The Phantom

Jeff Weigel is an illustrator and author who lives in Belleville, Ill.. He has written and illustrated multiple children’s books and graphic novels, including Dragon Girl: The Secret Valley, published by Andrews McMeel; “Thunder From The Sea,” published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons; SMASH!, a non-fiction graphic novel written by Sara Latta that explains the science […]

Leon Lee Falk created two of the most successful and longest-running action-adventure strips in the history of comic art: Mandrake the Magician and The Phantom. Falk was born in St. Louis in 1911. He was a graduate of the University of Illinois. He spent four years writing copy and directing radio shows for an advertising agency in St. […]

Mike Manley began drawing The Phantom daily comic strip with the release of May 30, 2016 following the death of Paul Ryan. He also currently draws Judge Parker. Manley was born in Detroit and has been a working comic book professional since the age of 23. His powerful and expressive drawings, dynamic inks and strong […]

Tony DePaul is a freelance writer based in Rhode Island. He started reading the Phantom in the early 1960s, in Philadelphia, and was assigned to write the daily and Sunday scripts after the death of Lee Falk in 1999. He was a newspaperman for 26 years until sudden inspiration struck and he didn’t go back […]