USA artist John Cassaday has passed at the young age of 52 and still at the peak of his powers. He may have only produced two Phantom covers for Moonstone and Fantomen in 1999 and 2003, however, we would like to still thank him for his work on our hero and for the wider comic community in general. Our thoughts are with his family, loved ones and friends he has left behind.
John Cassaday was "discovered" in 1996 at the Big Apple Comic Con and made a huge impact with his work on X-Men, Captain America, Planetary and much more. He received multiple Eagle and Eisner Awards and nominations for his work. You can learn more about his American DC and Marvel career at the AIPT website and or his wikipedia page.
The obvious question may be how did John Cassaday draw a cover for Fantomen. From what we understand, the cover came about because of Ben Raab who was writing for Fantomen at the time, who then moved over to Moonstone before his TV work. You can find out more about Ben Raab in our X-Band: The Phantom Podcast Episode #186.
Another thing that may interest some phans is that the original artwork for the Fantomen cover which you can see (right) was actually done in purple and required the editorial team in Sweden to change his colour to blue.
[Editors note: We only have access to the thumbnail of the original artwork. If you have a better scan, please let us know]
Thank you goes to Andreas Eriksson and Paul Moloney for the heads up on this unfortunate news. If you spot any other Phantom related news that we may have missed, please email us at ChronicleChamber@gmail.com and or via our Social Media platforms.
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