan or person who has worked with more publishers?

You will learn how Ivan ticks including his views on black and white verses colour and surprisingly the one Lee Falk story he would scrap from his collection of stories - yes you read that right!

We also get Ivan's opinions on some subjects like our Phantom Bible, modifying or adding to Lee Falk's lore, being called a troll, publishers printing three or four daily panels to a line and much more.

If you want to learn more about buying comics from his Facebook group here or you find his Fantomet (Norway) / Frew & newspaper stories index here.

If you are a patreon of Chronicle Chamber, make sure you login to your patreon account as we have a bonus chat with Ivan which is just for our patreons.

If you have any feedback on the subjects touched up, 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.

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You will learn how Ivan ticks including his views on black and white verses colour and surprisingly the one Lee Falk story he would scrap from his collection of stories - yes you read that right!

If you want to learn more about buying comics from his Facebook group here or you find his Fantomet (Norway) / Frew & newspaper stories index here.

If you are a patreon of Chronicle Chamber, make sure you login to your patreon account as we have a bonus chat with Ivan which is just for our patreons.

If you have any feedback on the subjects touched up, 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.

Make sure you stay with us and do not forget to subscribe and leave a review on our podcast and or our YouTube Channel.

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#240 - Our Best of 2022

The team Dan Fraser, Jermayn Parker and Stephen East join together along with contributors Duncan Munro, Mikael Lyck and Ankit Mitra to discuss EVERYTHING that has been published and released in the year 2022.

We do it in two hours. Grab a glass of milk or start that park run and enjoy!
2022 see's 11 countries publishing the Phantom, 98 comics from around the world. That is roughly two Phantom comics released a week. It also see's 30 brand new (never been published again anywhere) Phantom stories released in 2022 which is roughly every two weeks, you could buy a comic featuring a brand new Phantom story.

Please note we go over the results of the Frew Survey competition we held. A full analysis will be up on our website along with the video draw of the five winners. Thanks to everyone who voted.

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

Tale of the Tape: 2 Minutes 30 Seconds
Our Best Phantom Comics for 2022:
Our Best Non Frew / Fantomen / Indian Cover: 26 Minutes
Our Best Frew Covers: 30 Minutes
Best Frew Cover Survey Results as Judged by You: 34 Minutes
Our Best Fantomen Covers: 43 Minutes
Our Best Indian Covers: 46 Minutes 30 Seconds
Our Best Writers: 51 Minutes 30 Seconds
Our Best Story Artists: 1 Hour 30 Seconds
Our Best Stories Published by Frew: 1 Hour 7 Minutes
Best Frew Stories Published by Frew Survey Results as Judged by You: 1 Hour 12 Minutes
Our Best Stories Published By Fantomen: 1 Hour 19 Minutes
Our Best Fantomen Issue: 1 Hour 20 Minutes
Our Best Issue Published by Regal / Shatki: 1 Hour 21 Minutes 30 Seconds
Our Best Frew Issue: 1 Hour 22 Minutes 30 Seconds
Best Frew Issue Published by Frew Survey Results as Judged by You: 1 Hour 29 Minutes 30 Seconds
Our Best Phantom Merchandise for 2022: 1 Hour 35 Minutes
Our Best Chronicle Chamber Moment for 2022: 1 Hour 44 Minutes
Our Overall Phantom Reflection on 2022: 1 Hour 49 Minutes
What will be the Big Phantom News for 2023: 1 Hour 58 Minutes 30 Seconds

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. Would love some feedback on what we discussed on the podcast and on the following topics:

What are your favourites? Do you agree or disagree with us? Did we miss anything?
What was your best Phantom Merchandise for 2022?
What was your best Chronicle Chamber moment for 2022?
What do you think will be the big Phantom news for 2023?

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#242 - Introducing Ash Nicholls and Art of Play

The team interviews the man behind perhaps the biggest news of the last 10 years - the announcement of the Phantom video game by Art of Play Games. Thousands of phans from around the world were shocked, amazed and generally excited at the announcement.

After the excitement sunk in, the questions flowed so we sat down with Art of Play games director Ash Nicholls who was very open and we think to say after two hours, there may not be many questions we didn't ask.
Some of the key questions that are answered in the podcast are:

Is it a 2D or 3D style game?
The genre of the game and why Art of Play Games chose this genre.
The game levels and storyline
Key dates including the digital, console and collector box release dates.
What will be in the collector boxes
The price points for the various ways of purchasing the game.
Who are the artists and writers involved in the creation of the game.
Will it be multi player?
What generation of the Phantom is featured?
What countries and locations will the Phantom be visiting?
Will regular and known characters of the Phantom be included in the game?
Will there be a morality clause with the game play that suits the Phantom ethos?
What Phantom tropes will be non negotiable?
Is there room for an expanded “game universe” with other Phantoms or characters like Flash, Mandrake etc?
When can we expect more images or gameplay footage?
Easter eggs during the game
Will the game play like a comic?
Will there be a collectible element?
How many units Art of Play Games need to sell to make a profit
The ball park figure to make this game.

During the podcast, Ash asks for phan input on certain elements, so ensure you listen or watch and send your feedback to our comments sections.

To follow the progress on their website and social media accounts:

If you are a patreon of Chronicle Chamber, make sure you login to your patreon account as we have a bonus chat with Ash which is just for our patreons. All sneak peaks from Art of Play Games will be first shown to our Patreons, so now is the perfect time to join.

If you have any questions we did not cover, please let us know and or add them to our YouTube Channel and or social media profiles, 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.

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